Newedge has made a number of senior appointments in its Global Metals businesses in London, New York and Hong Kong.
In London, Andrew Patterson was appointed senior director and head of Metals Trading for EMEA. Most recently he was head of Newedges Floor Team on the London Metal Exchange (LME) and is a member of the LME Ring Committee. Andrew Foxley was appointed director and global head of Metals Ebrokerage to lead the Metals Edge electronic platform and the China Connect product.
Pengjiang (Richard) Fu was hired as director of Metals to serve Asian market participants trading on European exchanges. He joins from Jefferies Bache where he was head of the China desk in London. And Peter Barrowcliff was hired as senior director and Metals global COO. Previously he was at Nomura in Hong Kong and prior to that Lehman Brothers in Europe. He is a member of the supervisory board of Eurex Clearing AG.
In New York, William Taylor was appointed senior director and head of Metals Trading Americas. Anthony Kelly was hired as associate director of Trading, joining from Natixis.
In Asia, Newedge appointed several directors in the Metals Franchise in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Wendy Law was hired as director and head of Sales for Asia. Previously she worked at Metallgesellschaft and Glencore and more recently managed APAC sales at Natixis. Alan Burr was hired as director and head of Trading for Asia. He has worked on the floor on the LME and more recently was head of Metals APAC for Natixis. Finally, Andy Ko joined the Metals desk as associate director for Trading. He joins from Natixis in Hong Kong.
Newedges metals business is the leading platform in the industry today, best known for its excellent liquidity, high quality sales and trading team and industry leading electronic platforms, says John Fay, global head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities at Newedge. Our continued success and leading market share, even in volatile markets, is a testimony to our strong, customer-centric platform. I am very pleased to add outstanding industry talent to our truly global team and to promote from within in order to further accelerate our momentum in the metals space and the development of innovative services in response to our clients needs.
Newedge is a category one ring dealing member on the LME offering electronic platforms, sales and trading capabilities to commercial and industrial clients.
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