Our team
The two principal researchers are Professor Tom James and Jeremy Wilcox, who have worked together on various projects for over ten years.
Professor Tom James
Tom has built up 20 years of practical expertise in the Energy, Emissions and International Commodity markets. His broad experience covers investment and trading with a particular focus on Asian, Central Asian, and Middle East Markets. His career has spanned the complete value and business process chain and through this he has built up a holistic understanding of the key elements of investment, trading and risk management decision making.
In 2003 he published his first book offering practical guidance to corporate managers and new traders in the energy and commodity sector and since then has published three more books and contributed to two others, including Energy Markets (Wiley Finance 2008) , Energy & Emissions Markets (Wiley Finance 2006). Since 2006 he has held the Chair Professorship for LNG business at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, and in November 2008 for his contribution to written knowledge in the Energy Trading field was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor. Tom is a regular commentator on BBC World, CNBC, and Bloomberg television on topics related to international energy and emissions market related issues.