Soeren Bo Duvier Nielsen

With close to 20 years of operational and commercial experience in the shipping, energy, and commodity markets, Soeren Bo Duvier Nielsen is a veteran at providing compelling solutions and unlocking business potential for the trading and transportation industries. Currently based in Singapore as manager with Sumitomo Corporation Global Commodities Ltd. (SCGC), Soeren's professional experience goes as far back as 1991 with two years army service in the Royal Guards, before joining A.P. Moeller Maersk in 1993. There, he moved through procurement, sales, marketing, and regional roles from cities including Cairo, Osaka, Tokyo, Singapore and Copenhagen. In 2005 he assumed the regional manager role for Bunker Holding A/S Asia based in Tokyo while also creating International Bunker Services K. K. in Japan as Managing Director. It was as Managing Director for ICAP Shipping that Soeren returned to Singapore in 2008 including a recent stint into the LPG industry with Poten and Partners.

Incorporated in 2006, SCGC, which operates under the charge of the Sumitomo Group's Financial Service Division's Commodity Business Department, is headquartered in London and is involved in all facets of the commodities business globally. The predecessor of SCGC was the non-ferrous and precious metals team of Sumitomo Corporation Europe.

Originally formed in the 1980s mainly to handle precious metals transactions, this team subsequently expanded the range of its activities to include such operations as the packaging and handling of derivatives to meet needs inside and outside the company in coping with volatility in prices of materials.