Commercial team
The members of our commercial team have a wealth of expertise in our main markets. They are at the centre of the global food value chain – and at the heart of our business. Our team provides multiple services, connecting producers and customers and ensuring safe transportation through efficient and expert freight services. They constantly research and navigate the global macroeconomic climate as well as the local dynamics in their region, balancing the risks that could impact the quality of a product or its delivery to their customers.
Pat Dean
Founder and CEOOscar Nyamanga
Commercial DirectorFlamingo Commodities
Pat Dean
Founder and CEOPat is the Managing Director overseeing the global operations of the Carfax Group. A multi-disciplined professional, he has over 20 years of experience at the leading edge of global sugar trading and distribution.
Pat possesses an astute appreciation of diverse cultures and people gained from residing, extensive travel and transacting business within Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Africa. Born and raised in South Africa, Pat has a particularly profound connection with the African continent.
Pat graduated from Brunel University, London, in 1995 with an honors degree in Management Science. He began his career at Tate & Lyle PLC in 1996, joining their Group Treasury team. In 1999 he moved to Bangkok, Thailand, to strengthen the presence of Tate & Lyle in Southeast Asia. In 2007 Pat was invited to join Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA, Switzerland, as Global Head of White Sugar Trading and Distribution. In 2015 Pat was called on by Tereos, France, a global sugar, starch and ethanol producer, to inaugurate and lead their globally diverse merchandising, distribution and trading unit.
Pat established Carfax Commodities in 2019 with the vision to build a more client-focussed enterprise and further shape more responsible, sustainable behaviour within the commodities industry.
ContactOscar Nyamanga
Commercial DirectorFlamingo Commodities
Oscar Nyamanga is the Commercial Director of Flamingo Commodities, driving the business development strategy for the Kenyan distribution business.
A Kenyan national and graduate of Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nairobi Kenya, Oscar started his journey with Unitary Analytics as a data analyst, then interning at the Kenyan Ministry of Mining under the Directorate of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing.
Having built a solid reputation in these roles, he joined Tereos in 2016 as a Sugar Market Analyst for East and Southern Africa, analysing sugar supply and demand for all COMESA and SADC countries.
In July 2018 Oscar was appointed the role of Kenyan Merchandising and Distribution Trader for Tereos and was the lead in sourcing COMESA sugar, managing Tereos’ relationship with COMESA sugar suppliers, and managing the group’s vital relationships with the Kenyan authorities.
He left to setup Flamingo Commodities in January 2019.
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Trade Execution
Our Trade Execution teams work in dynamic and stimulating environments, maintaining active dialogue with customers, producers and logistics providers to ensure smooth and accurate execution of commodities contracts. The team is fully integrated into the business. Working cross-commodity, they are able to support any product line. Each level of employee holding significant responsibility for the successful delivery of contracts.
Maryna Ivanova
Execution SpecialistCarfax Commodities
Jillia Lee
Execution SpecialistCarfax Commodities
Rajesh Sharma
Execution Manager
Finance
Effective financial management underpins our success at Carfax Commodities. The team informs and assists all areas of our business, supporting day-to-day business operations, reporting on our business, managing our finances, controlling and maximizing our financial performance within an international environment.
Jacob Otieno
Finance DirectorFlamingo Commodities
Gyan Yadav
Trade and Finance ControllerAshish Gupta
Trade and Finance Controller
