Investment Strategy
Drakewood are commodity investment specialists with both physical metal and investment fund strategies.
Industrial Strategy – Metals Fabrication
Building a global player in Copper and Aluminium fabrication.
Prospect Metals Futures Strategy
Prospect strategy trades metals futures based on a fundamental view of markets.
Global coverage – LME, COMEX, SGX.
Available via Fund or Managed Account.
Our investment team
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
David Lilley
David determines the overall strategy for Drakewood and all its group investments. With deep experience in physical metals trading, David’s core area of interest is in the Copper-Aluminium business and the other base metals.
Alan Spangler
Alan has 30 years’ experience with a background in Business Development and Industrial M&A for GE and Rolls-Royce.
Founder and CFO, Xenmet SA (base metal physical trader), Traderight Limited and Ambro Limited.
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Ian Scarlett
Ian has extensive metal and fabrication industry relationships.
30 years metals procurement & hedging experience for the copper industry with Luvata, Outokumpu Copper, Trafigura, Emetra and BICC Cables.
Member of the LME Physical Markets & Copper Committee; Chairman of the Copper Committee & Advisory Committee for International Wrought Copper Council (IWCC).
Richard Ros
Richard manages the Finance function, partnering with the CEO and Treasury. Provides operational and analytical support as part of the M&A team.
2012-2017: VP Finance, Luvata.
2009-2012: PWC, Ernst & Young.
Previously STMicroelectronics, Dassault Aviation.
Stephen Drew
Stephen has had a long career in the specialist copper tube fabrication industry.
Previously VP Sales and Marketing at Drawn Metal Tube Company and Linderme.
Led management team takeover of Small Tube Products business and three subsequent acquisitions that brought Small Tube Products operation to number one in market share.
FUND STRATEGY
Greg Buechele
NEW YORK
Greg, based in New York, brings specific and deep experience trading metals across the commodities spectrum with particular interest in the precious metals markets and private commodity financing structures.
Tim Watkin
Tim looks across all the asset markets and brings a multi-asset perspective.
Tim follows the metals future markets and has special interest with how the Foreign Exchange and Macroeconomic outlook in other markets is affecting the outlook for metals.
Joel Parsons
Joel has more than 10 years experience of commodity sales and M&A transactions across iron ore, metals, energy and chemicals. Deep relationships across the iron ore supply chain including miners, traders and price reporting agencies.
Our offices
London
Drakewood Capital Management Ltd
84 Brook Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 5EH.
Telephone number: +44 (0) 20 3053 1834
Amersham
Drakewood Capital Management Ltd
Amersham Court
154 Station Road
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP6 5DW
Telephone number: +44 (0) 20 3053 1834
New York
Drakewood Capital Management Inc
One World Trade Center
85th Floor
New York
NY 10007
Telephone number: +1 (212) 220 5694
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