Andy Mills, Principal
Andy has over 30 years of experience in Risk Management, Trading and Trading Management across a diverse range of commodities.
He is still an active participant in global commodities markets on behalf of clients, and is therefore equipped with current experience to guide you and your company towards success in the world of commodities.
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Working with a range of corporate clients, Andy has also gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in procurement and cost management processes and strategy.
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He has over 10 years of experience in appearing an expert witness in wide variety of disputes, with work ranging from valuation, expert opinions and as the leading witness at adjudication and trials.
Our Associates
We have a number of associates who work with us on projects across the business. Some are here, please ask if you require a specific skills set or trainer subject.
Andy's Story:
Andy has had a 35-year career as a trader and trading manager initially in energy commodities. His career commenced after University at BP, before moving through physical and derivative trading positions at Engen Petroleum and UBS in London. Andy joined RWE, the large German utility group in 1999, and helped construct a multi-million-dollar energy trading business. He was initially responsible for oil trading but also took on responsibility for biofuels and LNG, then relatively new markets in terms of development. As a member of the senior management team at RWE, Andy was also fully involved in all major trading decisions on coal, gas and power. He also designed and was responsible for delivering RWE’s very successful trader training programme which ran for a number of years. Since leaving RWE in 2012, Andy has worked as a hedge fund manager for Graham Capital LLP and at Oak Commodities, and as a consultant. He now works with major industrial and consumer goods companies in trading and risk management. As part of this role, Andy runs trading and execution for several of their clients across commodities, with a major exposure to oil, gas, petrochemicals, agricultural commodities, metals, renewable and power markets. He also designs and runs training programmes in risk management and trading for traders at all career levels, sales staff, and other functions across organisations. His training clients include major banks, global manufacturing companies and major energy producers. The training can involve several commodity groups or be more tailored to an organisation’s needs. As Andy remains a market participant, training is always based on current market conditions, along with personal market experiences, and the issues or challenges that markets face both now and in the future. Training courses can involve the use of proprietary trading simulations either to facilitate learning or as an assessment tool, and in some cases to add to the recruitment process. Andy is also currently employed as an expert witness in a number of cases, across a range of commodities