Donald Douglas, CEO
Donald’s career in financial services and commodities spans more than 30
years. After qualifying as a Chartered accountant in Scotland, he worked with Deloitte in Brussels for 3 years. Working with J.P. Morgan, N M Rothschild
and Cambridge Risk, Donald gained extensive experience developing risk
models for banks and financial instruments for clients – in metals, interest
rates and currencies.
Donald’s main area of expertise is working with commodities – precious and
base metals – and with banks and mining companies.
At J P Morgan, he managed the entry of the London Office into the futures
and derivatives markets and created hedging instruments for clients.
At Rothschilds, Donald set up the main regulatory, VaR and stress models,
managed entry into the base metals market (in early 90s) and subsequently
auctioned the base metals book (in 2002). He structured derivative and risk
solutions for a range of clients. He created and directed the Market Risk
Advisory Group and advised clients in mining, energy and the financial
industries in risk strategies and derivative instruments. He chaired the hedge
group committee in the Ashanti crisis and auctioned Rothschilds’ bullion and
energy books when they left these markets.
Since establishing Cambridge Risk, he has advised a number of mining companies on hedge strategies, banks on risk models and Treasury controls
and acted as an expert witness on a case between a leading software
supplier and LME metal broker
Donald has served on the board of the Association of Mining Analysts, and
has spoken at conferences in Africa and Australia on mining and hedging
E-mail: donald.douglas@cambridgerisk.co.uk
Chris Howell, Principal
Chris has a background in the information technology industry, with 8 years
experience as a software developer and business analyst working for a wide
variety of commercial clients. A key area of expertise is the analysis of
complex financial requirements and implementation of related software
solutions. From 2003-2007, Chris worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and qualified
as a Chartered Accountant in 2006. Chris is a graduate of Cambridge
University with an honours degree in Natural Sciences.
E-mail: chris.howell@cambridgerisk.co.uk
Full CVs are available on request.
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