Neeraj Kumar

Director of Commercial Chemicals & Business Development
Vopak Terminals Singapore
Singapore

Neeraj Kumar is the Director of Commercial (Chemicals) and Business Development in Vopak Terminals Singapore, and General Manager of Vopak Gas Terminals. Neeraj leads the business and commercial teams responsible for petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, as well as new energy areas in Ammonia, Carbon Capture and Sustainable Feedstocks, namely biofuels. He and his team also drive conversations with the Singapore government and other strategic partnerships for Energy Transition. His team’s expertise in sustainable fuels led to the world’s first loading of Ammonia as a marine fuel at Vopak’s Banyan Terminal and several successful Methanol bunkering pilots at Vopak’s Sakra and Penjuru Terminals. These successful pilots were conducted in close collaboration with partners and with the support of the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). Prior to Vopak, Neeraj held regional and global roles before ending his career at DuPont as the Global Marketing Leader for Healthcare Packaging. Neeraj also holds several years of local and international experience in public policy and industry development with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where he was also the Centre Director (Americas) leading negotiations on investments in biotechnology, medical devices, chemicals and engineering for Singapore. Neeraj is a Mechanical Engineer by training having completed his Bachelor’s with Honors at National University of Singapore where he also was part of the prestigious University Scholars Programme (USP) and NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programs.