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Pierre Andurand has been a very successful and high-profile commodities hedge-fund manager, having launched BlueGold Capital in February 2008. Pierre was the co-founder, controlling and majority shareholder and Chief Investment Officer of BlueGold, a multi-awarded Hedge-Fund which compounded over its 4-year history returns in excess of 250% net of fees to investors. At its peak, BlueGold held $2.5billion of assets under its management. BlueGold has now ceased its activities and Pierre is working on setting up his next hedge fund.

Prior to BlueGold, Pierre distinguished himself between 2003 and 2007 as one of the most successful energy traders at Vitol SA, the largest oil trading company in the world. Starting in Singapore, he relocated to London in 2004 where he was appointed as a Partner. Between 2002 and 2003, Pierre was a Principal and oil trader at Bank of America in Singapore. In 2000 Pierre was recruited out of graduate school by Goldman Sachs to be an Oil Trader for the bank’s commodities trading unit in Singapore.

Pierre holds a Masters in International Finance from HEC, Paris and an Engineering Degree in Applied Mathematics from INSA, Toulouse, France. He was also a member of the French Junior Swimming Team in 1993 and 1994. Pierre has invested in many Greenfield projects and has set-up several early-stage companies across multiple geographic and industrial sectors as diverse as technology, biotechnology, finance, luxury hospitality and commodities.