NEW YORK (May 21, 2019) – Choice! Power, a subsidiary of leading independent interdealer broker in over-the-counter commodities OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), today announced the addition of Thomas Blakeslee. The 25-year energy veteran joins OTCGH’s power and gas futures/options brokering and will work in New York.
“While this industry is changing at an increasingly rapid pace today, OTC Global Holdings’ commitment to investing in the best people and equipping them with the necessary technology and resources is unwavering. Adding new talent like Thomas to our already tremendous teams ensures we continue to innovate on our customers’ behalf and further fuels our already rapid growth,” said Javier Loya, Chairman and Co-CEO of OTCGH.
Blakeslee brings two plus decades of experience in trading oil, power and gas to Choice. He most recently was Sales Manager at Nasdaq, where he oversaw the sales effort for power and gas trading, driving new competition to the energy futures industry. Previously, he worked for a prominent utility and bank overseeing the Midwest trading desk in both physical and financial power as well as the entire Eastern Grid for two different funds. Blakeslee is a graduate from Columbia University with a BA degree.
For more information about Choice! Power and OTC Global Holdings please visit www.otcgh.com.
About Choice! Power
Founded in 2011, Choice Power is a leading broker of electricity futures and options in the US.
About OTC Global Holdings
Formed in 2007, OTC Global Holdings has become the world’s largest independent institutional broker of commodities, covering financial and physical instruments from offices in Chicago, Des Moines, Geneva, Houston, London, Louisville, New Jersey, New York and Singapore. The company is a leading liquidity provider on CBOT, ICE, NYMEX and NFX, ranking number one amongst its peers in numerous derivatives contracts across biofuels, emissions, commodity index products, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), metals, petrochemicals and refined products, power, proppants, soft commodities, and weather derivatives. The company serves more than 450 institutional clients, including over 70 members of the Global Fortune 500, and transacts in hundreds of different commodity delivery points in Asia, Europe and the Americas. To learn more about the company, please visit www.otcgh.com or go to https://player.vimeo.com/video/146686709.
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