The desk will trade gas and oil, but has no immediate plans to trade electricity. Rothwell previously worked for RWE in London as head of global oil trading. Prior to joining RWE in 1999 he worked for three years in energy derivatives trading at Union Bank of Switzerland in London and Zurich.

In his new role Rothwell will report to Jorge Villon, DrKW’s global head of foreign exchange.“Neil's appointment will enable us to diversify our commodities' activity into energy trading and become an