Strategy:

Organization Philosophy

Decentralized, with autonomous local teams and a very lean corporate structure

• Bottom-up approach
• Strong entrepreneurial culture driven by profit sharing
• Fast decision making process

Every Business Unit  contributes and profits from the world-wide group structure:

• Business synergies developed through JV’s between traders
• 24h, world wide operations
• Strong centralization and optimization in the finance area (credit, cash, insurance)
• Daily information report cross-offices

Essential corporate functions

• Initiate important acquisitions and divestitures
• Resources allocation (capital, human, risk, credit)
• Define Global trading strategy
• Bring consistency and homogeneity throughout the group
• Scale effect on infrastructure investments and finance
• Accounting consolidation, credit, tax and cash management