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Founded in 2017 by the senior management of Eclipse Energy Group, we have assembled a team of commodity market experts, traders, data scientists and AI engineers. Together we focus on creating tools using the latest technologies for all participants in commodity markets.Vega understands commodity markets, data and technology and the challenge of creating value. We reduce the large amount of real-time data into idea generation, price analytics and predictions that keeps you one-step ahead. Our products form the foundation of profitable strategies, adaptable to different users, each with their own risk profile and appetite.

Global

Responsible for 70 analysts located in London, Singapore and the US comprising of legacy Bentek (US), Eclipse Energy(Europe and Global) and Platts Analysts.Creating a holistic view of how energy markets interact across commodities and regions and establishing/maintaining the associated publications/data platforms with revenues of USD 25m

London, United Kingdom

Co founder (with John King) of Eclipse Energy Group established in 2002Eclipse Energy Group was the leading provider of analysis and forecasts to the European Gas market supported by a team of 40 analysts, IT professionals and operations. The Eclipse customer list included the top 100 producers, traders and marketing companies and the Eclipse conference would attract 200 traders on a regular basis in total generating annual subscription revenues of USD 6m and USD 8m including consultancy After a global tender process organize by Quayle and Munro (a business to business brokerage company) Eclipse Energy was aquired by S&P Global Platts in Aug 2014

London, United Kingdom

Created a new unit (Supply and Trading) by merging trading, operations, regulatory affairs and establishing Asset Management with total staff of 25Identified and realized a trading optimization gain of £20m during the integration process with the mother company (Statoil Norway) by exploiting underutilized assets. One of these strategies would realize annual optimization value of GBP10m

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Established and developed a new team of four traders and two analysts to manage the equity asset portfolio (gas, crude, power) and transactions originating from Structured WholesaleFormed a risk Management committee with executive management of Statoil and corporate risk to ensure the consistent approach to management of price risk in all the trading activities of Statoil across commodities and regions.

London, United Kingdom

In 1996 established and developed the first gas trading unit in Statoil to manage Statoil (UK) gas sales and purchasing requirements together with a speculative trading portfolio generating about GBP 4m in annual profits.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for a team of six professionals and the operation and optimisation if all supply contracts, trading back office/control and end user demand forecasting

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing a direct sales team of five, an external direct sales team of four, lead generation for the company and commercial management for two joint ventures

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for sales to the south of England en the newly opened UK gas market

Stavanger Area, Norway

First shipping analyst in Statoil. On management team. Established a new shipping analysis function within Statoil

Bachelor Of Schience With Honors (Siviløkonom In Norway), Economics And Marketing

Activities and Societies: In final year recipient of the Glasgow District Council Prize for best student in Marketing and the National.

Exchange Year Between Us And Scottish Universities, Business Administration And Management, General, Gpa 4.0 - A In All Subjects