Our Leadership Team
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Peter Park
Mr. Peter Park joined the Agritrade group in 2014, is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. He has over 20 years of experience in management, trading and business development in various commodity industries.
Mr. Park started his career as a broker for animal feed commodities in the mid 1990’s before moving to trading industry from the year 2000 when he joined an established palm oil trading company in Singapore and where he started involving in various trading and business development activities relating to palm and its derivative products.
In 2011, he took the challenge of transferring to the coal industry when he moved to Indonesia to join a coal mining company where he gained invaluable insights into Indonesia and the coal industry.
Mr. Park graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1994.
Chief Marketing Officer
Mr. Benjamin Chay
Mr. Chay is the Chief Marketing Officer of the Company. He is responsible for various divisions from Group Trading and Marketing, Human Resources, Legal to Operations.
He has more than 6 years of experience in the commodity sector at multi-national corporations. Having honed his experience in top commodity companies, Mr. Chay brings to the Group best practices to ensure continued improvement of the Group’s operations.
Mr. Chay holds a Bachelor Degree of Economics and Management (Honours).
Head of Mining Operations — SEM
Mr. Suka Waluya
Mr. Waluya is the Head of Mining Operations of SEM. Mr. Waluya is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day mining operations and mine planning for SEM. He supervises a team of geologists and works closely with the local community as well as the relevant authorities to ensure smooth daily operations.
Mr. Waluya is a seasoned coal professional, specialising in the areas of coal geology and mining. He has over 10 years of experience in the Indonesian coal mining industry. In addition to his extensive experience at SEM, Mr. Waluya previously worked at PT. Antasari Raya as Quarry Mining Manager, PT. Wirabuana Prajaraya as Site Manager of Coal Mining Project and Project Manager of Tin-sand Mining Project, and PT. Rimineco as Senior Mining Engineer of Geological and Mining Services.
Mr. Waluya holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mining from Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta (1990).
Managing Director of Sea Oriental Line Pte Ltd
Mr. Qiu XiangMing
Mr. Qiu XiangMing is the Managing Director of Sea Oriental Line Pte Ltd. He oversees the strategic expansion and ship chartering of Sea Oriental Line Pte Ltd. Over his 40 years of experience in the marine industry, Mr Qiu served at various shipping divisions in reputable companies in China and Singapore from COSCO Beijing, China Oil Beijing, Titan Ocean Singapore, Ocean Tanker Singapore, Winson Oil Singapore to Southernpec Shipping Singapore.
Head of Marine Quality and Safety Department of Sea Oriental Line Pte Ltd
Captain Li Xiaogang
Captain Li Xiaogang is the Head of Marine Quality and Safety Department of Sea Oriental Line Pte Ltd and is the Company’s Designated Person Ashore (DPA) and Company Security Officer (CSO). Captain Li is in-charge of management systems and internal and external marine audits from Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality assessments, major oil inspections to Tanker Management and Self-Assessment.
Captain Li has more than 30 years of experience in the marine industry, both afloat and ashore. He spent 18 years as a mariner on board various size Tankers from Panamax to VLCC, rising up the ranks from Cadet to Master. He moved ashore to take up various positions as the Marine Superintendent, Head of Quality and Safety department, DPA and CSO in Singapore Titan Ocean Pte Ltd and Senior HSSE/Marine Manager, DPA and CSO in Southernpec Singapore Shipping Pte Ltd.
Captain Li graduated from Dalian Marine School in 1986 and holds a Mariner Master license.
Company Secretary
Mr. Wong Kui Tong
Mr. Wong, aged 39, has over 17 years of experience in accounting and financial management. Mr. Wong is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and he is also a member of each of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wong has held the position of Company Secretary in Shunten International (Holdings) Limited (a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange with stock code 932) since December 2016. Mr. Wong held the position of Finance Manager and Company Secretary in China Lumena New Materials Corp. (a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange with stock code 67) from 2009 and 2010 respectively to 2016 and worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2004 to 2009. Mr. Wong obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy degree and a Master of Corporate Governance degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.