Kieran Michael began his career in shipping and bunkers as an analyst for Dynamar in 1993 and worked later as an analyst for Standard & Poor’s and Lloyd’s. For the last ten years he has been managing credit departments, first for Bunkers International and later WOS for Bomin. Currently he is the Group Credit Manager for the Island Oil group of companies, who are physical suppliers in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea with back to back bunker trading desks worldwide.