The Hollywood-Style Trader Running Russia’s Sanctioned Oil Deal
- Rosneft Trading CEO Didier Casimiro: a polyglot veteran trader
- He’s expanded Rosneft’s global reach with lucrative deals
This article is for subscribers only.
If Hollywood were to cast the character of an oil trader, he would look just like Didier Casimiro.
The head of Rosneft Trading SA, sanctioned on Tuesday by the U.S. government for his role shipping Venezuelan crude, epitomizes the stereotype of the urbane commodity trader: charming and calculating. His deals are all about money, but often have a political impact.