Christophe Salmon

Christophe Salmon joined Trafigura in 2012 as Chief Financial Officer Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and became Chief Financial Officer for the company on October 1st 2015.

After an active national service with the French Navy, Christophe started his career with credit insurance group Euler Hermes in France. In 1995 he joined BNP Paribas in the internal audit department, moving to the energy and commodities finance division in 2001. Here he rose through the ranks to be appointed head of the commodity finance department for EMEA, then the leading team in the market.