Moving Energy Efficiently

Gary Pedersen
President & CEO – Americas, Gunvor Group
Gary is a 30-year veteran of the energy commodities trading industry, with extensive international experience in trading management, logistics, and refining. He joins Gunvor from Millennium Management LLC, where he served as Senior Portfolio Manager for cross barrel oil products since 2022.
Gary began his career in 1994 at Koch Industries, Inc., where he worked for various entities, including Koch Chemical Company, Flint Hills Resources, and Koch Supply & Trading. During this period, Gary held managing director roles in Rotterdam, Singapore, London, and Geneva. At Koch Supply & Trading SaRL, he oversaw trading around the company’s 85,000 bpd condensate splitter in Rotterdam, along with the trading of aromatics, natural gas liquids, naphtha, gasoline, and condensates.
Gary studied and played football at Iowa State University and received a Finance degree from University of Nebraska Kearney.