Cross-border commodity transactions.
Structured and executed.

Board-level execution & advisory across metals, biofuels, critical minerals, and M&A.
Zug, Switzerland · Founded 2018

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1991
Founder track record
commodity execution
30+
Years of accumulated
cross-border capability
4 continents
EMEA, APAC, Americas,
Central Asia

What mandates buy is the depth of the underlying execution capability — four decades of cross-border commodity operations, applied today as an institutional platform under Swiss law.

Metal Supply Experts GmbH· Zug, Switzerland· CHE-298.384.297· Swiss Law· Founded 2018· Cross-Border Commodity Execution· Commission Agent· Biofuels & Metals· LME Operations· Industrial Commodities·
Execution · Advisory · Commission Agent
Mandate Formats
Swiss Law
Governed · ICC Zurich
Est. 2018
Zug, Switzerland

About

1991
Origin of the execution capability MSE applies today — full-cycle cross-border commodity operations: non-ferrous and ferrous metals, terminal logistics, export and customs documentation, complex claims resolution, and critical metals programs.
8%
Of global primary aluminium flows directed within MSE's leadership track record at one of the world's largest producers.
96%
OTIF delivery rate achieved at scale across multimodal commodity logistics — raised from 84% baseline through end-to-end supply chain restructuring.
$2B+
Trade finance portfolio structured and managed across cross-border commodity transactions — revolvers, prepayments, bankable offtake instruments.
40+
Ports and terminals integrated into multimodal commodity flows across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
Tier‑1
Counterparty relationships at board level across Boeing, Airbus, global automotive OEMs, Korean chaebols (Samsung, Hyundai, POSCO, LG), Japanese sogo shosha, and industrial primes in steel, cable, extrusion, construction, packaging, and food.

Independent execution and advisory platform

Metal Supply Experts GmbH provides board-level execution and advisory across the full commodity transaction lifecycle — strategy, supply chain structuring, trade finance, regulatory compliance, and commercial execution.

Engagements span port operators, industrial holdings, specialty manufacturers, trading houses, and investment vehicles across Western Europe, CEE, Central Asia, and the Americas.

Founded 2018 in Zug, Switzerland, MSE operationalises a founder execution capability since 1991 across non-ferrous and ferrous metals, primary and engineered products, terminal logistics, trade finance, and critical metals programs.

The firm operates through a selective network of senior advisors and execution specialists — trade finance, logistics, regulatory, technical, legal — engaged on a mandate basis. Execution does not depend on a single person.

Focus areas: sustainable fuels, industrial metals and critical materials, and cross-border transactions in commodity-linked industries.

Mandates are structured case-by-case — retainer advisory, project-based execution, or commission agency under Swiss law. No standard packages. Minimum threshold reflects the complexity of the work undertaken.

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Sectors

Industries Served

Industrial sectors where cross-border execution, regulatory compliance, and supply chain structuring define the mandate.

Our Approach

How we structure and execute mandates

N S E W
01AssessMandate scoping & market intelligence
02StructureDeal architecture & compliance framework
HUB
03MobiliseCounterparties, logistics & trade finance
04DeliverExecution, settlement & reporting

Mandate Examples

Selected engagements

Indicative engagements drawn from the mandate book. The full record remains confidential under client agreements.

Terminal Ops
Engaged by a global port and terminal operator to standardise bulk and break-bulk operations across European and Asian facilities. Throughput benchmarking, cost-to-serve dashboards, 3PL partnership frameworks.
Building Materials
Structured EU market entry for an international cement holding with 60+ Mmt/year production capacity. Elbe and Baltic river logistics corridors, terminal handling, and CBAM-compliant carbon reporting for cross-border clinker and cement flows.
Advanced Materials
Full commercial P&L responsibility for a Central European specialty materials manufacturer (Al₂O₃, ZrO₂, zeolite). 13-week S&OP cycle, index-based pricing with contribution-margin guardrails, ISO 9001/IATF 16949 quality roadmap.
Commodity & Energy
Cross-functional procurement and logistics optimisation for a European-based commodity and energy group. Quarterly strategy and risk cadences, supplier governance aligned to AML/ESG requirements.
M&A Advisory
Due diligence, valuation, and capital structuring for industrial mineral assets across Southern Europe. Technical and financial analysis, DCF/IRR modelling, investor materials, offtake logistics planning.
Rare Metals
Developed a strategic concept and business case for a Rare Metals trading desk within an international commodity group. Separately: authored a feasibility study for gallium/scandium/vanadium extraction from ~30M tonnes of bauxite residue at a major alumina refinery, with residual matrix proposed as feed for an adjacent cement plant.

ESG & Traceability

Sustainable compliance infrastructure
for cross-border commodity flows

As CBAM, EU supply chain due diligence, and ISCC EU certification reshape the economics of commodity trade, MSE structures mandates with embedded sustainability credentials — from origin verification to carbon-adjusted settlement. Compliance is no longer a reporting layer. It is an executable part of the transaction.

Chain of Custody

Lot-level origin tracking embedded into shipping and customs documentation. Audit-ready MRV aligned to ISCC EU, ASI, and EU Union Database requirements. Certification coverage from producer to point of delivery — presented as a legally recognised sustainability declaration.

Carbon & CBAM Compliance

Scope 1–3 carbon accounting per shipment with CBAM-compliant embedded reporting. Verified emissions reduction documentation and carbon intensity certificates for EU import declarations. Route and modal optimisation for measured, auditable footprint reduction across each transaction leg.

Programmable Settlement

Tokenised settlement architecture linking physical commodity flows to on-chain ESG data. Near-real-time payment settlement with KYC/KYB/AML compliance aligned to Swiss FINMA, FATF, and OFAC frameworks. ESG metadata travels with — not after — the transaction record.

CBAM · ISCC EU · EU Taxonomy · Swiss DLT Act
Regulatory horizon
1 Jul 2026
Platts T2 GHG floor → 75%
30 Dec 2026
EUDR enforcement
1 Jan 2027
CBAM first surrender
2027–30
ETS free allocation phase-out
Jul 2029
CSDDD application

Founder & Director

Sergey Belskiy

Sergey Belskiy

Founder & Managing Director

30+ years, $4.5B P&L directed, ~8% of global primary aluminium flows. C-level career at a Top-3 global primary aluminium producer (Zug) — Director of Sales & Marketing, General Director of the Trading House, COO/Director SCM. OTIF raised to 96%, DSO reduced to 38 days, demurrage and detention cut 40%, $65–67M annual margin uplift through end-to-end supply chain and multimodal logistics restructuring across EMEA, Asia, and the Americas.

Full commodity spectrum since 1991. Cross-border execution in non-ferrous and ferrous metals, steel and steel products, ores and concentrates, primary and engineered metal products — with parallel responsibility for multimodal logistics, supply chain architecture, quality management, and operational turnarounds on complex industrial cases.

Early track record built directing rare and strategic metals programs from Kazakhstan and the former Soviet Union — gallium and germanium full-cycle flows, volume trading of indium, tantalum, niobium, yttrium oxide, titanium sponge and alloys, and the magnet metals group — alongside ferrous and non-ferrous trade flows to Tier-1 counterparties across Japan, Europe, and North America.

Subsequently CEO of a major European building materials holding (Zurich, 2022–2024), leading international commercial strategy for one of Europe's largest cement producers. Founded MSE in 2018 to operationalise this capability under Swiss institutional form.

Education MSc Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous & Rare Metals, MISiS Moscow
ADP, London Business School
Industry Published author — industry and financial press
Guest Lecturer, London Business School
LME Operations Certification
Recognition Honorary Medal, Union of Metal & Steel Suppliers
Published in international industry and financial press
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$0B+
P&L managed (USD)
0%
Global aluminium flows directed
−0%
Demurrage & detention reduction
$0M+
Annual margin uplift

MSE Perspectives

Latest market commentary

MSE Commentary May 2026
Green Premium Becomes the New Benchmark: What the Platts T2 Revision Means for US Ethanol Exporters

From 1 July 2026, S&P Global Platts raises the minimum weighted-average GHG saving threshold for T2 FOB Rotterdam ethanol assessments from 64.3% to 75%. Product below the new floor faces exclusion from benchmark-grade trading flows or a structural pricing discount relative to compliant material.

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MSE Commentary Apr 2026
CBAM at Financial Phase: What Exporters of Steel and Cement Are Actually Facing

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entered its definitive phase on 1 January 2026. Liability accrues from day one — but the structure of obligations, the phase-in timeline, and the long-term cost trajectory are widely misunderstood by exporting firms operating outside the EU.

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4 MSE commentaries · 4 external publications in industry press

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Metal Supply Experts GmbH
Schulhausstrasse 19
6318 Walchwil, Canton Zug
Switzerland
Phone
+41 41 710 64 20
Registration
CHE-298.384.297
Canton Zug Commercial Register
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