Stephen has been trading European energy markets on ESB Trading’s Asset trading desk for almost 10 years. His core responsibilities include strategy for hedging ESB’s assets on the forward markets, forecasting commodity price risks to optimise ESB’s assets and provide market making services for internal and external stakeholders. This includes trading European Power, Natural Gas, Carbon, Coal and Environmental commodities. Specialising in trading European Natural Gas futures, Stephen has been at the forefront of hedging in what has become one of the world’s most volatile markets.