Jeremy Weir

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

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

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

  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". Uk.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Trafigura CEO to Make History at Swiss Commodities Summit". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 May 2017.


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