Humphrey joined BLME in August 2006 as Chief Executive Officer. Humphrey has more than 30 years of banking experience focusing on treasury and global markets and during his career to date has worked at J. Henry Schroder Wagg, Barclays Merchant Bank, Barclays de Zoete Wedd and West LB where he held positions including CEO, Managing Director, General Manager, and Head of Global Financial Markets. Humphrey is experienced in building new functions and product areas, and has managed start up businesses within both BZW and West LB as well as founding his own business in 2002.
Richard Williams
Finance Director
Richard joined BLME in January 2007 as Finance Director. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 1980, Richard’s early career in Investment Banking was spent with Chase Manhattan, Credit Agricole and Bankers Trust. He then spent 10 years at Robert Fleming & Co setting up their Global Equities Derivatives business which took him to Tokyo and 3 years in Hong Kong with Jardine Fleming. Richard also has experience with start up companies and in Private Equity with Legal and General Ventures.
Nigel Denison
Executive Director and Head of Markets
Nigel joined BLME in January 2007 as Director and Head of Markets Division. Prior to this he was Head of European Sales for West LB’s Global Markets Unit which included Treasury, Capital Markets and Emerging Markets. Nigel began his career at Barclays Merchant Bank, subsequently BZW where he became Head of Trading for Barclays Swaps and Options European business, based in London. He then spent some time in New York where he took over the derivatives trading operations for Barclays.