Traders

Alex Williams

Alex started work in Wogen’s Beijing and Shanghai offices before spending 5 years around the trading desk in London learning the trade.

In 2012 Alex moved to Wogen’s Hong Kong office where he focused on Mineral Sands, Titanium Sponge, Cadmium, Selenium and Tellurium.

Since then Alex has become Managing Director, Sales and Marketing for the Group and is a Director of Sanctuary Partners Limited focusing on mineral sands and the company’s sales and distribution agency businesses.

Outside of the office, Alex is an avid guitarist and has been picking up gymnastics tips from his three daughters.

Alex Williams trades in our Hong Kong office in the following materials:

Andrew Taylor

Andy joined Wogen in 2011 fresh from his MSc studies at Cass Business School.

Before that he studied Geography at Oxford University where he was a keen sportsman.

Andy is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.

On joining Wogen, he was immediately enlisted to the Wogen cricket team and was duly out for a duck in his first innings.

Andy focusses on the Ferro Alloys for the steel industry.

Andrew Taylor trades in our London office in the following materials:

Damian Brousse

Damian joined Wogen in 1991 and has been a trader covering nearly all the metals and minerals that Wogen has been involved with.

Damian combines Gallic charm with an Anglo-Saxon edge and is fluent in French, although he travels extensively in countries that speak anything but French.

Importantly, Damian heads the Company’s wine committee.

Damian now specialises in Cobalt, Chrome metal and Lithium for the super alloy, chemical and battery sectors.

Damian is Managing Director, Trading for the Group and a Director of Sanctuary Partners Limited.

Damian Brousse trades in our London office in the following materials:

Jack Soul

Jack hails from Wales and joined Wogen in September 2015 in a shipping and logistics role.  He is all things marine having graduated with a marine geography degree from Cardiff University and subsequently gained shipping and logistics experience working for a tanker agency.

Jack has now taken on a trading role working within the Ores and Concentrates business and also has a responsibility for assisting with Magnesium.  Jack sits on the MMTA Warehouse Standards Committee.

Jack Soul trades in our London office in the following materials:

Kenta Brown

Kenta has been on the customer-facing side of metals and minerals trading for more than a decade and is well liked by all who deal with him.  After completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Macquarie University in Sydney, he worked in the Australian market for 6 years and then joined Wogen in 2017.

Japanese by background, Kenta had lived in 3 different countries before the age of 11.

Kenta supports the wider Wogen business in Asia and specialises in all things Battery Metals.

Outside of work, Kenta is often found running around on the rugby pitch.

Kenta Brown trades in our Hong Kong office in the following materials:

Laura Bell

Our expert in Tudor England (BA Hons History) is also a keen netballer who joined Wogen in 2010 and quickly began mastering the intricacies of REACH.

After learning the trade alongside Damian in Chromium and Cobalt, Laura now handles a portfolio of minor metals including Magnesium, Silicon, Bismuth, Indium and the Rare Earths.

She also handles Hafnium and Zirconium for the superalloy sector.

Laura currently represents Wogen on the board of the MMTA.

Laura Bell trades in our London office in the following materials:

Nick Cartwright

Nick joined Wogen in 2011 after 5 years as a banker at Citigroup hiding from the credit crunch in Europe and the uprising in the Middle East.

His knowledge and interest in Middle Eastern business, history and politics stems from having spent time in Lebanon, Jordan and Dubai.

Nick spearheads the Ores and Concentrates business of Chrome, Manganese and Antimony.

Like many Wogeners, Nick is passionate about all things sport, whether on the court or pitch or in the stands.

Nick Cartwright trades in our London office in the following materials:

Robert Wallace

Robert joined Wogen in 2008, having graduated from Durham University with a degree in languages.

He’s a keen sportsman and has featured for the Company’s cricket team on many an occasion.

When not working Rob can be found competing in Highland Clan relay races as a proud Wallace clansman.

Having spent three and a half years developing business in Latin America from Wogen’s Brazilian office, Robert returned to London in April 2014 and runs the PGM book.

Robert speaks Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.

Robert Wallace trades in our London office in the following materials:

Sarah Frigot

Sarah was born in Jersey and has a background in journalism.

Sarah joined Wogen in 2001 and has broad experience of the Company’s varied activities.

Today Sarah specialises in Ferro Alloys for the steel industry and in Tungsten products for the hard metals industry.

Although located in Jersey, Sarah is associated with our London office.

Sarah Frigot trades in our London office in the following materials: