Philippe Blavier

Biographical Information
"Philippe is currently a Director of Iberian Minerals, a Canadian public mining company (of which Trafigura is a 40% shareholder), of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, an Italian wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas, and of Algonquin, a Belgian private equity group. He is also a member of the Trafigura Supervisory Board.

"Until 2006, Philippe held various top international executive positions in several major banks, especially BNP Paribas and Chase Manhattan Bank.

"Philippe graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris (1967) and holds a Masters Degree in Law. He received the French Légion d'Honneur in 2003. He currently lives in Brussels (Belgium)."


 * Vice chair, Trafigura Foundation