Jeremy Llewelyn

Mr. Llewelyn is a founding Principal of Black River and Chief Executive Officer of Black River Asset Management UK Ltd., with portfolio oversight of the firm's offices in London, Singapore, Moscow, Istanbul, Delhi and Shanghai. Mr. Llewelyn serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer of Black River's emerging markets hedge fund business. He is also the head of Black River's private equity business, which focuses on investments in commodities and emerging markets including agriculture, food, and metals and mining, and he is a member of the firm's executive management committee. Mr. Llewelyn joined Cargill in 1983 as a broker with Cargill Investor Services. In 1986, he began working with Cargill's Sugar Trading Team and was Worldwide Raw Sugar Trading Manager from 1987 to 1991, located in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1991, he transferred to Cargill's Financial Markets Group and assumed the role of Trading Manager Eastern Europe. In 1996, he returned to London as the Trading Manager for Financial Markets in EMEA. In 2001, in addition to his EMEA responsibilities, he assumed the role of Manager for the Asia region. Since the launch of Black River in 2003, Mr. Llewelyn's primary focus has been on the creation and development of the Investment Advisor's Private Equity, Commodities and Emerging Markets businesses. Mr. Llewelyn graduated with honors from Bristol University in England in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography.