Nicola Carter
Head of Global Commodities
A Bit About Me
Driving Global Commodity Partnerships
As Head of Global Commodities at Wholesale Graphene, Nicola Carter leads the company’s international commodities strategy, overseeing the development of global supply networks, commercial partnerships, and strategic distribution channels for advanced graphene materials.
With extensive experience across global commodity markets, trading environments, and international supply chains, Nicola supports the commercialisation of Wholesale Graphene’s next-generation materials by managing relationships with customers, distributors, industrial partners, and strategic stakeholders across multiple sectors.
Her role encompasses commodity strategy, market development, supply chain coordination, commercial negotiations, partner engagement, and the creation of scalable distribution frameworks to support the global adoption of graphene technologies.
Nicola works closely with the company’s technical, manufacturing, and commercial teams to align graphene production capabilities with emerging market demand, helping organisations access reliable, high-quality graphene materials for applications including advanced manufacturing, construction materials, coatings, polymers, energy storage, electronics, and industrial technologies.
Through her expertise in international commodities, Nicola plays a key role in establishing long-term supply agreements, identifying market opportunities, and developing strategic relationships that enable Wholesale Graphene to expand its presence within the global advanced materials sector.
Her leadership supports the company’s vision of making high-performance graphene materials commercially accessible at industrial scale while building a trusted global network of customers, partners, and distributors.
International Banking & Commodity Experience
With more than 25 years of experience across international banking, commodity trading, treasury, trade finance, securities, compliance and financial risk management, Nicola brings extensive expertise in structuring and managing complex global commodity transactions.
Throughout her career, she has held senior positions with leading international financial institutions and commodity organisations, including Clarion Global UK, Xstrata Commodities, HSBC International, Emirates Bank and JP Morgan. Her experience spans metals, iron ore, copper, precious metals, agricultural commodities and international trade finance, providing Wholesale Graphene with exceptional commercial capability across global supply chains.
Global Trade & Financial Structures
Nicola specialises in commodity contract management, letters of credit, standby letters of credit, bank guarantees, treasury operations, risk management, due diligence, compliance and the settlement of international transactions. Her institutional banking background enables Wholesale Graphene to establish secure, transparent and efficient commercial frameworks for customers and strategic partners across international markets.
Wholesale Graphene's Global Growth
Working alongside the executive leadership team, Nicola is responsible for developing international commodity partnerships, supporting distribution agreements, coordinating trade finance structures and helping build resilient global supply chains for Wholesale Graphene's advanced graphene materials.
Her commercial expertise strengthens the company's ability to supply industrial-scale graphene worldwide while providing customers and partners with confidence throughout every stage of the transaction process.
