Cedar Petrochemicals - Management Team

Management team

	Salim Harfouche CEO and Founder Mr. Harfouche began his career with Mobil Oil in Lebanon where he was in charge of importing bulk petrochemicals through Mobil's worldwide distribution network. In 1989, he moved to the United States and began his trading career. In 1994 he joined ICC Industries, expanding his product scope to include cumene, phenol, and aromatics. In the last decade he developped his trading skills to include major products i.e gasoline and natural gas. He founded Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. in 2000 to market petrochemicals and products worldwide. Salim graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1982 with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering.
	Gerry Alfaya Vice President gerry@cedarpetrochemicals.com Gerry is an accomplished trader with 18 years of experience in the petrochemicals industry. In 1993, he founded Panamerican Chemical Marketing, Ltd., a large distributor of petrochemicals in Latin America. He went on to start a new petrochemicals company in 1996, Tricon Energy, Inc to service worldwide markets. Today Gerry resides in Venezuela where he manages Cedar's office in Caracas concentrating mainly on developing Cedar's export business in the oil and petrochemicals sectors in this country. Gerry earned a BBA in International Business in 1990 from Pace University in New York.
	Charlene Silva Manager, Operations and Logistics Charlene joined Cedar in early 2002, bringing over 20 years of experience in logistics and operations to Cedar. In her current role, Charlene is responsible for worldwide logistics related to Cedar's business activities. Prior to joining Cedar, Charlene worked as a logistics coordinator for 7 years at Czarnikow-Rionda Trading / Brokerage Co., Inc. and later at ICC Chemical Corporation where she spent 9 years as International and Domestic Traffic Coordinator. Prior to joining Cedar, Charlene's was most recently a Traffic Manager for Velco Chemicals, Inc.
	Bill Sparke CFO bill@cedarpetrochemicals.com As Controller, Bill is responsible for trade finance and all accounting functions at Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. Prior to joining Cedar, Bill spent the first 5 years of his career working for Predictive Systems Inc., a network consulting firm, where he held several different positions during his career and left as the Director of Revenue. Bill later took a position in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's, where Cedar was an audit client of his for three years. It was during this time that Bill developed and avid interest in the Petrochemical Industry and ultimately joined Cedar Petrochemicals Inc. as the Corporate Controller in April of 2006. Bill Sparke graduated from Binghamton University in 1998 with a BS in accountancy, and is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.
	Jennifer Cuevas International Product Manager jennifer@cedarpetrochemicals.com Jennifer joined Cedar in 2003 as the assistant to the CEO and has subsequently advanced to the role of International Product Manager. As IPM, Jennifer specializes in a variety of petrochemicals including Chlor-Alkalis, Glycols, Bisphenol-A, Cyclohexane among others. Jennifer earned her degree in Finance and Investments from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.