OM Journeys - Digital Edition - August 2023

Date Tuesday 29 August 2023
6.00pm - 7.00pm
LocationOnline (link will be shared after registration)
 
Cost Free of charge, bookings essential
This event has now closed for bookings. For enquiries, please contact om@mgs.vic.edu.au.
Old Melburnians are warmly invited to join online to hear from Ben Luckock (OM 1992), Co-Head of Oil Trading at Trafigura.

Joining you from his home in Geneva, Ben will share his experience of building a global career, in Oil Trading – now with a focus on North America and Europe.

With a perspective from working at large multi-national firms in Australia, London, the USA and New Zealand Ben will share insights about the impact of global instability in a volatile derivatives market on our daily lives.

This event is free of charge, however bookings are essential. The event link will be shared after registration, and again at least 24 hours prior to the event.
In June 2018 Ben Luckock was appointed Co-Head of Oil Trading, jointly overseeing the Group’s Physical and derivatives oil trading activities. This follows a period as Co-Head of Trafigura Group Market Risk and six years as Global Head of Crude Oil Trading. Ben currently focusses on North America, Europe and derivatives trading and is domiciled in Geneva.

Ben also develops and manages strategic commercial relationships in the oil trading activities of the company and oversees the commercial activity for both Crude and Products. He also takes an interest in all asset classes of the group working closely with the Metals and Minerals trading division.

Prior to joining Trafigura in 2007, Ben spent nearly 10 years with BP as a Crude Oil trader, gaining experience working in London, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.