Mercuria Energy Group announced that Roger Jones has joined the company in the capacity of Global Head of Non-Oil Trading and a member of the company board.
In this new role, Roger will be responsible for the worldwide trading activities in Power and Gas, LNG, Base Metals, Carbon Emissions, Agricultural Products and Global Equities.
Roger’s career spans more than 25 years in the commodity trading business and he will add a wealth of expertise and experience to the Mercuria management team. After starting his career at Cargill, Roger also worked at Phibro before becoming Head of Energy Trading at Deutsche Bank.
Roger joins from Barclays where, in his role as Global Head of Commodities, he was responsible for leading a globally diverse commodity business. He brings to Mercuria outstanding cross commodity trading management expertise and he will be instrumental in Mercuria’s continued development and future growth in the non-oil markets.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, November 08, 2012; Image: Mercuria