NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oliver Wyman today announced the appointment of Graham Sharp as a senior advisor. Mr. Sharp, a co-founder of the world's third-largest independent commodity trading organization Trafigura Beheer BV, will work closely with Oliver Wyman's Global Risk & Trading Practice to support clients in improving their performance by capturing additional margins and more effectively managing risks.
"We are delighted that Graham will be joining Oliver Wyman as a Senior Advisor, providing strategic and operating guidance in a fast-moving commodity trading landscape," says John Drzik, CEO of Oliver Wyman Group.
"Graham brings 26 years of experience helping to build up some of the top commodity traders in the business, such as Trafigura," says Roland Rechtsteiner, Managing Partner of Oliver Wyman's Global Risk & Trading Practice.
Mr. Sharp said, "I am honored to be joining with the Oliver Wyman team to assist commodity trading organizations to create value. I look forward to serving as a resource to the Global Risk & Trading Practice and helping to build on its success in this area to date."
Mr. Sharp was a senior vice-president of International Trade at TNK-BP based in Moscow until 2011. Under his leadership, TNK-BP developed international trading activity. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Trafigura Beheer BV from 1993 through 2007. In this role, he was responsible for all oil trading worldwide as well as for the company's regional activities in the Middle East, Asia and Australasia. He was a director of many Trafigura subsidiaries and involved in all Trafigura asset investments. When he left, he was also running the London office of Trafigura. He began his career as a consultant for Strategic Planning Associates in London where he worked primarily for Shell in the UK, Germany, France and Belgium.
Mr. Sharp is engaged in a wide range of philanthropic activities. He is the founder of the Helsington Foundation and the Racing Steps Foundation. He is chairman of The Trafigura Foundation and director of Galena Asset Management. His hobby is motor car racing.
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