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Global Risk Management appoints reputable profile from the financial sector as new Chief Analyst
Arne Lohmann Rasmussen will join Global Risk Management (GRM) in a central role as the company’s global Chief Analyst effective January 1st, 2023.
As Global Risk Management’s new Chief Analyst, Arne Lohmann Rasmussen will play a central role in strengthening the company’s relations with its clients. He will work closely with Global Risk Management's Sales and Trading teams and provide expert risk assessment advice based on deep insights into economics and financial and commodity markets.
"We are very pleased to have Arne Lohmann Rasmussen join Global Risk Management. His profound experience working with currency and commodity research and risk advisory makes him the perfect fit for GRM, and his strong strategic knowhow will undoubtedly play a crucial role in taking GRM to the next level as the global energy risk manager of choice,” says Martin Vorgod, CCO of Global Risk Management, and adds:
"Arne Lohmann Rasmussen has vast experience working with a very diverse client portfolio on risk assessment in relation to macro developments and financial markets, and this, coupled with his knowledge of the oil and energy markets, will undoubtedly play to our clients' advantage, to GRM, and also to our sister companies such as Bunker Holding, Uni-Tankers, SDK FREJA, and CM Biomass."
Arne Lohmann Rasmussen brings with him a wealth of experience as a strategic advisor on interest rates, and currency and commodity markets to corporations and institutions in not only Denmark and the Nordics but also globally. In recent years, Lohmann Rasmussen has been advising large-, medium-, and small--sized enterprises on financial and economic risks posed by interest rates and currency and commodity exposure, as well as advising on developments within ESG, most recently as Chief Analyst at Danish financial institution Dansk Bank. During his more than 20 years with Danske Bank, Arne Lohmann Rasmussen has held various management positions in the company's research department.
“I have been following GRM from the sidelines for quite some time now, and I have seen how the company has evolved. I am really looking forward to joining GRM at such an exciting time in the company's growth journey, and I can't wait to meet the GRM team and to contribute to the company's ambitious strategy," says Arne Lohmann Rasmussen.
Arne Lohmann Rasmussen is known from Danish and international media, where he often provides expert knowledge on economic, interest rates and commodity price developments. He has a Master's degree in Economics from Syddansk Universitet (SDU) and during the past couple of years, he has been further strengthening his knowledge and competencies within ESG.
Arne Lohmann Rasmussen will work from the Global Risk Management office in Copenhagen.
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Global Risk Management is a leading provider of hedging solutions for the management of price risk on energy. Combining in-depth knowledge of the energy market, finance, and transport, clients are helped to protect their margins from the risk posed by notoriously volatile energy prices. A wide range of airline companies, oil suppliers and industry clients make extensive use of Global Risk Management’s expertise, just as the shipping industry is part of the client base.
2021/22 was a strong year for GRM ending in an annual result exceeding expectations despite a challenging market with extreme volatility and rising commodity prices.
Global Risk Management (GRM) is part of the Danish, family-owned United Shipping & Trading Company (USTC). USTC holds a portfolio of activities that include oil & energy, shipping & logistics, ship owning, risk management, car activities, IT and sustainable energy, environment & recycling and is present in 40 countries with more than 4,000 employees.