Tudor Commodities Appoints Ernest Zheng as Head of Corporate Client Division for Asia Pacific.

Online, October 21, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Tudor Commodities today announced the appointment of Ernest Zheng as Assistant Director of Corporate Equity Division for Asia Pacific, based in Beijing. Ernest will report to Peter Li, VP of Operations in Bejing.

"Ernest's appointment is critical to our long-term strategy for our corporate business. We are confident that his leadership will help us drive the corporate investing side of our business to new heights," said Peter Li.

"Ernest comes to Tudor with significant experience in corporate trading account management, having been in the industry for more than 27 years in a variety of roles across Australia and the Asian markets,' he added.

In his new role, Ernest will be responsible for the entire Tudor corporate brokerage team across all major commodities and derivatives product offerings as well as all currency pairs. Ernest will also work in close partnership with his counterparts in New York to offer Tudor's retail clients the full benefits of our pan-Asian platform.

"Ernest's appointment underlines our commitment to our corporate clients and to continue to invest in our team," said Peter Li.

Ernest joins Tudor Commodities from McClelland Securities where he was previously head of retail accounts. Born in Hong Kong, he first moved to Beijing in 1986 where he worked for 10 years in a variety of roles at UBS, including client management, head of ASEAN equities and head of distribution. After leaving UBS, Ernest returned to Hong Kong for a few years and spent time at both Ellis Brady Management and Macquarie Securities before returning to Beijing to join Tudor.