He joined Liffe in 1996 and as Director, Commodity Derivatives has responsibility for Marketing, Sales and Product Development of the commodities portfolio, encompassing Cocoa, Robusta Coffee, White Sugar, Raw Sugar, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat, Rapeseed, Rapeseed Oil and Corn.

Prior to joining the exchange Ian worked at the commodity divisions of Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers, leading their cocoa trading activities in the Asian region.

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