Placed a Head of Energy, APAC.
Marex — Global commodities and financial-markets brokerage and infrastructure firm.
Challenge. Appoint regional energy leadership for a global markets firm.
The market for this leadership
Live MitchelLake intelligence across Commodities / Financial Services and EMEA.
Latest signals — Marex
Ma Activity · Asia
Marex →Marex is acquiring Bright Point International to expand its presence in Asia
Adjacent signals across Commodities / Financial Services
Leadership Change · EMEA
IDnow →IDnow appointed Philippe Morel as Chief Executive Officer. Morel brings 30+ years of financial services and technology leadership experience, with a track record of scaling regulated platform businesses in partnership with private equity.
Partnership · EMEA
Wellington Management →Wellington Management launched first investment products from strategic alliance with Blackstone and Vanguard, expanding private markets access for wealth management clients.
Partnership · EMEA
Octopus Energy →Octopus Energy and CHINT signed strategic cooperation agreements (Memorandos de Cooperación) to accelerate deployment of clean energy and digital energy innovation.
Layoffs · EMEA
Centrica →Centrica (British Gas owner) plans 1,300 job cuts over two years, representing approximately 14% reduction in customer operations workforce
Strategic Hiring · EMEA
Serco →UK defense industrial base expanding investment in private capital and growth-stage companies; Serco CEO notes need to accelerate decision-making and problem-solving in UK defense sector to match US momentum
Partnership · EMEA
BVNK →BVNK secured strategic partnership with LemFi to provide stablecoin settlement infrastructure, demonstrating growing market validation of its payments platform