Daejin Lee

Consulting Principal, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Daejin Lee is a principal consultant and analyst for maritime and trade at IHS Markit Singapore.

Mr. Lee has participated in maritime consulting projects such as AIS analysis for freight routes, freight forecast modeling and shipbuilding market analysis. He is a regular speaker about shipping and shipbuilding markets at global maritime events and seminars, including SGX iron ore forum in Singapore, Djakarta Mining Club conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Baltic Exchange Freight and Commodities Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before joining IHS Markit, he spent several years at Hanjin Shipping as a FFA trader and shipping analyst, where he gave regular presentations to key trading houses and several energy companies about freight and commodity markets. He also was responsible for freight market risk management by providing timely market information, trading freight derivatives and giving expert guidance on long-term and short-term fleet chartering and acquiring or selling ships. Mr. Lee studied English literature both in Seoul (KU) and London (RHUL) and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Korea University, Korea.