Growing the Commodities Manager

Growing the Commodities Manager

Summary Mind Map of Commodities Traders to Leaders: the Succession Gap

"The global commodities market is recasting the nature of its participants; the business of its players; and its key success factors. There is now a growing need for integrated, managed trading and also or strategic leadership of trading. But few commodities traders reach a general management or strategic leadership position.

How should commodities houses turn traders into leaders? We spoke to [sixteen] senior trader-managers across the world in all trading sectors. We asked them a range of questions, including what does the future trading executive look like? Where are you most likely to find him or her? And how difficult is it to make the transition from trader to executive? We discovered a growing succession gap in commodities trading to commodities leading"