Leadership

Volare Shipping's leadership team brings together decades of expertise across shipping operations, commodities trading, and financial management, with a proven track record of building and scaling global maritime platforms.

Andrea Olivi

Chairman of the Board

Andrea is an experienced shipping executive with a background in global wet and dry bulk freight operations, and is currently Global Head of Shipping at Trafigura. Prior to this, he held senior roles at Teekay and Socar Trading.

Alexandre Duff

Chief Executive Officer

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Alexandre brings nearly 15 years of tanker industry experience to his role and has been instrumental in shaping Trafigura’s tanker strategy, and driving the growth its fleet to over 300 tankers of all sizes.

Andrew Starkey

Chief Financial Officer, Board director

Andrew is a finance professional with over 25 years of experience across the Asia Pacific natural resources, infrastructure, and financial sectors.

Dmitri Croitor

Board director

Dmitri is an energy trading professional with close to 20 years' experience spanning crude oil, petroleum products, LNG, and carbon markets across Asia and Europe.

Ludwig Criel

Independent director

Ludwig Criel has been Chairman of Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association (RBSA) since 2016. He has been a Director of CMB since 1991 and of Exmar since listing in 2003.