Experience

Cadogan Commodities

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Director

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  Cadogan Commodties is an energy commodities brokerage and research firm specialising in Green Products, Biomass, LNG and Coal. Cadogan Commodties is an energy commodities brokerage and research firm specialising in Green Products, Biomass, LNG and Coal.



Zark Capital Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services

• Compliance Officer

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2018

• Partner and Head of Commodities (Coal, Oil and other energy commodities)

  • Sep 2016 - Oct 2018

  Physical and paper coal brokerage. Also active in other energy commodities like Oil, Biomass and Petcoke.



EDF Trading

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Origination manager

  • Dec 2007 - Mar 2014

  In charge of structuring/selling multi-commodity (power, natural gas, coal, carbon) trading deals, mainly in Europe and in the US: - long term physical power deals/ financial hedging - carbon swaps and options/ CDM Erpas/ ERUs - coal off-take agreements/ equity in mines/ financial hedging - gas/LNG supply contracts at hubs/financial hedging Achievements: - recognised as a successful commercial/entrepreneurial person: extensive client network in Europe (utilities/ large industrials/ governments) - great achiever: significant P&L generated (around 5M Euros/ year) Show less



EDF

• France
• Electric Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of M&A in the New Business Division, Paris

  • Jan 2005 - Nov 2007

  In charge of all acquisitions, sell-offs and Capex decisions for one of the three big EDF divisions.Board member of numerous EDF subsidiaries in France and abroad.Deal list:- Acquisition of a listed company operating in the heating sector (Eur 100 Millions turnover)- Several M&A deals in the Wind energy sector (Eur hundreds of millions)

• Senior Project Manager in the corporate M&A department

  • 2001 - 2005

  Negotiated acquisitions and sell-offs in the energy markets of Europe and the USA.Worked directly on all M&A phases: Sourcing, due diligence, valuation, SPA negotiation…Managed a diverse team of experts (lawyers, bankers, technicians…). Deal list: - Design and implementation of a virtual power capacity auction (6000 MW sold on the market)- Acquisition of EnXco (USA), American leader in Wind energy ($200 millions)- Sale of the EDF Telecom branch to a private equity fund (Eur 150 millions)- Exclusive negotiation with a big energy player in Belgium (around Eur 1 billion)- Exclusive negotiation with an energy distributor in Holland (more than Eur 1 billion)- Sale of EDF shares in a French power producer (around Eur 200 millions) Show less