the questionWho sits on the board of TPTE's parent company, and what other posts do they hold?
1Board membership 2022–2026
analysisThe board that signed TGPL's 2022 annual report consisted of Mark Irwin, Pierre Lorinet, Andrew Vickerman, Jeremy Weir, José Larocca, Sipko Schat and Mike Wainwright. The 2025 prospectus lists Vickerman, Weir as chairman, Irwin, Lorinet, Schat and Richard Holtum as chief executive; the half-year report of June 2026 lists Holtum, Irwin, Lorinet, Sergio Agapito Lires Rial, Schat and Weir, without Vickerman. 1 2 3
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2Chairman and chief executive
analysisJeremy Weir joined the group in 2001 and was its chief executive for more than a decade before becoming non-executive chairman on 1 January 2025; Spain's commercial-register gazette and an aggregator record him as chairman of the Spanish mining companies Minas de Aguas Teñidas and TM Mining Ventures. His successor as chief executive, Richard Holtum, was a director of the UK company Trafigura Limited in 2023–2024, and both were members of the statutory body of Trafigura Trading (Europe) Sàrl recorded in the Czech register. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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- Company statement source · s-d216 identified by category only · Company statement
- Commercial-registry gazette entry (BORME), 2019, on Minas de Aguas Teñidas Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (Spain) · Nov 2019
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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
3Long-serving directors
analysisMark Irwin, with the group since its inception, is listed as a director of TBBV and TGPL since 2003 and as head of Farringford N.V.; the UK register records his earlier posts at Trafigura Limited and two other companies. Pierre Lorinet became a director of five UK companies in 2010, all since left or dissolved, and Andrew Vickerman's UK register entries include Cambridge Energy, Petropavlovsk and a Rio Tinto pension trustee. 1 2 3 4
- qualification
- The aggregator matches the name 'Trafigura Holdings Ltd.' without a registry number, so which company of that name is meant is not certain.
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timeline · 2025
- Richard Holtum becomes group chief executive and Jeremy Weir non-executive chairman