IP SPECIALITIES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Commercial Manager, Europe
Alexander joined IP Specialities in our Hamburg office in January 2016. He brings years of international trading experience in the food and paper industry to the team. Along with this experience, he has a strong logistic and finance background. His focus in Europe is on selling and growing our business in general.
Job Titles:
- CUSTOMER SERVICE & ADMIN, EUROPE
Corinna is responsible for customer and supplier service as well as logistics administration, based in our Hamburg office. She brings plentiful experience in international trading, importing and exporting a broad range of goods worldwide, with particular focus on the Chinese market.
Based in Guangzhou, Gideon is responsible for IP Specialities sales in the Chinese market. Gideon has over 10 years experience in oleochemical sales in China.
Job Titles:
- CUSTOMER SERVICE & ADMIN, NORTH AMERICA
John looks after Customer Service and Logistics for the N. American business. Prior to joining IP Specialities, he had roles in Quality Management at Cognis and in the banking sector.
Job Titles:
- CUSTOMER SERVICE & ADMIN, ASIA
Based in our Singapore office, Bee Leng comes with considerable previous experience in the palm oil business with Sungai Budi for 22 years, and most recently Louis Dreyfus.
Job Titles:
- President, IP Specialities North America
Martin joined IP Specialities in early 2012 as President of North American operations in Cincinnati. In over 25 years at Procter & Gamble Chemicals, he led the company's Asian Chemicals business and was Managing Director of FPG Oleochemicals. He also led P&G's logistics sourcing operations for North America and Western Europe. Martin has lived and worked in the UK, Japan, USA, Belgium and Singapore.
Job Titles:
- Commercial Manager, North America
Matt joined IP Specialities in 2015 in our North American group. Matt is based in Cincinnati and brings extensive experience in strategic sourcing and sales in the chemical industry, with a focus on distribution. He has particular expertise in surfactants and personal care chemicals.
Patrick founded IP Specialities in 2009 together with Ian Edwards and Irwin Heller, and now leads the business from Hamburg, Germany. He brought 14 years of oleochemical experience with a major Hamburg-based trading house. His experiences include trading, logistics, risk management and finance. Patrick has lived and worked in Hamburg, Singapore and Cincinnati USA.