He has more than 25 years of experience and extensive knowledge on a practical and theoretical level about all the aspects related to markets, trading, risk management and compliance in the commodity industry. This unique combination of trading and compliance expertise allows him to share the best expertise with an insider look from the trading floor and the compliance office.

He received a master’s degree in law from the University of Utrecht in 1987. He started his career at the NLKKAS, the Clearing House of the Commodity Futures Exchange in Amsterdam. After working for the NLKKAS for five years, He was appointed as Member of the Management Board of the Agricultural Futures Exchange (ATA) in Amsterdam at the age of 31.

In 1997 he founded his own specialist-consulting firm that provides strategic advice about (energy) commodity markets, trading, risk management and compliance. Since then, He has advised government agencies such as the European Commission, investment banks, major utilities and commodity trading companies and various energy exchanges and market places in Europe, CEE countries, North America and Asia. Some of the issues he has advised on are the development and implementation of a Risk Management Framework, Compliance and Insider Trading Policies, investment strategies, trading and hedging strategies, initiation of Power Exchanges (APX) and other trading platforms, the set-up of (OTC) Clearing facilities, and feasibility and market studies like for the Oil, LNG and the Carbon Market.

He has also given numerous seminars, workshops and (in-house) training sessions about both the physical and financial trading, risk management and compliance, all of which to companies all over the world, in countries like Japan, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Malaysia, China, India, Belgium and the Netherlands.