Trafigura Is Said to Hire Temasek’s Mattar in Expansion Push (1)

Commodities trader Trafigura Group is hiring Temasek International executive Khodor Mattar as it seeks to team up with the world’s biggest private equity firms and sovereign funds for investments, people familiar with the matter said.

Mattar is joining Trafigura in a newly-created position as head of capital development, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. He’s currently a managing director for the Americas at Temasek, the Singapore state-owned investment firm.

In his new role, Mattar will develop debt and equity partnerships with top alternative capital providers, the people said. Trafigura aims to team up ...