Pavel Veselov | Commodity Trading Technology Architect

I build and own technology for commodity trading operations — from CTRM platform architecture to SAP TRM derivatives, hedge accounting, and group-wide financial reporting.

18+ years. Three continents. Metals, Energy, Gas, Chemicals.

Not a generalist IT director. Not a consultant who reads about trading. Someone who has sat inside a trading group — owned the CTRM, managed the P&L feeds, rebuilt the hedge accounting layer, and kept mission-critical systems running 24/7.

Experience

Head of IT · Ashon International DMCC · Dubai · 2023–2025

Owned the full technology stack for an international commodities trading group across 6 countries.

Aspect CTRM — platform ownership, position management, integration with SAP TRM hedging and settlement workflows. Oracle infrastructure. Group data warehouse. Real-time P&L and risk reporting across Metals, Energy, and Bulk divisions.

18 IT professionals. $4M+ annual budget. 24/7 uptime for mission-critical trading systems.

Finance & Trading Architecture Lead · BearingPoint · 2019–2021

Led SAP S/4HANA architecture across FI, CO, TRM, PS, and BPC for large enterprise clients in Metals, Forestry, and Manufacturing.

IFRS 9 hedge accounting frameworks. IPO-readiness platforms. Multi-vendor delivery teams up to 60 consultants.

Senior Project Manager — Enterprise Architecture

Norilsk Nickel · 2014–2018

Managed a $100M IT programme portfolio including CFO reporting, analytics, and ERP delivery across mining and metals operations. Drove functional architecture decisions for consolidation, treasury, and risk reporting systems.

Project Manager / Solution Expert

IBS Holding · 2005–2014

9 years delivering SAP IFRS/GAAP consolidation, planning, and budgeting systems as consultant, architect, and project lead. Completed Russia's first SAP Financial Consolidation project; awarded Best Senior Consultant 2009.

Education

MBA — University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
SAP Certified — S/4HANA Finance including TRM
Certified SAFe Scrum Master · PSM I
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

What I'm building

FreightTender — closed-bid freight tendering for commodity trading desks. Built from direct experience watching trading groups run tenders over email with no audit trail.

The problem was real. The fix was obvious. So I built it.

Open to senior technology leadership roles in commodity trading.
Geneva is the primary focus.

See opportunities · Connect on LinkedIn · Email: pavel@bench.energy