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DME Chairman announces new board appointments

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, July 15 - 2009 at 13:45

Ahmad Sharaf, Chairman of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME), has announced that the DME has welcomed Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki and Mr. Anthony Loh as new members of the DME Board of Directors.

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Dr. Fesharaki is the Chairman of FACTS Global Energy, an energy consultancy firm with offices in Singapore, London, and Hawaii. He has focused on the East of Suez oil markets for the past 30 years. Dr. Fesharaki also served as Energy Advisor to the Petroleum Minister of Iran in the late 1970's.

Mr. Loh joins as an independent director with many years of experience in capital markets across Asia. With previous appointments including running the Asia Pacific operations for companies such as the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bank Boston and Peregrine Fixed Income, he has unrivalled insights in to the Asian markets.

Commenting on the appointments, Mr. Sharaf said:
"Welcoming these gentlemen to the DME's Board of Directors will add a further global dimension to the present team, as both bring extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East to our existing team."


Dr. Fesharaki replaces Rashid al Shamsi, who has served as an independent director on the Board since 2007, and Mr. Anthony Loh replaces Dennis Dutterer, who joined the DME Board as an independent director in 2006.

"We are grateful for the support and insight contributed by Mr. Dutterer and Mr. al Shamsi during their tenures on the DME Board of Directors. During June 2009, the DME not only celebrated its second anniversary, but also recorded a new record of 8,076 contracts traded in one day, on June 23rd. This record followed the announcement that the Dubai Department of Petroleum Affairs would set its OSP based on a published differential to the DME Oman contract, and underlined the positive market reaction to this news.

"We look forward to leveraging the extensive market knowledge, bank of contacts and unique insights of both Mr. Loh and Dr. Fesharaki for the further growth of the DME as we enter our third year of trading," concluded Sharaf.
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About the Dubai Mercantile Exchange
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) is the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, providing a financially secure, well-regulated and transparent trading environment. Majority owned by core shareholders the CME Group, Tatweer (a member of Dubai Holding), and the Oman Investment Fund (OIF), the DME also released an equity stake of up to 20% in August 2008 to a strategic investor group including leading global financial institutions and energy trading firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Vitol, Shell, Concord and Casa Energy.

The Exchange has developed and trades the DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract, addressing the growing market need for price discovery of sour crude oil destined for East of Suez markets, while simultaneously bridging the time-zone gap between Europe and Asia. Launched in June 2007, the contract has averaged 2,200 lots per day during 2009, and hit a one day high of 8,076 on June 23rd 2009, up on previous high of 6,484 recorded on Jan 13th 2009.

The DME is a fully electronic exchange, and its contracts are listed on CME Globex, the world's leading electronic trading platform, providing access to the broadest array of futures and options products available on any exchange. The DME is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), a world class, independent regulator, and all trades executed on the Exchange are cleared through, and guaranteed by, NYMEX's AA+ rated clearinghouse which is licensed as a Recognised Body by the DFSA.

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