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LME's trainers are all industry professionals with backgrounds in LME and other commodities markets. Each trainer brings their own wealth of knowledge and skills to the course enabling you to get a full understanding of the topic of study.
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Catherine Markey joined the LME in 2008 as Marketing Development Manager. She began trading base metals as a dealer in the LME Ring in 1979. She was involved in developing the base metals option market from the mid 1980s and developed several now widely used option trading strategies for producers and consumers. She was a director of several companies, including Brandeis and Merrill Lynch. In January 2009 she took over the role of Head of Education and Business Development at the LME.
Following 14 years working for a variety of LME member metals trading firms, Neil Banks joined the LME in 1989 as the LME’s Director of Finance where he worked until his retirement in September 2007. In 1999 he was appointed Director of Operations and in 2004 Director of Strategy. Since his retirement, Neil has worked with the LME on delivering educational seminars and has undertaken various consultancy roles including helping with the identification and documentation of business requirements for LME related systems and working on the development of new risk management business in the resources industry.
Simon started his career at Hambro’s Merchant Bank, gaining experience in FX and deposit markets before helping to establish the “off balance sheet” side of their activities, such as swaps, futures and options. From 1987 to 1998, he traded as an independent market-maker in options products on LIFFE (The London International Financial Futures Exchange – now known as Euronext.liffe). He then moved to Fortis Bank for a period of 2 years where he established and supervised an options trading team. Simon then left the bank to become a founding member of K2.
Bill joined Lloyds Bank in 1984 as an economics graduate. He traded FX spot, forwards and options for the bank before helping establish their presence on LIFFE. He has traded successfully on many of Europe’s markets, including the London Stock Exchange and LIFFE in London, the German DTB (now known as Eurex), the Dutch EOE and the French MATIF (now known as Euronext – the new owners of LIFFE). Bill was also a founding member of K2.
Jacqui is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and senior manager in Deloitte’s London Financial Instrument Solutions team. Having been with the firm 8 years, Jacqui has a vast experience of delivering training on financial instruments and IFRS technical accounting. Jacqui has also delivered a number of internal and external training courses to a wide range of audiences, and has presented at a series of industry seminars.
Sam is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and manager, also in Deloitte’s London Financial Instrument Solutions team. Sam has been with the firm 5 years and over this time has specialised in the accounting for and valuation of derivative financial instruments. Sam provides a consultation and project leadership role for corporate clients looking to implement hedge accounting for hedges of underlying commodity exposures, where experience combined with technical expertise in this developing area is scarce.
David, as a Director of Meriman Limited, manages MetalRiskManager.com, a web provider of on-line derivative and hedge analytics to the metals industry. The services include provision of LME based valuations for on and off exchange traded financial instruments and risk management tools to assist industry professionals to both aggregate and differentiate market risk. David is a very experienced business and systems analyst working in banking and trading for more than 20 years, with specialities in metals, energy and equity derivatives.
David, is also a Director of Meriman Limited. David is a market professional experienced in many facets of the metals business; working initially for leading LME broker Rudolf Wolff in a number of front, middle and back office roles, then with specialist option market makers, Chicago Research and Trading and Tower Commodities. David, as an independent consultant to the LME, managed the introduction of the LME TAPO, the first Asian option type to successfully launch on any Exchange. As Head of Business Development, for Brady PLC, he was managing the strategic direction and sales effort when in 2004 Brady successfully listed on AIM.
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