Onyx Capital Group Founders
Globally recognised executive team
Greg
Newman
Co-founder & CEO
Greg operates as the Group Chief Executive and an Executive Director on the Company’s Board. Greg pulled back from trading as Head of Crude at Onyx in early 2019 to focus on driving the company’s growth and strategic vision full-time. Greg holds a BEng in Biochemical Engineering from University College London.
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Omar
Kayaam
Co-founder & CIO
Omar pulled out of full-time trading in 2022 where he was Head of gasoline, to oversee operations and expansion in our world-leading market-making operation. Omar also operates as Executive Director on the Company's Board. He holds an M.Sc. and a B.A. Hons. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
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Andrew
Chen
Group CFO
Andrew, our Chief Financial Officer, a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience in execution and advisory across private equity, equity & debt capital markets and mergers & acquisitions through in-house corporate investment banking, has held significant roles, including Group Deputy CFO at TP ICAP.
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John
Beckwith
Group COS
John, our Chief of Staff, is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, CMI and brings extensive HR skills having worked at executive level for world-class trading and broking global organisations. His experience in high change environments is notable, which includes multiple mergers and acquisitions, IPO processes and demergers.
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Henry
Monahan
Group Operations Director
Henry was Head of Middle Office at Mandara and Man Group, effectively managing teams for fund performance, portfolio rebalancing, FX hedging, and risk management, complemented by his CFA charterholder status.
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Nik
Balac
Group Commercial Director
Before joining Onyx Nik worked in brokerage for twenty years - as a crude swaps broker at Trading, and then as one of the original members of the Aalpha Energy broking desk at OTC - a market leader in crude products. He holds a degree in Economics from Liverpool University.
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Laren
Tan
Executive Director Onyx Singapore
Laren, the ex-COO and Director at Ginga Petroleum, led Ginga Global Markets in energy brokering services for oil, gas, petchems, LPG, palm oil, and biofuels. Before joining Onyx he was Head of Derivatives Clearing at SGX and the Executive Director at TA Futures.
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Lijia
Ju
Executive Director Onyx Singapore
Lijia, formerly senior light ends trader at Onyx, founded its Fuel, Middle Distillates desk and is now in charge of Global Macro Trading businesses. Lijia also oversees the trading expansion of Onyx APAC. He holds an MSc from Imperial College London.
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Nathan
Tynan
Executive Director Axis
The head of Onyx Capital Group's business in Dubai, Nathan was previously Head of Compliance for the Onyx Capital Group, responsible for legal and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Onyx, Nathan worked at Amius (formally Armajaro Securities).
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