Simon started his career at Hambro’s Merchant Bank, gaining experience in FX and deposit markets before helping to establish the “off balance sheet” side of their activities, such as swaps, futures and options. From 1987 to 1998, he traded as an independent market-maker in options products on LIFFE (The London International Financial Futures Exchange – now known as Euronext.liffe). He then moved to Fortis Bank for a period of 2 years where he established and supervised an options trading team. Simon then left the bank to become a founding member of K2.

Bill joined Lloyds Bank in 1984 as an economics graduate. He traded FX spot, forwards and options for the bank before helping establish their presence on LIFFE. He has traded successfully on many of Europe’s markets, including the London Stock Exchange and LIFFE in London, the German DTB (now known as Eurex), the Dutch EOE and the French MATIF (now known as Euronext – the new owners of LIFFE). Bill was also a founding member of K2.

Andrew qualified and worked as an architect, before starting a career as a futures trader on the LIFFE floor in 1993. As a result of his architectural background, Andrew tends to approach trading on a technical and structural basis. His excellent track record led to a senior position within Vantage Derivatives Trading, involving training of traders, risk management and technical analysis. He continues to successfully trade a wide variety of markets on a full time basis – thus providing a real-world perspective to the K2 training programmes.