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OW Bunker, one of the world’s leading suppliers and traders of marine fuel, has today announced the creation of a regional management structure for its trading division within Northern Europe.

The model, which OW Bunker says has proven successful for its Asian operation, is designed to ensure that as the company continues to experience growth, the trading division is fully optimized to deliver bunkering solutions for its customers in a 'dynamic and fast-paced way'.

Commenting on the news, Götz Lehsten, Executive Vice President, OW Bunker, said: "OW Bunker has prided itself on its ability to make fast decisions and provide customers with a total bunkering solution that meets the needs of their businesses. It means responding quickly on quotes, and putting in place an end-to-end service that gets fuel oil to the customer on time, when and where they need it, and at the right price."

Lehsten continued: "Northern Europe is a key region for OW Bunker. And as we continue to grow at such a rapid pace, it is vital that we invest in more resource to ensure that we maintain the levels of dynamism that we are known for, and consistently delivering the high levels of service for our customers that our business is founded upon. The new regional structure within Northern Europe will ensure that this happens by creating an additional layer of experienced management within each Northern European region, who have the experience and responsibility to ensure fast decision making at a local level."

The regions that come under the Northern European Regional Management structure include Aalborg, Copenhagen, Hamburg, the UK and the Russian desk.

Kristian Nielsen, the current manager within the worldwide trading division will become Regional Manager for Northern Europe, reporting to Götz Lehsten. Jesper Schmidt will be manager for Copenhagen, Rune Pejtersen for Aalborg, Boris Gronenberg for Hamburg, Andrew Ananiev for the Russian desk and Robert Preston for the UK and India. All managers will report to Kristian Nielsen.

Lehsten added: "This move is a natural evolution for a successful, growing company that will serve to ensure that we maintain our leadership position within the market, and continue to deliver sustainable high levels of service for our customers.”