WALLAROO, AUSTRALIA – Nibulon, Ukraine’s top grain exporter, announced on Nov. 22 that it has filled three positions on its board of directors.
The newly elected board members are:
- Christian Salatko, who spent most of his career in the BNP Paribas Group, holding senior management positions in different countries and in several fields of activity such as internal audit, corporate banking, commodity trade finance, wealth management and human resources. In Switzerland, he has notably been responsible for the trade finance activity covering the entire soft commodities area.
- Marion Lefevre, who has 18 years of experience in the agribusiness and commodities trading industry with an expertise in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis as well as risk management and operations. Most recently, she was chief operating officer of a global agribusiness group headquartered in Switzerland, specializing in the farming and merchandising of grain and oilseeds. She now works at Trafigura, a leading energy and metals trading house.
- Dirk Kuiper, who has extensive experience in trade and commodity finance, having worked for various banks in the Netherlands. Most recently, he served as the global head of energy at Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., where he currently holds a senior role in the Financial Restructuring & Recovery division.
Nibulon, one of the 20 largest companies in Ukraine, has been the country’s top grain exporter for the past 20 years. Prior to the Russian invasion in February 2022, Nibulon was exporting nearly 4 million tonnes of grain per year. After seeing exports plummet in the early stages of the war, Nibulon’s shipments rebounded, and the company estimated that exports for the 2023-24 marketing year were between 3.2 million and 3.4 million tonnes.
