Researcher
Emma joined Proco in 2018 as the Lead Researcher in the Commodities Technology practise. She works across the market, with a number of key vendors, consultancies, trading firms, merchants, and utilities to place the best IT talent from around the world.
Emma holds a Masters in International Politics from Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK, as well as a Bachelors in Political Studies from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.
Much has been written about the ways in which proprietary quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies have the potential to increase trading performance across commodity, currency, debt and equity markets.
As with most new and inherently disruptive technologies, it is far too early to appreciate the full potential of blockchain in the commodities space right now, because it is human creativity and innovation that will drive successful applications.