Chris, who previously held the role of New Products Manager, will oversee product management, member relations, new memberships, analytics and media relations. Catherine, who was Head of Education, will now be responsible for both the Exchange’s education services and marketing activity which includes LME Metals Week in October. Both will report to LME Chief Executive, Martin Abbott.

The LME’s Commercial Director Liz Milan has been appointed Managing Director, LME Asia and will run the exchange’s new office in Singapore. Liz will remain on the LME’s Executive Committee (ExComm).

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For further information or to speak to an LME spokesperson, please contact:
Stephen White
Business Manager Corporate Affairs
t. +44 (0)20 7264 1701 / +44 (0)7980 661 724
e. stephen.white@lme.com

John Parry - RostronParry
t. +44 (0)207 490 8062 / +44 (0)7802 292251
e. john@rostronparry.com

About the London Metal Exchange

The London Metal Exchange is the world's premier base metals market. It offers metals price risk management tools including futures and options contracts for aluminium, copper, tin, nickel, zinc, lead, aluminium alloy and NASAAC, steel billet, plastics and the minor metals - cobalt and molybdenum. In 2009, the total value of trading was $7.41trillion, and the Exchange finished the year with 5.96m tonnes of material on warrant in 633 storage facilities across 39 locations globally.
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