CommodityFirst

About us

We are committed to help optimise and grow your commodity trading and technology business

We know the commodity trading industry

CommodityFirst was founded in 2011 and is managed by people with senior management experience from the commodity, technology, and management consulting industries.

In addition to decades of business, management, and technology consulting experience, all key consultants have in-depth experience from the commodity trading industry as former C-level managers, trading desk heads, originators, risk managers, lead architects and developers.

We partner with utilities, trading houses, IPPs, Energy Majors, Commodity-intensive industrials, and investment banks to address their challenges and help grow, optimize, and transform their business.

Whether it's delivering complex system integrations, supporting application landscapes, or driving digital transformation, we act as true partners, from ideation to implementation.​

We operate predominantly in Europe, where we run and participate in regional and global projects, and together with partners, we can deliver and operate globally.

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Meet the Team

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    Carsten Diederich

    Senior Consultant

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    Christian Rud

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    Christian Sønderup

    Associate Partner

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    Colton Barrett

    Sales Enablement Manager

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    Ian Clark

    Senior Consultant

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    Martin Sørensen

    Senior Consultant

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    Mats Forsman

    Senior Partner, Co-Founder

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    Merethe Christiansen

    Senior Consultant

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    Mikael Nordström

    Managing Partner, Co-Founder

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    Nicola Bumford

    Senior Consultant

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    Peter Antkowiak

    Senior Consultant

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    Peter Larsen

    Associate Partner

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    Petter Torp

    Senior Partner

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    Tim Haaijman

    Partner

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