Jean-Francois Lambert

Jean-Francois is Founding Partner of Lambert Commodities, providing bespoke commodity trade and structured finance solutions to produces, traders and investors. Capitalising on his 34-year international experience, he is also advisor on industry trends, strategic positioning and regulatory issues. Prior to this, Jean-Francois was Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity and Structured Trade Finance for HSBC Group. Under his leadership, HSBC became one of the major financial players supporting commodity supply chains. Jean-Francois was notably instrumental in in expanding HSBCs geographical presence to over 15 countries with a team of 160+ frontline specialists. Jean-Francois holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Paris IX Dauphine. He has been an active member of the Trade Export panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and currently writes a monthly column for TFR Magazine.