Noble Group

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Noble Group Limited

Type	Public, SGX: NOBL
Founded	1986
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Key people	Richard Elman (CEO), David Eldon (Chairman), Harindarpal Banga (Vice Chairman), Ricardo Leiman (COO)
Industry	Agriculture, Metals, Minerals, Energy, Logistics
Products	soybeans, oil seeds, grains, coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton, coal, clean fuels e.g. ethanol, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, vessel chartering and management
Revenue	$US 11.7 billion (2005 sales)
Website	http://www.thisisnoble.com/

Noble Group Limited (SGX: NOBL) is a global leader in managing the supply chain of agricultural, industrial and energy products. Achieving the second highest profitability in 2005 with net profits of US$231 million representing a 36% ROE on US$11.7 billion in revenue, the Group operates a network of over 80 offices in 39 countries serving more than 4,000 customers.

In 2006, Noble Group was named to the Asia Forbes Fab 50 [1] and S & P Global Challengers [2].

In 2005, Noble Group was assigned ratings from Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Ratings Agency and joined the benchmark Straits Times Index, MSCI Index Singapore and the FTSE - Hang Seng Index. In January 2008, Noble received investment grade (BBB-) from Fitch Ratings service and Standard & Poor's has changed Noble Group's outlook from "Stable" to "Positive".