the questionWho directs Trafigura Pte Ltd, and what other posts do its directors hold?
1The board
analysisThe base prospectus of May 2023 lists TPTE's directors as Stephan Arjan Jansma, Edmundo Abdon Vidal Cornelio and Tan Chin Hwee; that of June 2025 lists Andrew Philip Starkey, Vidal Cornelio and Soong Cent-Young, all at the Collyer Quay address, with no outside principal activities and no known conflicts of interest. Soong signed TPTE's modern slavery statements in 2025 and 2026. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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2The directors and their other posts
analysisTan Chin Hwee was TPTE's chief executive from January 2016 to March 2024 and earlier ran Apollo Singapore; in 2024 his current directorships included SGTraDex's services company, Commonwealth Concepts, Mt Sinai Capital and the Nanyang Technological University board of trustees. 1 2
analysisAndrew Philip Starkey joined Trafigura in October 2024 as chief financial officer for Asia Pacific after posts at Provident Capital Partners, Pierfront Capital (later Keppel Credit), Macquarie and Presidio Capital. In October 2026 he was a director of TPTE, Trafigura Holdings Pte. Ltd., Trafigura West Africa and Volare Shipping, among others, and a commissioner of the Indonesian miner PT Merdeka Copper Gold. 3 4 5 6 7 8
analysisEdmundo Abdon Vidal Cornelio is a representative of Trafigura Bulgaria and, according to a Mexican register aggregator, legal representative of a Mexican mining company with Dutch capital. Soong Cent-Young chairs the executive board of the Danish bunker-procurement company TFG Marine ApS and represents Trafigura Bulgaria. Stephan Jansma, a TPTE director in 2023, has been group chief financial officer since July 2024 and an executive director of the group board since June 2026, and holds posts at the bond issuer, Trafigura Bulgaria and three UK companies. 9 10 11 12 13 14
- qualification
- The Mexican entry is an aggregator relay without a date; the Bulgarian roles come from an aggregator of the Bulgarian commercial register.
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3Officers of subsidiaries
analysisVincent Eric Boyer headed the Prague branch of Trafigura Trading (Europe) Sàrl from 2022 to January 2026 and has been a manager of Trafigura Bulgaria since September 2024. Maciej Sciazko, who signed the modern slavery statements for Breakwater Resources and Myra Falls Mine, is listed by an aggregator as head of mining operations at TGPL. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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- Public-register record: Trafigura Trading (Europe) Sàrl, Czech branch (06262341) ARES, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic · 16 Oct 2026
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timeline · 2016
- Tan Chin Hwee becomes TPTE's chief executive