
Erik has over 9 years of experience in the financial and physical commodity trading business. In 2022, Erik joined Axpo to develop a ‘best-in-class’ risk- and compliance culture to protect the company’s license and reputation and support the journey towards building a leading international Compliance department.
Before, he worked as Ethics & Compliance Officer at Centrica Energy Trading A/S where he was among other things responsible for the implementation of surveillance solutions.
Further, he used to be an Energy Trader for a German utility company. Hereby, he defined and executed trading strategies through thorough fundamental and technical analysis in a strong competitive environment in power, gas and emission contracts as well as commercially optimizing power plant production. Erik holds an M.Sc in Industrial Engineering & Management from Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) and is a CFA Charterholder.