Group Founders & Non-Executive Directors
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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Pete
Smith
Non-executive Director
Pete Smith, with over 15 years at Vitol B.V., is a seasoned trading and derivatives market specialist, with previous roles including his long-standing tenure of over 17 years as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and as a Trader at Alexanders Rouse. He built his expertise after graduating from Lancaster University.
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David
Fransen
Non-executive Director
David Fransen, Chairman of Vitol S.A. Geneva, was a Director of multiple Vitol Group firms and Watford AFC. With roles spanning gasoline trading, management, and central information system development, he joined Vitol in 1986 after British Petroleum, holding a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Royal Holloway College.
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Ishaan
Hemnani
Group CCO
Ishaan, our Group Chief Commercial Officer, previously founded BunkerEx, a pioneering platform democratising marine fuels industry data. Acquired in 2021, BunkerEx gained industry-wide adoption under his leadership. With an oil trading background with companies such as at Glencore and Noble Group.
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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 CPO
John, our Chief People Officer a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, CMI 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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Miles
Hempsall
Group Commercial Director
Miles, with 30+ years in oil & gas, excels in trading, business development, and building research and analysis businesses. Currently driving revenue in non-trading arms: research, data, technology, advisory, media, and brokerage.
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Harry
Tchilinguirian
Group Research Director
Harry is an experienced commodities research leader, previously Oil Market Analytics Director at TotalEnergies and Head of Commodity Markets Research at BNP Paribas, former Senior Oil Market Analyst at IEA.
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Jorge
Montepeque
Director of Benchmarks
Jorge specialises in benchmark creation, formerly led Global Markets at Benchmark Creation and served as President at General Index, background includes senior roles at Eni Trading & Shipping and S&P Global.
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Andrea
Rebusco
Retail Brokerage Director
Andrea directs strategic growth and partnerships, former roles include Head of Brokerage at Moneyfarm, Chief Commercial Officer at WiseAlpha and leadership positions at IG Group, with a Private Equity Analyst background.
Henry
Monahan
Group Operations Director
Henry was Head of Middle Office at Mandara and Man Group, managing teams for fund performance, portfolio rebalancing, FX hedging, and risk management, complemented by CFA charterholder status.
Laren
Tan
Executive Director Onyx Singapore
Laren, ex COO and Director at Ginga Petroleum, leading Ginga Global Markets in energy brokering services for oil, gas, petchems, LPG, palm oil, and biofuels, formerly Head of Derivatives Clearing at SGX and Executive Director at TA Futures.
