Jeremy Weir (born 1964) is an Australian businessman, the CEO of

Trafigura Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean-based Swiss multinational commodity trading company founded in 1993 that trades in base metals and energy. It is the world's largest private metals trader and second-largest oil trader having built or p ...

since March 2014, when he succeeded Claude Dauphin.

Early life

Weir was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia in 1964. He has a bachelor's degree in geology from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

, Australia.

Career

Weir worked for at

N M Rothschild & Sons Rothschild & Co is a multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company, and the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the French and British branches of the Rothschild family. The banking business o ...

from 1992 to 2000, in Australia and London, and was responsible for commodity trading, marketing and their international metals derivatives business. Prior to becoming the CEO, Weir was head of mining and market risk. 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.

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