Former Braemar Executive Tris Simmonds has been appointed as Chief Executive for Sigma Broking. Tris has over 35 years of experience in the commodities markets, with his last appointment being Group COO for Braemar plc. prior to that, he was the founding partner of Atlantic Brokers, a boutique energy broker that was subsequently sold to […]

Sigma has hired Howard Spooner, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Deutsche Bank, to run the broking firm’s growing Middle East business.Spooner, who has over 35 years’ experience, joined Sigma Broking’s Dubai-based arm this month, pending regulatory approval as a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) from the Dubai regulator.Matthew Kent, chairman of Sigma […]

Sigma Broking has hired top metals trader Chris Adams from Sucden Financial. Adams was with Sucden Financial for more than 20 years, latterly holding strategic responsibility for group’s LME Ring dealing team. He re-joined Sucden in April 2016 after a stint in Monaco with metals trading house Levmet having previously helped build the broker’s Ring […]

Kevin Costello, the former European chief executive of Prebon Yamane who has been a non-executive director at Sigma Broking since April 2017, has been appointed as interim chief executive. Kevin started within the broking industry as a Swiss Deposit broker and from 1980 – 1992 held a number of roles within Currency Deposits before taking […]