James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson is a seasoned Futures & Options Trader at ED&F Man since September 2013, specializing in a profitable proprietary trading book with a focus on volatility and relative value strategies in Sugar, while also leading the client pricing desk since 2022. Previous experience includes serving as a Market Risk Analyst, where James managed active market risk for Sugar, Coffee, Grains, Molasses trading, and Shipping Brokerage businesses, alongside calculating daily P&L and VaR. James initially joined ED&F Man as a Junior Risk Analyst from June 2011 to August 2012, producing counter-party and country exposure reports and implementing new IT functionality for the global counter-party risk system. James holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Bath, earned between 2010 and 2013.