According to an alert issued by LinkedInthe industry veteran has joined Starfuels, a Geneva-based energy brokerage thatopened an office in New York less than two years ago.

Faucher’s departure came to light Tuesdayafternoon when the networking portal notified his ‘connections’ about the newappointment.

The development quickly became a populartopic of conversation during a cocktail reception at the Connecticut MaritimeAssociation’s (CMA’s) Shipping 2014 conference in Stamford.