Leading with James Ashton

S3 Episode 5 - London Metal Exchange

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In another lockdown episode, Matthew Chamberlain joins James Ashton to discuss trading through the crisis, swapping an investment banking career to become CEO and respecting tradition at his 143-year old organisation.

Matthew Chamberlain is chief executive of the London Metal Exchange, a City institution since 1877 that last year traded $13.5 trillion of metals including aluminium, copper and zinc.

After financial roles at Citibank, Perella Weinberg and UBS, Chamberlain joined the LME in 2012 as head of strategy and implementation following its acquisition by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing – a deal he advised on. He took the top job in 2017 at the age of 34.

In normal times the LME operates the Ring, the last open outcry trading floor in Europe, which sets prices for metals supply contracts all over the world.

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