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DL HUDSON Corporate Profile May 23
DL HUDSON Corporate Profile May 23
CORPORATE PROFILE
DL HUDSON GROUP – AN OVERVIEW
The trading expertise includes principal energy and metals products. In particular, ferrous
and nonferrous metals, crude and refined oil products. The company transacts across all
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The company’s strategy is to transact in trade flows that ensure a more sustainable and
environmentally conscious economy
The core strength of the business lies in the adroitness and experience of the team,
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extensive geographical and product diversification, trading and logistical expertise,
supported by robust financial and risk management.
The team at DL HUDSON is a syncretic group of energy and metals traders, London
and Wall Street bankers.
DL HUDSON GROUP – HIGHLIGHTS
100 %
REKTRON AQ LTD
(UK)
100 %
DL HUDSON (UK)
100 % 100% %
DL HUDSON GERMANY
GmbH (DE) DL HUDSON DUNES (UAE)
92 %
8%
NIKA PIESHKOVA DLH ISTROS (UK)
REKTRON GROUP
DL HUDSON LTD DL HUDSON is a global commodities trading house headquartered in London, UK. The trading
expertise includes principal energy and metals products. In particular, ferrous and nonferrous
metals, crude and refined oil products.
DLH ISTROS (DLH-RB) is the Group’s physical asset holding company. It owns fuel storage
DLH ISTROS facilities along the Danube River.
DLH ISTROS is a United Kingdom registered Limited Company.
REKTRON AQ LIMITED REKTRON AQ is 100% owned by REKTRON GROUP INC (“RGI”). RGI will be a publicly listed
company on the Canadian Securities Exchange in Q323
Markos Petrocheilos – Chief Investment Officer/Director Moises Michan Portillo – Chief Operating Office/Director
Markos's career has been exceptional, spanning from trading equity derivatives to Moises (“Moi”) has an expansive resume from trading Fixed Income, Foreign
crude oil, and he has extensive experience implementing and executing flow Currency and Commodities at some of the most respected Wall Street financial
volatility books for large financial institutions. institutions.
His deep knowledge of and insights into financial markets and derivatives, along Moi embarked on his career at JP Morgan’s Corporate High Yield desk in New
with his technical expertise and grasp of macro fundamentals, are instrumental to York on the High Yield Bond issuances and leveraged loan syndication desk,
our firm's overall exposure and strategies. engaging with some of the largest corporates in the United States. He was
instrumental in working on the operations and settlements of these securities
After graduating from the University of Piraeus in Finance, having ranked first in
the national university’s admissions examinations, he commanded an infantry Moi was subsequently recruited by Goldman Sachs’ Commodity Trading
platoon in the Greek army then worked for Vioryl SA as a business analyst in platform in Princeton, New Jersey. At Goldman Sachs, Moi was involved in
Athens, Greece. He then received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) the operations and assessing the exposures of the firm, understanding the
from the MIT Sloan School of Management on a Fulbright scholarship, and during physical flows of the clients the firm financed.. He then moved to Citi initially
his time at MIT Sloan he won the McKinsey Award. covering the Latin American clients. Ultimately, Moi was responsible for both
Latin America and Citi’s European client coverage based out of London.
Markos was then recruited as an exotic equity derivatives trader at Morgan Stanley
in London where he ran the secondary market making desk for exotic derivatives Moi graduated from New York University, and fluent in Spanish, French and
and structured products. manages well communicating Italian too.
Markos was subsequently hired by BNP Paribas in London, where over a 14 year
career he was a senior equity and crude oil options trader, providing liquidity to
large financial institutions and corporate and sovereign clients. During his tenure,
Markos grew his business to be a leading presence in the market and maintained
an impeccable track record, delivering a profit every year despite challenging
market conditions.
DL HUDSON GROUP - THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Setu has over 20 years’ experience as a lawyer, investment banker, private equity Dominic (“Dom”) dropped out to embark on a venerated career in
and distribution. Setu qualified and worked as a lawyer with Norton Rose Information Technology. From his early years as technical support resource
Fulbright focusing on a wide range of upstream and downstream oil and gas for CompuServ, Dom has worked up the ladder through server support,
businesses, investment funds and IBD Technical engineer, Team manager and Architect, Project Manager to Chief
After Norton Rose, Setu was at Henderson Global Investors where he worked as Technology Officer
a senior lawyer but was also involved in the operations of the business
responsible for hedge and retail funds, and advising on commercial transactions. Dom was then recruited to work for Nestle in Lausanne, Switzerland
Setu then moved into front office investment banking and has worked at both ultimately taking charge of their global data center managing Nestlé's over
Citi and HSBC with specific focus and emphasis on the Middle East. His 14,000 servers. Dom was then recruited to be the Head of IT at ED&F Man,
responsibilities included prime finance, equity finance, Islamic structuring and an established agricultural commodities trading house. At ED& F Man, Dom
financing solutions, structured equity derivatives and capital introductions for
the MENA region built on his expertise to manage commodity-based IT systems and went on
to become the Head of IT and Chief Information Security Officer for the
Setu then joined HUDSON Fairfax Group, a private equity firm based in New York Chicago Mercantile Exchange
with focus on defense, cyber and next generation where he led strategic
business development and distribution Dom heads DL HUDSON and all related companies’ IT systems.
Setu has a Masters degree (LLM) from the University of London specializing in
international trade, finance and shipping law. Setu continues to be a qualified
solicitor.
DL HUDSON GROUP – TRADING TEAM
Saied has extensive international experience in physical sourcing, marketing Ross Andrew Friedman, EMBA has worked in Business Development,
and trading of oil products (across the whole barrel) as well as crude oil, Marketing and Consulting in the Base Metal, Precious Metal, Minor Metal, Non-
condensate and other bulk commodities. Ferrous and Ferrous Metal markets since 2006. Formerly he was the director of
Republic Metals Corporation (Now Asahi Refining) for almost 5 years and
Saied has transacted and managed a trading portfolio of over USD 10 billion served as the Director of Business Development - Greater China (PRC, HK,
across various geographies and has also been actively involved in business Macau, and Taiwan) and arranged the sales of gold to Banks and Bullion Dealers
development introducing new products across varied international markets who were members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange , as the only SGE good
working for both large and mid sized oil companies. delivery refinery from the US. Ross attends industry events globally in each
respective metal market and maintains close connections with management
His knowledge and multidisciplinary skill set to manage the whole process level positions with companies in the industry. He is registered with agencies
from trading to contract negotiations ensuring the coordination with different such as the LBMA, SGE, COMEX, RJC and RMI. Ross is also an advisor to two
interfaces (i.e. supply chain, compliance, finance, risk management, shipping prominent firms from Chile and Taiwan in the field of supply chain financing,
and logistics, etc.) is a vital asset to DL HUDSON. investment and international trade of primary and secondary metals.
Saeid’s educational background in chemical engineering enables him to better He is fluent in 3 languages English, Mandarin Chinese, & Spanish and is
grasp various flows and blends that are often an added value to the currently studying Thai and Korean. He holds a bachelor’s degrees in Business
company’s clients. Administration Warrington College of Business University of Florida & East
Asian Languages & Literatures - Mandarin Chinese from University of Florida
Liberal Arts and Sciences. Has studied Economics & Chinese Language at
Southwest University of the Nationalities in Chengdu China and Tsinghua
University in Beijing further obtaining an Executive MBA from Washington
University, Olin Business School.
PRODUCTS TRADED
• Cathodes, Briquettes
• Soya Beans Nickel
• Ferro Nickel
• Sugar
• White Haricot Beans
• Cashews
• Cocoa • Tin
Soft Products Other
• Cooking Oil • Minor Metals
• Rice
• Flour
• Dates
TRADING LOCATIONS
1. Manzanillo – Mexico
2. Baltimore – USA
3. Barranquilla – Colombia
4. Santiago – Chile
5. Santos – Brazil
6. Rotterdam – Netherlands
7. Felixtowe – UK
8. Istanbul – Turkey
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9. Dubai – UAE
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10. Duran – South Africa
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11. Mundra – India
12. Mumbai – India
13. Port Klang - Malaysia
14. Muara – Brunei
15. Kaohsiung – Taiwan
16. Singapore
17. Incheon – Korea
18. Busan - Korea
19. Tianjin - China
20. Qingdao - China
21. Shanghai - China
22. Ningbao - China
23. Hong Kong – China
24. Barcelona – Spain
25. Vienna – Austria
26. Genoa – Italy
GROUP COMPANIES
BALKANS
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DL HUDSON GERMANY – AN OVERVIEW DL HUDSON
GERMANY
DLH ISTROS is the Group’s physical asset holding company. It owns fuel storage
facilities along the Danube River - Europe’s second longest River and the largest
within the European Union traversing the European Continent from Northern
Europe through Rhine-Main-Danube Canal into Central and Eastern Europe. The
fuel storage facilities in Central and Eastern Europe ultimately service some of
the largest vessel operators on the Danube River.
USD 400,000,000.0
0.40% Current Year : $8.2M
USD 200,000,000.0 0.20%
Notes
• Seismic increase in revenue for FY 2021/2022 due to
consolidation of subsidiary business lines
• Revenue decrease for FY 2019/2020 is due to the
worldwide pandemic situation
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OUR PRESENCE
London, UK
Karlsruhe, Germany
Brig, Switzerland
Vienna, Austria
Cosenza, Italy
Bangkok, Thailand
Shanghai, China
DL HUDSON GROUP - CONTACT
DL HUDSON
United Kingdom
This document has been prepared by DL HUDSON Limited (“DL HUDSON”) and is not, nor is it intended to be, an approved prospectus prepared in accordance with Part VI of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) and contains no offer to the public within the meaning of Section 85 of the FSMA, the Companies Act 1985, the Companies Act 2006 or otherwise and shall not be relied upon
in connection with any contract with DL HUDSON or any of DL HUDSON’s group or affiliate companies (the “Group”).
No undertaking, representation, warranty or other assurance, express or implied, is given or made by or on behalf of the DL HUDSON or any shareholders, directors, officers, employees, consultants or
advisers of DL HUDSON or any other person as to the accuracy, fairness, completeness or sufficiency of the information, opinions, statements, projections, estimates or beliefs contained in this document
and this document does not purport to give a complete summary of the risks associated with the proposal contained herein.
This document does not constitute or form part of an offer or invitation to sell, or a solicitation of an offer or agreement to buy or subscribe for, any security or instrument or to participate in any particular
trading attributable to any errors, inaccuracies, omissions or misstatements (whether negligent or otherwise) contained in this document.
Neither the receipt of this document by you or any person, nor any information contained herein or subsequently communicated to you or any person is to be taken as constituting the giving of financial,
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opinion which is making of a personal recommendation as defined in the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (the “Rules”), by DL HUDSON or any member of the Group and you acknowledge that you
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