As Chief Growth Officer, Douglas van der Wiel focuses on keeping Advario’s customer-centric strategy and vision front and centre, while improving the company’s competitiveness. Douglas started his career at Oiltanking as Business Development Manager in Singapore in 2001. After more than five years in the region, he was transferred to Oman as Commercial Manager for Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals & Co.
In August 2009, Douglas took on the challenge as Chief Executive Officer of the joint venture between Star Energy and Oiltanking in Dubai. In August 2013, he transferred back to Singapore to take up the position of Vice President Commercial, Oiltanking Asia Pacific for a year, after which he was appointed President, Oiltanking Asia Pacific. In 2020, he transferred to the Netherlands as regional Senior Vice President at Oiltanking, responsible for the EMEA region. Douglas holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
