Tan Chin Hwee

Chin Hwee joined Trafigura in 2016 as CEO, Asia Pacific for the Trafigura Group. He is responsible for continuing the growth of Trafigura’s business across the region. Chin Hwee has more than 25 years of experience in management and financial roles. Prior to joining Trafigura, he was most recently the founder of the Asian operations of alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management, and before that, managing director at hedge fund Amaranth Advisors. 

He is a Certified Accountant (CA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and also holds post-graduate qualifications from Yale University and Harvard University. Chin Hwee was a Young Leader in the World Cities Summit 2014, and one of the Young Global Leaders in the World Economic Forum. Chin Hwee was awarded the Distinguished Financial Industry Certified Professional (FICP) Award in 2013 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In 2015, he received the World Outstanding Young Chinese Entrepreneurs Award from business newspaper Yazhou Zhoukan and the World Federation of Chinese Entrepreneurs Organization. 

In May 2020, Chin Hwee was appointed to join the Emerging Stronger Taskforce set up by the Future Economy Council. The government-led taskforce of industry representatives are reviewing how Singapore can build new sources of dynamism and stay economically resilient in a post-COVID-19 world. Chin Hwee is also a board and advisory member of a number of organisations including Singapore Press Holdings Ltd and for Nayara Energy Ltd, India. He is a member of the advisory panel for the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Singapore Maritime Port Authority. He also sits on the board of Nanyang Technology University and the Hwa Chong Institution. He has also been a trustee of the SingHealth endowment fund. 

Established in 1993, Trafigura is a leader in the commodities business. Trafigura has achieved substantial growth in recent years, growing revenue from USD18 billion in 2004 to USD171.5 billion in 2019. According to the Fortune Global 500 rankings Trafigura is the largest Singapore company by revenue. The Group’s primary trading businesses are the supply and transport of crude oil, petroleum products, renewable energies, coal, refined metals, ferrous and non-ferrous ores and concentrates.