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Damien is head of Energy within the Commodities Research team. He conducts research on commodity market dynamics in the context of corporate risk management, short and long-term commodity investment strategies and asset allocation. In addition to oil and gas, Damien also covers the agriculture markets and previously covered gold. Before focusing on commodities, he was a strategist in the European Options Research and Portfolio Strategy teams for three years. Damien joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 as an associate and was named managing director in 2013. Prior to joining the firm, Damien worked at BNP Paribas as an equity derivatives strategist. Damien earned an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, and an ME in Industrial Engineering and Economic Systems from the Ecole Centrale Paris, both in 2004.