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A day in the life of… Emma Boyle, Senior Communications Executive Emma is a Senior Communications Executive, based in the London office responsible for composing external content assets across a wide range of platforms, architecting the company-wide tone of voice and spearheading internal comms to build an enriched and fortified company culture. Prior to joining Vortexa, Emma worked as a Senior Copywriter for Facebook and as a Content Manager at the GSMA, the global governing body for the mobile industry. Fun fact: Emma is currently working towards fulfilling her dream ambition of becoming an author and is composing a fictional novel about affairs and manipulative relationships!
Celebrating Pride at Vortexa: Q&A with Tony McCaffery - Founder & Managing Director of Diversity Co With June in full swing and Pride celebrations taking place all over the world, here at Vortexa we wanted to take this time to learn more about the history, meaning and importance of Pride, and to champion the progress being made in creating a more inclusive and equitable world for all. To enrich our own understanding of how Pride month originated and to delve deeper into the cornerstone topics underpinning the celebrations, we invited Tony McCaffery, Founder and Managing Director of Diversity Co; the home of equity, diversity and inclusion consultancies to share his own experiences as a queer and mixed-race person of colour living with disabilities. We asked Tony to further educate us on the subject of intersectionality and most importantly, to articulate how best we can actively support LGBTQIA+ communities.
Vortexa Launches Game-Changer Freight Analytics Bringing Unparalleled Market Edge to Charterers, Traders & Shipowners. Vortexa Freight Analytics is set to become the critical decision tool for shipping market players to identify, capture and optimise trading opportunities at unheard levels of speed, accuracy and foresight.
Arthur is a Senior Freight Analyst based in London, responsible for Vortexa’s freight market analysis coverage and playing an instrumental role in developing freight product initiatives. Prior to Vortexa, Arthur worked at S&P Global Platts as a Senior Pricing Specialist on the freight pricing desk. Fun fact: Arthur has sailed in all but 2 of the world’s seven oceans, only missing the Arctic and Southern (or Antarctic) oceans to complete the list. We wanted to find out what inspired Arthur to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date and what day-to-day life really looks like for a Senior Freight Analyst...
Sebastian is a Senior Shipping Specialist, responsible for guiding enhancements, product development and integrating new shipping features into the platform. Prior to Vortexa, Sebastian worked at Wilhelmsen Ships Service as the Strategic Sales Manager and at BP as the Lead Voyage Operator for Fuel and Products and Commercials teams. We wanted to find out what inspired Sebastian to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date and what day-to-day life really looks like for a Senior Shipping Specialist...
Conor Stone is a Product Specialist, responsible for demonstrating the value proposition of Vortexa’s energy intelligence to prospective clients through tailored presentations and bespoke trials, as well as driving customer success. Prior to Vortexa, Conor worked as a Marine Transport Advisor with McQuilling Partners, working closely with major chartering and shipowning entities. Fun fact: Conor is an avid traveller and has visited over 25 different countries and counting! We wanted to find out what inspired Conor to join Vortexa, what some of his biggest milestones have been to date and what day-to-day life really looks like for a Product Specialist...
Gabriel is a DevOps Engineer, based in London, responsible for the reliability of Vortexa's infrastructure, as well as creating and managing tools for our developers. Prior to joining Vortexa, Gabriel worked as a Software and then DevOps engineer at BT. Fun fact: Gabriel made excellent use of his time during lock-down and taught himself how to backflip this year!
Jacques Gabillon, former Global Head of Commodities at Goldman Sachs, is Vortexa’s new Chairman & Energy Innovation Capital becomes an investor. Jacques Gabillon is the new Chairman at Vortexa succeeding Etienne Amic who is the current CEO of VAKT, the blockchain platform for energy trading. Energy Innovation Capital becomes a new investor in Vortexa together with increased participation from Notion Capital, one of the company’s existing investors. Vortexa tracks more than $1.8 trillion of waterborne energy trades per year in real-time, providing energy and shipping companies with the most complete picture of global energy flows available in the world today.
Vortexa and COVID-19: Navigating mental health awareness in the grip of a global pandemic Dedicating oxygen to such a critical subject is needed now more than ever before. There isn’t a single person on the planet who hasn’t been impacted by COVID in one way or another. Families have been segregated, social lives stopped, routines shaken and finances stretched. From a professional standpoint, people have been affected to varying degrees; some have just had to acclimatise to life without the commute, others have been significantly less fortunate and lost their livelihood altogether. The repercussions of a global pandemic on people’s mental health and their ability to handle unrelenting waves of stress have pushed some to the very limits of their mental capabilities.
A day in the life of…Dominika Wojcik - People Operations Specialist Dominika is a People Operations Specialist based in the London office, responsible for ensuring a smooth onboarding process for new joiners in addition to overseeing employee engagement and wellbeing at Vortexa. Prior to joining the company, Dominika worked as a People Coordinator at the fintech company Monese.
