SINGAPORE, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ICIS, a global chemical market intelligence and news service, has appointed petrochemical industry veteran Larry Tan as Data Analytics Manager, effective 1 February.

Larry Tan will be working for ICIS on a part time basis. He concurrently holds a director position in FuelChem, a consultancy firm he founded in 2008.

He has more than 25 years of experience in the oil petrochemical industries, most of it spent with industry giant ExxonMobil.

Paul Ray, ICIS' Head of Data and Analytics, said Larry Tan's understanding of the petrochemical industry would be a tremendous asset for ICIS.

I'm delighted to welcome Larry into ICIS and firmly believe that his industry background will provide tremendous strength to the entire family of ICIS products and services, Ray said.

Larry Tan has extensive experience in refinery planning, catalytic research, operations, supply chain, shipping, sales marketing and bulk commodity trading.

I am delighted to come on board ICIS as I have known and worked with many of their very dedicated and professional staff since the mid 1990s, Larry said.

I look forward to working with them again, as colleagues now, to jointly build on the many wonderful products and services that ICIS offers and to potentially enhance their functionalities to better serve the informational needs of our clients globally.

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