Gerald hires China Copper trader Wang for Shanghai office

(Reuters) - Metals trading house Gerald Group has hired China Copper's Garin Wang as a copper concentrates trader for its Shanghai office, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

Wang, who previously worked for Jiangxi Copper in Shenzhen, spent 2-1/2 years in the raw materials department at China Copper, a major smelter that is a unit of state-run metals group Chinalco.

He joined Gerald last week, said the sources, who declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.

London-based Gerald did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by Tom Daly; editing by Jason Neely)