Wildrik De Blank

Wildrik de Blank kicked off his career in trade and commodity finance at Bank Mees & Hope with a view to combine banking with trading, which he viewed an attractive combination. The bank’s focus on Dutch and some European markets wasn’t bringing enough depth to the role so he soon moved to Asia, the then exciting natural resources trading arena.

His lenience to business development saw him move from Hong Kong to Australia and Shanghai where he was instrumental in building profitable businesses. The real draw was trading however and 10 years into his career, Wildrik de Blank joined the then burgeoning trading franchise of Noble Group

At Noble he raised US$20billion assisting the group reach US$100billion in revenue and establish a word wide platform of commodity trading in hard, soft and energy products. When the group was challenged during a period of market turmoil, Wildrik de Blank was commended for working to protect the interest of both the firm and its financial stakeholders.

New markets and developments loomed and following a 16 year career at Noble he moved into the renewable energy space. Developing utility scale wind and solar projects throughout Asia and sitting and the forefront of the energy transition brought great satisfaction, while his affinity with the natural resources world never totally waned.

He now lives with his wife and 3 daughters in Hong Kong and still considers the opportunities that the region brings unique in the world.