July 27, 2011, MELBOURNE: Quadra Commodities is delighted to announce that
Adrian Hyland has joined the Melbourne team as head of commodity trading. Adrian has over 15 years of experience in the Australian grain industry and markets. Prior to joining
Quadra Commodities, Adrian held senior roles with Noble's grain trading business in Australia as well as Glencore Australia and AWB.
Adrian's addition to the Melbourne team will add considerable experience and depth to the Australian operation and will assist in growing and developing the product suite and the trading activities of the group.
Quadra Commodities is also delighted to announce that
Patrick Cogswell has joined the Melbourne team as senior commodity trader. Patrick has over 10 years of experience in the Australian grain industry and financial markets. Prior to joining
Quadra Commodities, Patrick was a commodity trader with AWB and Noble Grain in Australia. Prior to this Patrick was employed in the grain brokering industry. Patrick's addition to the Melbourne team will add considerable experience and depth to the Australian commodity trading platform and will assist in growing the trading activities of the group.
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July 26, 2011, MELBOURNE: The
Australian Grains Industry Conference (AGIC) was held in Melbourne from 25 – 27 July 2011. The AGIC is the premier grains industry event in Australia and gathers leaders from the commercial grains sector, the production sector and other related industry sectors and government to address global commodity and consumer trends, explore technological advances and identify opportunities for the grains industry.
Quadra Commodities took the opportunity to host a drinks function during AGIC in our new office to introduce members of grains industry to the Quadra Melbourne team and thank valued counterparties, customers and service providers for their goodwill and support during the start-up phase of the Melbourne office over the past few months. Attendees included representatives from Agrigrain, Allied Grain, CBH, Gavilon, Gavilon-Wilmar, Holman Fenwick Willan, Infospectrum, Lotema Grains, McDonald Pelz, Perkins Brokers and Pentarch Grains.
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July 2011, MELBOURNE: Early in July
Quadra Commodities saw the successful discharge of our maiden vessel charter in Australia. The vessel, Rio Tinto’s fleet panamax the MV Powhatan loaded 53,000 MT of Australia Durum Wheat in May at the Australian port of Newcastle before making the long transit to Bari, Italy via the Cape of Good Hope to deliver the wheat to Italy’s and arguably the worlds largest semolina miller Molino Casillo S.p.A.
Quadra Commodities continues to grow its freight division offering services to our in house traders and third party Charterers in all sectors across the globe and partnering with quality ship owners and vessel fleet operators to deliver competitive, timely and reliable freight services and solutions.
MV Powhatan loading 53,000 MT of Australia Durum Wheat
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July 4, 2011, GENEVA: Quadra Commodities is delighted to announce that
Michel Roduit has joined the Geneva Chartering Team.
Michel has over 35 years of experience in the freight markets. He began his career as chartering manager for several grain houses in Geneva and spent 11 years at Coprosol, 15 years at Tradigrain and 5 years at AWB Geneva. Prior to joining AWB, Michel spent 4 years at Massoel, a Swiss Ship-owning Company. Michel Roduit's addition to the team will add depth to handling the increasing volume.
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May 23, 2011, MELBOURNE: Quadra Commodities is pleased to announce the opening of the Australian office at level 11,
330 Collins Street in Melbourne.
Quadra Australia, Front Entrance
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May 4, 2011, GENEVA: In early April,
Quadra Commodities participated in the
Sailors’ Society Asian Challenge, climbing
Mount Kinabalu in Borneo. The event was organised to raise awareness and funds for the Sailors Society, an international charity that provides a personal lifeline for seafarers throughout the world.
The Sailors’ Society exists to enrich and enhance the well-being of the world's 1.2 million seafarers, they carry out their work through a network of Port Chaplains and Seafarers' Centres across the globe. The Sailors' Society aim is to replace isolation with belonging by offering practical help and emotional support for both current and retired seafarers and their families.
This tough, demanding but exciting Charity event saw 40 teams of three people from across the global shipping industry take on the task of climbing
Mount Kinabalu in Borneo (4,095m). The event was a resounding success despite very difficult conditions which saw unseasonal driving rain make the climb even more difficult. Notwithstanding this the Quadra team managed to place 16th overall and exceed our sponsorship target for the event.
"We greatly appreciate all of your efforts in the lead up to the event; the training you completed, your fundraising and your endurance in undertaking the challenge itself. The event was a massive physical undertaking and we hope that you were not too sore as a result" commented Jo Rich events fundraiser for the
Sailors’ Society.
This inaugural event raised over USD$600,000 for the Society and planning has already commenced for the second Mt Kinabalu Challenge to be held in 2013. As supporters of the Sailors’ Society and our merchant seafarers we encourage all our colleagues and peers to consider making a financial pledge to assist the
Sailors’ Society in their great work. The Societies donation details are mentioned below.
Quadra would like to thank the following companies for their sponsorship and financial support for the event:
The Charterers P&I Club
Cascade Marine
Southport Agencies
Brilliant Maritime Services
Nolarma Shipbrokers
Stephen Thompson and Hazel Brasington of Holman Fenwick Willan Melbourne and Sydney
Tony O’Reilly and Don Pasquariello of KPMG Melbourne
Inter-Asia Marine Transport Inc., Manila
Interocean Steamship Corporation
Quadra Team representatives: Mark De Jong, Anthony Diamante and Andrew Jackson
Before the successful fundraising climb of
Mt Kinabalu (4,095m), Borneo
Donations can be made to:
The Sailors' Society Donation JustGiving webpage or
Sailors’ Society: Bank of Scotland, IBAN: GB32 BOFS 1220 1210 5371 01, SWIFT: BOFSGB2LXXX, Mention: Ref 43725/1
Sailors’ Society, 350 Shirley Road, Southampton SO15 3HY, United Kingdom
A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England & Wales No 86942 at the above address.
A Charity for Merchant Seafarers. Registered in England No 237778.
www.sailors-society.org
“We exist to enrich and enhance seafarers’ lives throughout the world, and improve the quality of their well-being”.
For further information please visit
www.quadra.com
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Apr 1, 2011, GENEVA: Quadra Commodities SA (“Quadra”) announced today that it has moved into new offices at
7 chemin de la Bessonnette in Geneva to meet its growing space requirements.
For further information please visit
www.quadra.com
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Jan 3, 2011, GENEVA: Quadra Commodities SA (“Quadra”) announced today that it has launched as an independent agricultural trading and logistics organisation, backed by blue chip shareholders Macquarie Bank Limited ("MBL") and Lansing Trade Group (“Lansing”). Based in Geneva, Swizerland, Quadra’s core business is the physical origination, handling, transportation and related financing of agricultural commodities.
Quadra’s management team, led by CEO Peo Ravano, have more than 80 years’ combined experience trading grains, oilseeds, vegetable oils and sugar products, as well as extensive experience providing shipping and related financing and hedging services.
Quadra is partly owned by management, with significant additional backing by MBL and Lansing and other private investors.
“Quadra has a single minded focus on serving client needs. Our aim is to build and manage a global supply chain for processors and distributors of agricultural commodities and use our expertise across grain acquisition, price management, hedging strategies, transportation and financing to tailor individual client solutions,” said Peo Ravano, CEO of Quadra.
Sebastian Barrack, Executive Director and Head of Agricultural Commodities at Macquarie said: “Macquarie understands the agricultural commodities markets, and we have operated within them for many years. We are pleased to be involved with Quadra. Its experienced management team have created an agile operation that will be able to fill a gap in dedicated client service. We are very excited about its prospects.”
Bill Krueger, Chief Executive of Lansing added: “The Quadra team are quick thinking and innovative in their trading and hedging strategies. Their relationships in the international agricultural commodities markets will give them a strong strategic advantage, that I am sure will be of enormous benefit to clients.”
For further information please visit
www.quadra.com
Media contact
Candice Adam
Argentus PR
Tel. +44 (0)20 7153 4910
candice.adam@argentuspr.com
About Quadra
Quadra Commodities is an independent agricultural trading and logistics organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. Quadra’s core business is the physical origination, handling, transportation and related financing of grains, oilseeds, vegetable oils and sugar. We are an entrepreneurial and agile organisation committed to building long-term relationships with our customers. Our management has extensive experience in creating networks and strategic relationships with commodity producers and bulk handlers.
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