Graeme Train

Head of Metals and Minerals Analysis Trafigura

Graeme is Head of Metals and Minerals Analysis for Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry. He is responsible for helping to shape the company’s views on metal markets and the economic outlook, with a particular focus on China.
Prior to joining Trafigura in 2015, Graeme lead the China side of Macquarie’s highly regarded commodity research team for five years, publishing research on bulk commodities and metals for institutional investors, corporate clients and the bank’s internal investment and trading teams. The focus of his analysis was on demand & supply balances, price forecasts, supply cost curves and macroeconomics.  
Graeme started his career at Steel Business Briefing, first as a China Analyst and later as Head of Asia Research.
Graeme holds BA (Hons) in both Mathematics and in Philosophy from the University of York. He is a native English speaker with conversational Chinese.