Flex Commodities FZCO has opened a Seoul office and named two senior staff members to oversee its South Korean bunker and petroleum activity.

The local entity is registered at Seoul Finance Center and authorised to deal in crude oil, petroleum products and petrochemicals, as well as marine fuel oil brokerage and agency services.

Alan Yang has been appointed country manager for South Korea. He brings more than 15 years of experience across marine engineering, liquid surveying and trading, following his most recent post as head of Korea business development at Oilmar DMCC.

His background also includes trader roles at Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical Co., Ltd. Yang is a Korea Maritime and Ocean University graduate and holds surveyor certification recognised by South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

Yujin Kang joins as a bunker trader after more than a decade in the bunker sector. She was most recently with Oilmar DMCC, following five years in a bunker operations post at Hanwa (Korea) Co., Ltd.

Kang graduated from Doshisha University in Kyoto and speaks Korean and Japanese.

Flex Commodities stated that the Seoul branch forms part of its Asia-Pacific expansion strategy.

Headquartered in Dubai, Flex Commodities focuses on marine fuels, cargo logistics and hedging services, with staff also based in Greece and Singapore.