Aidan Applegarth is a senior banking executive and management consultant with a global career spanning the UK, Europe and Asia, leading complex banking businesses and large-scale transformation initiatives. His expertise covers corporate strategy, enterprise and operational risk management, and financial optimisation across both commercial and investment banking. As a Commodity & Structured Trade Finance specialist, he has built and scaled global businesses, managed multi-billion-dollar portfolios, and advised institutions from alternative credit funds to pan-African trade banks. He is the author of a Practitioner’s Guide to CSTF, a former adviser to UNCTAD, and a contributor to the WTO’s inaugural book on the subject.