Mr George prior to his current role, served as Head of Copper Marketing and Head of Marketing for Iron Ore at Glencore. Prior to that he was the Chief Risk Officer of Glencore. He earlier held several roles at Glencore's head office in Baar, Switzerland, and from 2009 onwards focused on iron ore, nickel and ferroalloys physical and derivatives trading, and has been involved with iron ore marketing since its inception at Glencore. Mr. George joined Glencore in 2006 in London. He was previously a Principal at Admiral Capital Management in Greenwich, Connecticut, a Vice-President in equity derivatives trading at Morgan Stanley in New York and started his career at Wachovia Securities in New York as a Vice-President in convertible bonds trading.