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James Siddall
Head of Risk
James Siddall has over 15 years’ experience working in Risk / Middle Office. He began his career with six years at Trafigura where he specialised in West Africa for Middle Distillates before leading the Global Gasoline Middle Office Team. He then spent seven years at Klesch and Company managing exposures all across the barrel relating to the Heide Refinery in Northern Germany and has also spent time at Gazprom and RWE.
At MME, James runs a team that both support and act as a control function on the Front Office. They make sure that exposures are recorded accurately, are appropriately hedged and provide commentary / analysis on all of MME’s global trading positions.