• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Alistair Cross

Mercuria Energy Group

Chief Operations Officer

Alistair Cross, Global Chief Operations Officer (COO), Mercuria, has been responsible for the firm’s worldwide operations across all commodities trading and geographies since May 2017. This includes Mercuria’s diversified business across a wide spectrum of commodity products, such as physical oil and energy products, from business hubs in Geneva, Singapore, Shanghai, and Houston. The operational functions are closely aligned with customers, commodity producers, and service providers. Mr. Cross has also played an integral role in Mercuria’s innovative blockchain test to carry out a live oil trade with partners ING, Société Générale, and ChemChina. Prior to Mercuria, Mr. Cross was the London-based Global Head of Commodities Operations at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Cross, a former engineer, was appointed a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in 2011.

Sessions With Alistair Cross

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 05:00pm - 05:45pm (CST) / -

    Trading & Risk Management: Blockchain & beyond

    Panel Finance/Trading/Risk Management Technology/Innovation

    Financial services provide clear cases of the effective use of blockchain to reduce costs, improve transparency, increase liquidity, and ultimately improve markets. Can blockchain do the same for energy trading in all its forms, and ultimately risk management? Can the industry work together to create secure platforms for deal validation, risk management, compliance monitoring? Can blockchain technology handle confirmation, trade reconciliation, and chain of custody documentation to transform global markets?