Nigel joined BLME as Director and Head of Treasury in November 2006. Prior to this he was Head of European Sales for WestLB’s Global Markets unit which included Treasury, Capital Markets and Emerging Markets. Nigel began his career at Barclays Merchant Bank (later Barclays de Zoete Wedd/BZW), where he became Head of Trading for Barclays Swaps and Options European business, based in London. He then spent some time in New York where he took over the derivatives trading operations for Barclays.