Mr. Frederik Groth has over two decades of experience in the international trading and distribution business. Prior to SSOE, Frederik was the Managing Director APAC for COFCO International. Before that, Frederik was with Archer Daniels Midland as their CEO of the APAC Agricultural Services Company, and prior to that, as the CEO of Toepfer International Asia. He has led numerous multinational teams over the years.

Frederik is a graduate from Foreign Trade Academy in Hamburg, Germany and has completed the Management Acceleration Program from INSEAD and other Executive Development Programs from Harvard Business School and IMD Lausanne.