Rudi is the Managing Director of ener8 limited, our strategic partner in the Asia Pacific.
Rudi
has a strong background in the Asia Pacific dating back to 1992, with
more than 20 years of experience in liquid bulk and chemical logistics,
supply chain management, business development, and safety management.
He
worked for an oil and chemical major, one of the largest tank terminal
operators, a global chemical shipbroker, and logistics companies. Rudi
has experience in parcel tanker shipping and barging, tank containers,
flexitanks, forwarding services, tank storage, chemical warehousing, and
secondary distribution services.
Starting his career in 1996
with Expeditors in Belgium, he moved to Asia in 1998 when he joined
Vopak in Taiwan and gained experience offering integrated supply chain
solutions, including storage, freight, and transportation management. In
2002 Rudi returned to Belgium, joining Total Petrochemicals (now called
TotalEnergies), where he held various logistics posts. In 2005 he went
back to Asia for Total, where Rudi was Logistics Manager for the Asia
Pacific in Hong Kong, responsible for developing Total’s regional bulk
chemical logistics. In April 2010, Rudi joined SPI Marine in Singapore
as General Manager Integrated Logistics Solutions to develop liquid bulk
shipping and logistics activities to complement parcel tanker
shipbroking. Early 2014 he assisted SPI Marine in forming Contralo Asia
(now called Manuport Logistics), a company active in forwarding services
for bulk liquids, including Isotanks and Flexitanks.
In 2015 Rudi founded ener8 in Hong Kong and also set up an office in Taipei.