Christopher Smith
Managing Director – Financial Services
Agri and Aquaculture
ED&F Man
Canada
Biography
Christopher was appointed managing director of financial services in 2014. He joined the group in 2011 to lead the expansion of Man Capital Markets. Formerly, Christopher was global chief operating officer and deputy CEO of Man Financial (2000-08) and a main board director of publicly quoted MF Global until 2008. As COO, Christopher was responsible for operations, information technology, risk and credit. Before that he was managing director of Man Financial’s London office and spent 14 years on the company’s global executive committee.
Research Interest
Agriculture, food science, food technology, crop science
