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Vitol hires former trading boss of Total as head of Africa

Published June 20, 2016 Updated June 20, 2016 12:24pm

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By Shoaib Ur Rehman

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LONDON: The world's largest oil trading house, Vitol, has hired the former head of trading of French oil major Total, Pierre Barbe, as its new head of Africa, three industry sources told Reuters.

Vitol declined to comment.

Barbe had worked for Total since 1983 and was in charge of trading at Total, known as Totsa - one of the world's largest oil trading desks - between 2007 and 2014.

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