John MacNamara | Global Advisor | Trade Treasury Payments

John (Mac) MacNamara has been Chair of the London Trade Roundtable since 2019, and is CEO of Carshalton Commodities Ltd, a consultancy in the commodity trade finance sector working with banks, funds, commodity corporates, insurers and lawyers. He is well-known as an author, trainer, presenter and commentator on Commodity Trade Finance matters, having set up and run globally the award-winning Structured Commodity Trade Finance team at Deutsche Bank for 20 years from Amsterdam and then from London, finishing as Vice Chairman, Trade Finance Commodities.

Mac has worked for banks and commodity traders since 1982, has an M.A. from Cambridge University, a Green Beret from the Royal Marines Commandos, and lives in fear of his Scottish wife in London, UK.