Trafigura Group Pte, a market leader in the global commodities industry, has appointed David Gallagher as Global Head of Structured Finance, based in Geneva.

David brings over 25 years’ experience in derivatives, structured finance, principal investing and commodities to the role. He joins Trafigura from Signal Capital Partners in London where he managed a commodities and natural resource investment portfolio.

“I’m delighted to be joining Trafigura and I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to grow the structured finance business. With the shifting landscape in capital provision to the commodities and resources sector, I believe that Trafigura will play a critical role in providing financing solutions to our clients. While at Signal Capital Partners, I had an opportunity to work closely with Trafigura on several transactions and I hope to continue this collaboration in my new role,” said David.

In his new position David will lead the structured finance team in supporting business development; structuring complex finance transactions such as pre-payments; risk monitoring, reporting and mitigation; and in arranging and implementing strategic developments for the Company relating to financing projects and assets.

His previous roles included Head of Commodities Structuring at Morgan Stanley, Head of Structuring and Head of the London office at Mercuria Energy, and Head of Commodities Structuring at Goldman Sachs. Before this David spent over 11 years at Deutsche Bank in both New York and London across a variety of roles, including Global Head of Commodities Structuring, Co-Head of North American Credit Structuring and Head of Structuring for Americas Global Principal Finance.

David graduated with an MBA in Finance & International Business from the NYU Stern School of Business in 1999 and prior to that, spent six years at Prudential Securities in New York as a US Government Bond trader. His undergraduate degree was in Finance from Georgetown University.