Heloise Cohen

Responsibilities included proof-reading commodities sale and purchase contracts as well as general office administration work

Westford Trade Services Ltd (‘WTS') is a specialist provider of trade solutions for businesses throughout the world – ranging from conventional trade transactions and supply chain services to structured trade solutions that may require integrated logistics expertise also offered by one of our partner companies.Please note that Zeina Zarrour is no longer associated with Westford Trade Services.Registered address: WESTFORD TRADE SERVICES (UK) LTD is a Financial Services company located in 37 CHAMBERLAIN STREET, WELLS, SOMERSET, United Kingdom.

* VEGOILS - origin Black Sea to India and Europe * RICE and GRAINS * Planning the execution of purchase and sales contracts according to conditions agreed upon * Ensuring compliance with national and international standards, legislation and quality assurance * Planning shipments, deliveries and releases of goods in close coordination with traders * Monitor and inform buyers about the position, arrival of their commodities and arrange insurance of the commodities. * Processing all types of Trade transactions; Import L/C Establishments / Amendments, Import L/C Drawings / Refinance, Import and Export Collections. * Collecting all necessary documents for billing the clients and cashing the funds * Comparing estimated against actual costs and report to trader when adjustments are required * Maintaining contacts with internal and external counterparts, like the freight department, surveyors and financial institutions. * Processing paper and fob trades in the sixports business (circles, strings, etc.)

* Louis Dreyfus Commodities SA * o Rice and frozen meat execution | Execute purchase and sales contracts (bulk, break bulk,containers, reefers) * o Coordination | First line contact with vessel’s agents, * owners, receivers, supervisors and bankers. * o Follow up | Rice position * o Administration | contracts’ input, vessels’ nominations, * documentary instructions, shipping advices, invoice * processing, menus agents, issuance of documents requested at * destination, menus CMA and release orders. * o Payment terms | CAD, Letter of credit, Draft, CMA. * o Insurance declarations | payments and receivables. * o Freight execution | Demurrage-Despatch calculation and * negotiation * o Reporting | Demurrage-Despatch Profit & Loss, Reporting of * daily vessel update and follow up of vessels operations * o Supervision and accounting | Shipping invoices and payments, * freight settlements and finalization of freight accounts * with owners * o Contract control | Cotton division

* Accounting | book-keeping * o Treasury | cash forecast * o HR and general office management responsibilities * o Incorporation of subsidiaries in France and Spain, including * business plans and budget estimations * o Presentations: shipping and chartering studies (demurrage, * world fleet, etc.) * o Translation of weekly reports English/French. Topics: money * flows, energy and biodiesel, oils and oilseeds

* Essent trading International SA * o Assisting the VP Operations in the transfer of trading * activities of Essent N.V to Geneva and in the setting up of * company offices in Spain, Sweden, Slovakia, Czech Republic, * Poland and Hungary. * o Responsibilities included coordination between in-house * experts and external advisors; evaluation of the business * model’s compliance with different countries’ laws and * regulations (including tax and bookkeeping) * o Operational set -- finding office space, facilities, * contacts, etc. * o Facility management of Essent Trading International SA * Geneva)- Manager of a team of 4 co-workers. * o Health and Safety officer

Formation of Contractual Obligations, The Goods, Fulfilling Contractual Obligations, Freight Loading and Discharging Risks, Problems and Exceptional Circumstances, Dispute Resolution and, Managing Risk