Trafigura appoints Jiri Zrust as Global Head of Operational Assets

LONDON (Reuters) -Global commodity trading house Trafigura has announced it will appoint Jiri Zrust to the newly opened role of Global Head of Operational Assets.

Zrust will join the company on Oct. 1, the company said in a statement on Monday, from private equity group CVC Capital Partners.

“Jiri Zrust will join Trafigura to lead our Operational Assets division, creating a fourth pillar for our business alongside our Oil and Petroleum Products, Metals and Minerals, and Gas, Power and Renewables trading division,” Trafigura chief executive Jeremy Weir said.

The Operational Assets division will be responsible for the governance and management of Trafigura’s controlled and minority-owned operational assets in infrastructure, downstream and midstream for the oil, mining, metals, power generation, logistics and renewables sectors.

Zrust joined CVC in March 2022, according to his profile on social media professional networking site LinkedIn. Prior to that, he worked for Australian financial services company Macquarie for just over 10 years.