Glander International Bunkering continued a series of hires in its Dubai office today, announcing the hiring of Kristian Korsgaard Pedersen as the office's Senior Bunker/Lubricant Trader and Team Leader. On Monday, the company announced the hiring of Luis Cañizales as an office Bunker and Lubricant Trader.
Pedersen, originally from Denmark, has worked in the bunker industry for over 16 years. He was the Sales Manager at O.W. Bunker Middle East DMCC when the firm declared bankruptcy in November of 2014 (a bankruptcy now under investigation by Denmark's largest pension fund). Pederson joined O.W. Bunker and Trading A/S as a bunker trader in 1998 and set up the company's Dubai office from scratch after being appointed branch manager of O.W. Bunker Middle East DMCC in February 2007.