Jeremy Weir was appointed chief executive officer of Trafigura in March 2014 after a career spanning nearly three decades in commodity and commodity derivative markets. An Australian national, he joined the Trafigura Group in 2001 as head of metals derivatives, structured products and risk management. Immediately prior to his current appointment, he served as a management board director, head of risk and chief executive officer of Galena Asset Management, the private investment arm of Trafigura, and Trafigura Mining Group.

Before Trafigura, Mr. Weir spent nearly nine years between 1992 and 2000 with N. M. Rothschild & Sons. In Australia, he set up the group’s nonferrous metals derivatives business and developed structured products alongside its resource banking activities before relocating to London and joining the main board. There his responsibilities encompassed worldwide metal trading activities and structured finance business, and he was also a member of the group’s treasury and banking executive management team. He has also worked at Pasminco Metals and North Ltd.

Mr. Weir holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Melbourne and lives with his wife and three children in Geneva, Switzerland.