Industry Seminar: Speakers' Series - "A Career in Commodities and Resources"

Want an exciting career in the international trading sector?

Singapore is Asia's top commodity trading hub for energy, metals and agri-commodities. Singapore's international trading sector holds exciting opportunities for fresh graduates and mid-career professionals.   

Learn more about the sector's career opportunities and how to tap them in our career talk. This is an exclusive opportunity to hear from senior executives in the commodity trading sector and other industry practitioners.

 

International Trading - A Career in Commodities and Resources

Date: 25 August 2016, Thursday

Time: 2pm – 5.30pm

Venue: Little Red Dot, IE Singapore 

               230 Victoria Street, #10-00

                Singapore 188024

 

Time Details

2pm Registration

2:30pm Welcome Remarks by Amreeta Eng, Group Director, IE Singapore

2:40pm

Panel 1 – Traders' Insights (Discussion followed by Q&A)

Interested in embarking on a career in the commodities and resource trading sector? Hear from the traders from the energy, metals and agri commodities as they share about the growth, challenges and opportunities in the industry!  

Moderator: Lester Lu, Divisional Director (Metals and Minerals), IE Singapore

Panellists:

1.       Ms Jessica Chu – Co-Head of Base Metals Marketing for SEA, Glencore

2.       Mr Thomas Lim – Group Head (Edible Oil), Wilmar International

3.       Representative from oil major (TBC)

3:40pm

Panel 2 – Making Trading Work (Discussion followed by Q&A)

Learn from the experts in specialised fields within the commodities and resource sector on how they make trading work – from recruiting the right talent to manage day to day risks and logistics, to the structuring of complex financing frameworks.  

Moderator: Desmond Tay, Divisional Director (Energy and Chemicals), IE Singapore

Panellists:                                                            

1.       Mr Pietro Vallevato – General Manager (Chartering), Vale International

2.       Mr Damien Stewart, Managing Director, Asia, Human Capital Search Pte Ltd

3.       Representative on trade finance (TBC)

4.       Representative on risk management/price discovery (TBC)

4:40pm Tea Break

5.30pm End

 

For interested students,  please kindly register here by 15 Aug 2016, Monday, 5pm.

We look forward to meeting you at the industry talk!