WHAT IS STRUCTURE
TRADE FINANCE (STF)? Structure Trade Finance aims to create innovative financial solutions for banks and corporates in emerging countries leveraging on international trade flows. The structures used by STF provide alternative source of short term financing with more flexible denominators at a competitive rate. The idea is to have one face to trade finance market player, from banks to underwriters and other stakeholders.
WHAT KIND OF TRADE ACTIVITY DOES THAT INCLUDE? STF covers three main activities:
• Leveraging ADM trade flows to develop and market tailor-made financial products for banks in emerging markets;
• Helping ADM clients & suppliers in all our business units by offering innovative, alternative trade-related sources of financing while mitigating cross-border and credit risk for ADM; and
• Have a consistent approach to Bank Relationship Management, creating a multi- dimensional relation with the different trade finance banks to distribute trade-related assets generated by our business units, mainly via letters of credit.
CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT THE TEAM THAT MAKES THIS ALL HAPPEN?
We have a team of over 26 people spread out across Shanghai, Singapore, Delhi, Dubai, Rolle, London, Sao Paulo, New York and Decatur. It is a small but extremely diverse group. These individuals have joined from other ADM departments, from the financial industry and also from other Agri- businesses, making this a mix a great way to leverage on each other’s past experiences to help the department succeed.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR STF? We do expect to gradually grow the business in 2019 and beyond, managing risks carefully and in accordance with the ADM way. As our international footprint is expanding, we expect STF to become a cornerstone of ADM’s destination-marketing strategy.
HOW IS STF PRESENT IN LONDON? I have recently relocated to London to expand on the relationships with the insurance markets and Customer Solutions, after almost 8 years in Switzerland.
We are growing our team with the addition of a very experienced individual in London: Nehir Kirlar Ozel. She will be responsible for handling the distribution banks relationship and related transactions for EMEA with a specific focus on UK based institutions and Northern Europe.
A BIT ABOUT MYSELF: I have been with the ADM group since 2009 in various roles from M&A to Business Development, including Audit, Controlling and others. Then in 2015, I joined Olivier Boujol’s team in the newly launched ADM Structure Trade Finance department.
With a mixed background in different areas of finance and mixed cultural background (Brazil, Portugal, UK, India, Switzerland), it was a great step in my ADM career.
Rakesh Ranchhoddas E:
rakesh.ranchhoddas@adm.com T: +44(0) 20 7716 8805
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