Jeremy Weir

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Jeremy Weir
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Occupation(s)CEO, Trafigura
TermMarch 2014-
PredecessorClaude Dauphin

Jeremy Weir (born 1964) is an Australian businessman, the CEO of Trafigura since March 2014, when he succeeded Claude Dauphin.

Early life[edit]

Weir was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1964.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Melbourne, Australia.[2][1]

Career[edit]

Weir worked for at N M Rothschild & Sons from 1992 to 2000, in Australia and London, and was responsible for commodity trading, marketing and their international metals derivatives business.[2]

Prior to becoming the CEO, Weir was head of mining and market risk.[3]

Since becoming CEO, Weir has made efforts to make Trafigura's operations more open to public scrutiny, and in April 2015 was the first Trafigura CEO to speak in public.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Connecting People Through News". Retrieved 24 May 2017 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ a b Jeremy Weir. "Jeremy Weir: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ^ Mason, Josephine (26 March 2014). "The quiet Australian: Trafigura's new chief cut from a different cloth | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Trafigura CEO to Make History at Swiss Commodities Summit". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 May 2017.