Paul Hawkins new global head of commodities at Credit Suisse

In his new London-based position, Hawkins will report to Gael de Boissard and Tony Ehinger, co-heads of global securities at Credit Suisse.

Hawkins was previously at Litasco, the Geneva-based marketing and trading arm of Lukoil.

He worked for nine years at Litasco in Geneva and New York, most recently as head of trading and supply, specialising in crude oil, refined petroleum, freight and derivatives instruments.

Before that, Hawkins traded energy products for several companies in the US and