Jeremy East has over 30 years of commodity experience and is currently chief executive officer of East Wind Capital, a commodity consultancy based in Hong Kong.

He is also Senior Adviser representing the London Bullion Market Association in Asia, former International Adviser to the Shanghai Gold Exchange, and adviser to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing.

Jeremy is, also, non-executive board member of Cygnus homes, an eco-friendly, smart home company based in Cambridgeshire.

Prior to his role at East Wind Capital, Jeremy spent 11 years with Standard Chartered Bank, as Managing Director: Global Head of Metals Trading, and Head of Commodities for Greater China and North Asia. In addition to this role, he was also a board member and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Securities.

Before joining Standard Chartered, Jeremy was Global Head of Precious Metals at Commerzbank and also a board member of Argor Heraeus, the major Swiss gold refinery. He has also held roles at Salomon Brothers running the precious metals business in London and later Phibro Energy, part of Citigroup.

Jeremy started his career with Philipp Brothers, then the largest commodity trading company in the world, trading precious and base metals.

He has certification from Insead’s Impact Through Leadership programme and Oxford Business School’s Leadership Across Boundaries programme, and graduated with an honours degree in economics and economic and social history from the University of Hull.