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Work History
Education
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Accomplishments
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Mads Thomsen

Mads Thomsen

Director

Summary

Dynamic Director oversees every facet of trading activities with strong project management and decision-making skills. Brings comprehensive knowledge of logistics and shipping into planning and optimization trading portfolio. Skilled at coordinating trading plans and personnel resources to stay competitive in a highly competitive external business environment.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Director

CM Biomass Partners A/S
Copenhagen
04.2022 - Current
  • Oversees daily operations of South East Asian operations going from trading position to managing local staff and logistics flow.
  • Opening new offices and securing appropriate skilled personnel for continued growth.
  • Managing key vendors and customer relationships - both Asia and EU.
  • P&L responsibility together with Chief Operating Officer.
  • Managing overall logistics and shipping flow for CM Biomass.

Portfolio Manager

CM Biomass Partners A/S
Copenhagen
09.2021 - 04.2022
  • Overall P&L management together with Chief Operating Officer of CM Biomass' whole trading portfolio.
  • Continuously balancing risk exposure in trading portfolio.
  • Managing relations with key customers and vendors.
  • Managing logistics and shipping portfolio.
  • Developing South East Asian business activities.

Commodity Trader

CM Biomass Partners A/S
Copenhagen
01.2019 - 08.2021
  • Built relationship with new vendors and customers in alternative markets whilst starting operation in South East Asian biomass market.
  • Monitor commodity prices, trends and other factors affecting supply and demand for biomass products.
  • Negotiate the purchase and sale of biomass commodities.
  • Managing logistics and shipping portfolio together with Chief Commercial Officer in EU.

Business Analyst

CM Biomass Partners A/S
Copenhagen
06.2018 - 12.2019
  • Analyzed key aspects of world supply and demand balance of traded wood pellets.
  • Part of creating first algorithm-based biomass trade flow system supporting daily physical trading decisions.
  • Developed new sales in EU through new product categories CM Biomass had not been involved with before.
  • Performed competitor bench-marking analysis to identify trading opportunities and potential optimization enhancements on physical trades.

Commercial Student Analyst

Navigator Gas (former Ultragas ApS)
Copenhagen
01.2016 - 05.2018
  • Contract management - monitoring performance and execution of contracts with vendors and customers.
  • Provided business analyses to promote the use of advanced data in chartering teams' commercial decision-making.
  • Developed new due diligence modelling for new vendors.
  • Continuous benchmarking of competitor performance as opposed to Navigator Gas.

Education

Master of Science - International Business

Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen
09.2018 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Science - International Shipping And Trade

Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen
09.2015 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science - Maritime Administration

Texas A&M University
Houston
01.2017 - 06.2017

Bachelor of Science - Financial Courses

London School of Economics
London
06.2016 - 08.2016

Skills

    Contract Management

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Accomplishments

Developed from scratch and currently manages CM Biomass' overall trading activities in South East Asia from having zero activity in 2020 to having a derived revenue of +80,000,000.00 USD in 2022 from the region. Projections for 2023 is the number looks to to grow to +200,000,000.00 USD derived revenue.

Further, established first physical representation in Asia for CM Biomass through two offices located in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and Singapore, respectively.

Interests

Golf

Hiking

Meditation

Timeline

Director

CM Biomass Partners A/S
04.2022 - Current

Portfolio Manager

CM Biomass Partners A/S
09.2021 - 04.2022

Commodity Trader

CM Biomass Partners A/S
01.2019 - 08.2021

Master of Science - International Business

Copenhagen Business School
09.2018 - 12.2019

Business Analyst

CM Biomass Partners A/S
06.2018 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Maritime Administration

Texas A&M University
01.2017 - 06.2017

Bachelor of Science - Financial Courses

London School of Economics
06.2016 - 08.2016

Commercial Student Analyst

Navigator Gas (former Ultragas ApS)
01.2016 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Science - International Shipping And Trade

Copenhagen Business School
09.2015 - 06.2018
Mads ThomsenDirector