Cedar Petrochemicals - Management Team

Our Team

	Salim Harfouche CEO and Founder Salim 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 specializing in cumene, phenol, and aromatics. In the last decade he developed his trading skills to include all major bulk commodity petrochemicals. 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.
	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.
	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@cedarpetrochemicals.com 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.
	Peter Koejris-Andersen Credit and Documentation Manager peter@cedarpetrochemicals.com Prior to joining Cedar in 2008, Peter had accumulated in excess of 30 years of experience. He started his career at the Maersk Line head quarters in Copenhagen, where he gained extensive experience in all forms of shipping – break bulk, containers, dry bulk, liquid bulk etc. While working with Maersk Line, he also completed a one year night course in Maritime Law as well as in other topics relevant to the marine industry. He subsequently attended courses in London to stay up to date on subjects like charter party disputes, rules and regulations governing bills of lading, et al. He has held management positions with time charter vessel operators, freight forwarders, a trading company in Warsaw, Poland, a financing company as well as a chemical/polymer trading company. In addition to shipping, he has an extensive background in international import/export financing, dealing face to face with banks internationally, trading various products by various means of financing – particularly letters of credit.
	Jennifer Marchi 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 such as Oxo alcohols, Benzene derivatives including Cyclohexane, Bisphenol-A, among others. Jennifer earned her BBA in Finance and Investments from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.
	Alexander Chin International Product Manager alex@cedarpetrochemicals.com Alexander Chin is the Aromatics Trader for Cedar Petrochemicals. After NYU, Societe Generale and Citigroup, he started his petrochemical career in Singapore in 2005. He returns to New York bringing to Cedar a bilingual and global petrochemical perspective. He focuses on Benzene Toluene and Xylenes as well as gasoline blend components.
	Sami Khouri International Product Manager sami@cedarpetrochemicals.com Sami joined Cedar in 2010 as an International Product Manager. He handles Glycols, Caustic Soda, VAM, MMA Prior to joining Cedar, Sami worked in the Private Equity Industry as a LBO analyst for 2 years in London and New York. He holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Risk Management from Arts Et Métiers ParisTech in Paris, France. He speaks fluently in English, French and Arabic.
	Lynn Abousleiman Assistant Product Manager lynn@cedarpetrochemicals.com Lynn joined Cedar in 2010 as an assistant product manager. She works on a variety of products such as AMS, MEK, MIBK, acetic acid, ethyl acetate and other acetyls. Lynn graduated from the American University of Beirut with a B.S in marketing and finance. She speaks English, French, Arabic and Italian fluently.
	Kirsty Allen-Fahlander Receptionist / Office Manager kirsty@cedarpetrochemicals.com Bringing almost ten years of experience in administrative, marketing and communications roles, Kirsty joined Cedar in the summer of 2010 as the Receptionist/Office Manager. Kirsty holds a BA in Communications from Curtin University in her hometown of Perth, Western Australia.
	Dany Harfouche Human Resources Manager dany@cedarpetrochemicals.com The only part time employee. Background in Health Care, also handles employee benefits.