Professional Membership

Who Professional Membership is for

Professional Membership is designed for individual practitioners whose professional activities include: trading physical commodities; brokering commodity transactions; representing buyers or sellers of physical commodities; compliance, risk or legal functions directly supporting commodity trading; or trade finance functions specifically related to commodity transactions.

It is not required that your primary occupation is commodity trading. Professionals who work in adjacent functions — trade finance, shipping, inspection, or legal services for commodity traders — are also eligible, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria.

What Professional Membership includes

• Access to the Foundation Certificate programme when available for enrolment
• Eligibility to apply for the Trade Integrity Passport on obtaining certification
• Access to the CRT intelligence library (when live)
• Access to the CRT trade platform (when live and upon completion of onboarding)
• CPD recording and tracking through the CRT member portal
• Voting rights in CRT consultations and governance processes (once established)
• Use of the CRT member designation (wording to be confirmed)

Eligibility

Full eligibility criteria are described on the Eligibility page. In summary, Professional Membership requires that the applicant:

• Is an individual (not an organisation)
• Has relevant professional experience in or adjacent to international commodity trade
• Agrees to be bound by the CRT Code of Professional Conduct
• Provides accurate and complete information in the application
• Has no conduct or criminal history that would be inconsistent with the Code of Conduct

There is no minimum number of years' experience required for founding-stage membership. CRT recognises that the profession includes people at different stages of their careers.

How to apply