-spec basis trading (nodal / lz/ hb etc.)-advising basis strategy for gen and load books-developing customer rep / flow business for the desk-developing various position / trading tools-developed Marketpro, an innovative portal originally developed to provide real time pricing and sell wholesale power to 3rd party REPs in Texas. It is now a flagship online portal used across Direct Energy Business to support efficient pricing and execution of hedging strategies for all of Direct's customers across all US markets.

Managing hedge positions for Centrica's CCGT power plantsBuilding market / pricing analysis toolDeveloping delta / sensitivity position management toolCreating "Real Time" Position management toolSkills and Attributes Developed:Understanding of UK / EU power, carbon and coal market fundamentalsDevelopment of @risk statistical modelling skillsUnderstanding of the value and optionality of power plants

Working as part of the optimisation team responsible for hedging the requirements for British Gas Residentail Customers. Developing the teams analytics for UK, European and US markets. Developing trade reconciliation tools. Developing and running both short term and long term optimisation models.

Working on fundamental analysis of the US natural gas market. Trading a storage and power plant book for the physical Texas market. Looking into the valuation of various natural gas storage projects.

Managing the manpower needs for service and repair engineers across Scotland. Managing contracting relationships with both regional and national contracting agencies. Developing new sources of labour through partnerships with local technical colleges. Driving overtime incentive programmes.

Managing all North American and Canadian Market derivative payments. Working on the integration of the ABN Amro and UBS futures businesses. Designing a reconciliation system identifying losses of $1.4m in 2006.

Working on UBS's commodity derivative sales desk. Research into power and emissions markets across Europe looking for brokerage opportunities for the bank. Working with the oil & products brokers to develop a crack calculator to improve execution. Further research into freight and OTC products on NYMEX Clearport and LCH Clearnet.