The new CEO of commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has said the sudden resignations of its previous boss and CFO were not linked to strategy disputes or financial issues.

The company announced that CEO Gonzalo Ramirez Martiarena left last week to “pursue other opportunities” after 13 years, while CFO Armand Lumens, who joined in March 2017 from Shell, had stepped down for “personal reasons”.