Trafigura's Valentini Exits as Africa Oil Chief in Shakeup

  • Roald Goethe takes over as head of African oil for trader
  • Valentini departs after death of Trafigura founder last year
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Jean-Pierre Valentini, Trafigura Group Pte Ltd.’s General Manager for Africa, is leaving the commodity trader in the latest in a series of senior departures.

Roald Goethe, who worked at Trafigura as a trader from 1994 to 2005, has been appointed Head of African Oil Trading, the company said in a statement Monday. From 2006 until last year he was Managing Director at an independent oil trading, shipping and investment company based in Dubai, Trafigura said, without being more specific.