Our Team
Paul Athanasiadis
International Director
Paul Athanasiadis, a partner for sales and development, is the International Director of Global Commodity Group Pty Ltd, an international trade, commodity, and consulting company, headquartered in Victoria, Australia. With over 30 years of experience, Paul brings a network of people to the table to close most deals he is presented with, be it buying or selling stock.
Paul has a passion to live and breathe what he does, and building relationships with everyone he meets. As his favourite motto is “Good Contracts Make Good Friends”.
Michael Porter
Director
Michael Porter, Director for sales and development.
With over 30 years of experience, he brings exceptional expertise and knowledge to our projects including sourcing, joint ventures, licensing, and liquidation.
Michael lives outside of Boston, MA, USA. He is also the owner of Porter Associates, an international trade and consulting company.
Amy Hayes-Taylor
International Business Development Manager
Amy Hayes-Taylor, International Business Development Manager for Global Commodity Group Pty Ltd, an international trade, commodity, and consulting company, headquartered in Victoria, Australia. With over 10 years of experience, Amy brings a first-class attitude to maintaining wonderful relationships with all cliental and offers a diverse range of services to assure each deal is treated with a top-tier approach that ensures a sufficed client with each deal.
Cory Towner
Australian Director
Cory Towner, partner for Australia’s sales and development, is the Australian Director of Global Commodity Group, an international trade and consulting company, headquartered in Victoria, Australia. With over 15 years of experience, he brings exceptional expertise to our projects.
Cory brings knowledge in commodity products, mining, licensing, joint ventures, liquidation, and sourcing, both domestically and internationally.
Danny Nguyen
Viet Nam Business Development Manager
Danny Nguyen is the Viet Nam Business Development Manager for Global Commodity Group base in the Southeast Asia’s region.
With over 15 years of experience and close relationship with Viet Nam Government projects he brings exceptional expertise to our projects come from the worlds of agriculture, metals, and fertilizers for their raw materials.
Danny is passionate about helping local clients transform their businesses by informed and insightful intelligence and advice that can bring new ideas and accelerate a company’s growth.
Kevbe Oputu
International Business Development Manager
Kevbe Oputu is the International Business Development Manager for Global Commodity Group, covering the region of Africa.
He has gained ample experience in sourcing commodities within and outside the African continent. He has a can-do attitude and appreciates his work as a team member.
He brings over 10 years of experience from diverse roles in Customer Service, Office Management and administration, and Legal Practice.