Patagonia Global Trading · Est. 2011
Trading, consulting, and brokerage across physical commodities, energy solutions, and capital markets. Senior principals lead every transaction from inception through settlement — we do not leave transactions adrift.
Who We Are
Patagonia Global Trading is a privately held commodities and energy trading firm with a clear model: senior principals lead every transaction, every time. There are no junior hand-offs. No deals drifting without supervision.
From commercial structuring through logistics, shipping, settlement, and delivery — PGT maintains active oversight at every stage. Our mandate is execution certainty, capital efficiency, and long-term relationships built on results.
Operating across the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa for over fifteen years, we bring more than three decades of combined trading and operational experience to every engagement.
What We Do
Six integrated capabilities, one operating standard: senior principals engaged at every stage.
Source-driven, operationally intensive trading with direct access from origin to end destination.
Market intelligence, deal structuring, and risk mitigation at the highest level of principal engagement.
Exit planning, liquidity pathways, and strategic positioning for private and public companies.
Reverse mergers, direct listings, and capital structure optimization for U.S. market entry.
Patented renewable and conventional power generation for industrial and utility applications.
End-to-end execution certainty with senior principal oversight from term sheet through final settlement.
Core Commodities
Purchasing at origin, selling to traders and end users worldwide — with tight control of quality, logistics, and timelines from mine to final destination.
Source-driven coal trading from origin, with direct access to miners and producers across Latin America and Africa. Purchasing at origin, sales to traders and end users globally.
Active trading in ferrous and non-ferrous metals with tight control of quality, logistics, and timelines from mine to final destination.
Deep operational expertise in metal ore and concentrate trading, including copper concentrate, with hands-on blending and logistics management at major ports.
Energy Solutions · Latin America
Across Latin America, PGT partners directly with governments, airports, data centers, hospitals, and industrial operators to design and implement sustainable energy solutions — from feasibility through deployment. Our suite of patented renewable and gas-based technologies delivers reliable, lower-carbon power where it is needed most.
Patented Renewable
Proprietary renewable power systems engineered for mission-critical reliability and rapid deployment across diverse LATAM environments.
Gas-Based & Hybrid
Cleaner-burning gas and hybrid systems that bridge today's demand with tomorrow's renewable capacity — keeping critical operations online without interruption.
Geographic Footprint
Primary origin for Latin American commodities; North American market supply.
Operating hub and key destination market for commodities flow.
Active operating region; Asian market supply and partnerships.
Primary material origin; developing market operations.
Our Mandate
Every PGT transaction moves through five stages under continuous senior principal oversight. This is the discipline behind our operating principle.
Direct sourcing relationships at origin — producers, miners, and offtakers.
Commercial decision support, deal architecture, and risk allocation.
Negotiation and execution oversight, with counterparty alignment throughout.
Shipping coordination, quality control, and timeline management to destination.
Delivery oversight and operational follow-through to final settlement.
Trading and operational expertise spanning commodities, energy, and investment banking across global markets.
Senior decision-makers are directly involved in every transaction — not account managers or intermediaries.
Deep understanding of logistical, contractual, and execution risk — turning complexity into certainty, and decades of repeat business into long-term relationships.
Counterparty Alignment
Direct sourcing relationships at origin.
Global commodity trading counterparties.
Utilities and industrial consumers.
Port and logistics infrastructure.
Trade finance and banking partners.
Leadership
Founder & Managing Director
David Zirulnikoff is a seasoned entrepreneur and transaction principal with over two decades of experience spanning mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and physical commodities trading. His career is defined by a consistent principal-led approach — remaining actively engaged across the full transaction lifecycle from origination through closing and delivery.
In the healthcare and capital markets space, Mr. Zirulnikoff has delivered measurable strategic growth and value creation across a diverse portfolio of engagements. He played a central role in the formation and public listing of a biologics company, including the successful procurement of multiple FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) approvals — a process requiring deep regulatory fluency and sustained institutional engagement.
Complementing his capital markets background, Mr. Zirulnikoff brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience in physical commodities trading across energy, metals, and natural resources. This dual expertise — combining strategic financial execution with direct operational experience in global commodity markets — positions him uniquely among transaction principals in his field.
Mr. Zirulnikoff is an American citizen, fluent in English and Spanish, and is based in Aventura, Florida. He founded Patagonia Global Trading, LLC in 2011 with a mandate of principal-driven execution, transactional certainty, and long-term counterparty relationships.
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Ben Richardson brings eight years of front-line commodity trading experience with Trafigura. Over the course of his tenure, Mr. Richardson held positions across five international offices — Mumbai, Geneva, Singapore, Montevideo, and Mexico City — developing a truly global operational perspective and deep cross-cultural commercial fluency.
Mr. Richardson left Trafigura in 2024 to pursue independent ventures, co-founding Patagonia Global Trading's commodities trading division alongside David Zirulnikoff. Mr. Richardson is a British citizen, fluent in English and Spanish, and divides his time between Mexico City and London.
Securities & Corporate Counsel
Securities and corporate attorney with nearly three decades of experience advising public companies, investors, and broker-dealers. University of Miami School of Law graduate with deep expertise in OTC Markets, NASDAQ, and the American Stock Exchange. Extensive experience in private placements, PIPEs, and public company compliance.
Contact
PGT brings principal-level engagement to every deal. From first contact through final settlement — we are with you every step.
Aventura, Florida · USA
+1 (305) 244-3725
Polanco, Mexico City · Mexico
+52 55 4187 1993
Principal-led response · Serving counterparties across the Americas, Europe, Asia & Africa.