Chris Robb is a seasoned commodity markets professional who has worked on the physical commodity trading and private equity sides (Glencore) and the equity/futures investment side (PFM, a multi-billion $$ US based hedge fund).

From 1992-1996, he worked as an attorney and merchant banker in New York and Southern Africa.

At Glencore from 1996-2006, he was the senior trader responsible for the Russian ferrous metals business (approx. $400 million annual revenue and $20-25 million annual profits) and also worked on Glencore's private equity side, handling its investment in Mechel, an integrated Russian steel mill. He had a senior role in the 2001 successful sale of Mechel to its current owners.

At PFM from 2006-2008, he was a partner and the senior analyst responsible for equity and futures investing in both the energy and metals spaces. He achieved attributable annualized returns of 21%, 30%, 63% in 2006-2008 respectively and attributable profit performance of $10, $25, and $48 Million respectively. He achieved profitability on both the long and short sides each in 2007 and 2008.

From 2009-2016, he was a self-employed consultant doing both investment due diligence and making recommendations for traditional long/short equity and futures investing.

In 2016, he returned to PFM as a senior analyst where he primarily focused on batteries and battery and electric vehicle related metals (Li, Co, Ni, Cu, and PGMs). He left PFM in 2018 when it exited cyclicals and moved to a more thematic and disruptive focus.