Chief Risk Officer - Commodity Trading

Chief Risk Officer - Commodity Trading & Risks

Location: Mumbai

Reporting To: Group CEO, with functional reporting to the Board Risk Management Committee

Experience: 15+ years

Industry Background Required: Agri Commodities, Commodity Trading, Trade Finance, Warehousing & Collateral Management

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead Group-wide Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), risk governance, policies, and risk appetite.

- Oversee Commodity Trading & Market Risk, including price exposure, hedging, MTM, and trading limits.

- Manage Credit, Counterparty, Trade Finance, and Physical Collateral & Warehousing Risks.

- Monitor Treasury, Liquidity, ALM, Forex, and Cross-Border Risks.

- Ensure regulatory compliance and manage operational, fraud, and technology risks.

- Establish risk dashboards, KRIs, exposure monitoring, and mitigation frameworks across entities.

- Provide independent risk assessments and challenge key business decisions.

- Present risk reports to the Group CEO, Risk Management Committee, and Board.

- Build and lead the Group Risk function across businesses and geographies.

Candidate Profile:

- CA / MBA (Finance) / CFA or equivalent postgraduate qualification.

- FRM / PRM certification would be an added advantage.

- 15+ years of progressive experience in risk management, commodity trade finance or treasury.

- Strong exposure to Agri-commodity Businesses, Commodity Trading, Warehousing / Collateral Management, Commodity Exchanges, etc.