Trafigura appoints Holtum to head new combined gas and power division

Reuters

Published Oct 04, 2022 03:40AM ET

Updated Oct 04, 2022 04:40AM ET

By Julia Payne

GENEVA (Reuters) - Commodities trading firm Trafigura said on Tuesday it has appointed Richard Holtum as its global head of a newly combined gas and power division.

Holtum has also become the 11th member of the Geneva-based company's management committee.

He was previously Trafigura's global head of gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading after joining the LNG desk in 2014. Prior to joining Trafigura, Holtum was on the crude desk at Glencore (OTC:GLNCY) and served in the British Army.

Igor Marin has been appointed global head of power trading, the company added.