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Abhishek Deshpande has left his role at Natixis as head of energy research to serve as senior oil strategist at JP Morgan.

Deshpande had been at Natixis for more than six years, during which time the French bank won the Energy Risk award for commodity research house of the year in 2016 and 2017. Joining Natixis in July 2011 from Oakland Innovation where he spent two years as a consultant analyst, Deshpande helped build the bank’s energy research team, covering oil, gas and renewables.

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