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Cockett Group has confirmed the appointment of Caroline Huot as head of its global lubricants business and three commercial managers.

Caroline Huot

Huot, who is a French national, has more than 20 years' experience in the marine lubricants sector with a track record in marine operations, procurement and management and a wealth of knowledge of the global shipping and oil industries.

Amongst a number of high-profile positions within the shipping and marine lubricants industries, Huot previously served as Global Marine Lubricants Director at KPI Bridge Oil.

Prior to this, she was CEO and managing director at Gulf Oil Marine Ltd, the wholly owned affiliate of Gulf Oil International. Huot played a key role in the creation of Gulf Oil Marine and subsequently in the launch and expansion of the global marine lubricant distribution network, Sealub Alliance.

Huot also served as general manager at Total Lubmarine Asia Pacific between 2002 and 2008, where she contributed to the worldwide expansion of Total and Elf inland and marine lubricants in Asia, South America and Eastern Europe and Mexico.

Based in Singapore in her new role, Huot's contact email is c.huot@cockett.com.

Commercial manager appointments

Cocket's newly named commercial managers are:

Robin van Elderen, Commercial Head - Europe. Based in Rotterdam
Email: R.VanElderen@cockett.com

Martin Haxholdt, Commercial Head - Asia. Based in Shanghai
Email: M.hax@cockett.com

Fernando Nicola, Commercial Head - Americas. Based in Miami
Email: F.Nicola@cockett.com

Commenting on the managerial changes, Cem Saral, Group CEO for Cockett Group, said: "Our regional appointments have been executed after careful analysis of external and internal candidates and the individuals selected will continue to assist the Group with focused regional commercial management as well as support various global collaboration initiatives. At Cockett Group we are continually searching for new talent to aid our business growth, and the enlarged reselling division with a dedicated focus on Lubricants enables our products and services to expand further."

Cockett Group is one of the world's leading providers of marine and petroleum products and services; it is owned by Vitol Group (50%) and Grindrod Limited (50%).

Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, Cockett operates from 16 offices and claims to currently have a trading volume in excess of 7 million metric tonnes per annum.

Image: The Jumeirah Bay X1, X2 and X3, and the Al Seef Towers in Dubai. Cockett Group's head office is located in Jumeirah Bay X3, which is the tallest building in the photo.