JERA Global Markets hires ex-Centrica global LNG head
1/4/2021
JERA Global Markets, a joint venture trading unit of Japanese and French partners, has hired Jonathan Westby as senior vice president for LNG.
Westby previously worked for Centrica, where he was the co-managing director of energy marketing and trading in addition to managing its global LNG business, JERA said in an e-mailed statement.
Prior to joining Centrica in 2014, Westby was BP's global head of LNG trading, JERA said. Westby replaces Sarah Behbehani who left JERA in May.
JERAGM is a joint venture between majority shareholder JERA, a wholly owned subsidiary of French utility Electricite de France.
JERA itself is a joint venture between Japanese utilities Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power.
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