Alexander Kosimov

Dynamic and highly motivated Senior Manager with 14+ years of exceptional managing experience in natural gas trading; sales, procurement, supply, financing of oil and gas equipment. Being deeply rooted in Central Asian and CIS markets, native to local cultures with strong professional network and personal connections to senior executives and business owners in the entire region, especially within energy, pharma, and cotton industry. Open to relocation on a global level.

04/2008 – 04/2023 

Senior Manager / Department of Natural Gas Trading / Central Asia and CIS countries 

SEFE Schweiz AG (ex GAZPROM Schweiz AG), Zug, Switzerland

• Deputy Head of Department for Natural Gas Trading & Supply in Central Asia for all the tasks related to the department’s management and acting on his behalf on a day-to-day basis in case of need. 
• Responsible for negotiating, managing, monitoring, developing commercial and operational activities with regards to natural gas purchase, sales, and transportation contracts in Central Asian and CIS countries.
• Responsible for managing commercial activities with regards to equipment’s supply used in oil and gas industries, (pipelines, pipelayers, gas turbines, heavy construction equipment, chemicals, and other processing facilities), advising the Sell – and Buy side on the financial arrangements, and structuring of a project finance deal.
• Responsible for due diligence review related to purchase and supply agreements, business process optimization. 
• Responsible for demand and supply planning, logistics operations incl. inbound and outbound transportation. 
• Responsible for identifying and developing new strategic business opportunities, including reach-out, relationship build-up and deal closure, maintaining relationships with business partners at top-level executive in respective markets.

09/2007 – 03/2008                    

Sales Trainee / ZWF IT + Consulting AG, Saarbrucken, Germany

• Supporting ERP Microsoft Dynamics NAV Implementation and other technological solution to meet business needs of customers related to sales, purchase, and financial accounting.

03/2007 – 08/2007                    

Internship / Paul Reinhart AG, Winterthur, Switzerland

• Supporting and coordinating of IT project management related to Paul Reinhart’s Information and Communication concept (Internet, Intranet and Extranet), active participation in competitive analysis and preparing various ad-hoc reports.

06/2005 – 10/2006

Assistant of In-charge / Rep. Office National Bank of Pakistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 

• Extensive support in preparation of administrational procedures for getting a full-fledged bank license, meeting with local regulatory authorities to discuss banking needs in its organizational issues and preparing various financial reports for management.

Education

10/2006 – 03/2007             

University of St. Gallen (HSG), St. Gallen, Switzerland  

Exchange semester within the program «Business Administration», Major in Marketing

Scholarship granted by MAPOW/AIESEC (Management Education Project East West) 

08/2000 – 06/2005       

University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Major in International Economic Relations and International Politics