About Us
About
The Firm
Hong Kong-based. Principal trader of crude and middle distillates.
Matrix Investment Group Limited is a Hong Kong-based physical oil trader. The firm is a principal trader of crude oil and middle distillates, moving full-vessel cargoes between the world's major refining and demand hubs. Activity spans the Arabian Gulf, the Indian and Chinese refining belts, the Singapore complex, Fujairah, the NWE and ARA markets, and the Mediterranean.
The business was founded in 2008 as a commodity trading house, bridging energy and raw materials between China and the world. In 2021 the firm sharpened its mandate to oil and derivatives, reading the post-pandemic recovery in physical demand as the moment to specialise. Matrix is independent, privately held, and run with the discipline of a trading house and the flexibility of a hedge fund.
The Founder
Lee Shi
Lee Shi is the founder and principal of Matrix Investment Group Limited.
His early career has been built around cross-border commerce between China, the United States and the wider world, advising foreign-invested Chinese enterprises and international corporates through both growth and distressed-recovery mandates. He serves as a board advisor to a number of leading firms across his fields of activity.
Lee holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Shandong University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Youngstown State University.
He founded Matrix in 2008 on a single conviction: in physical commodities, the most valuable role a trader can play is that of a reliable counterparty. Someone who delivers, performs, and treats the relationship as worth more than any single cargo. That conviction continues to shape the firm.