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Nigel Harris

Nigel was a key member of the team which designed and developed PAWS, Saladin's innovative oil market analysis system, which was launched in 1987 and is still used extensively throughout the industry today. At Saladin, he spent two years working closely with early customers in the USA to expand the analytical capabilities of PAWS, then returned to the UK to run all software development and customer support activities. Nigel then moved into a product management role, taking responsibility for all aspects of software product direction, design and implementation. He created a new risk analysis module for PAWS and launched a new trading system which integrated real-time and historical information analysis for the first time in the energy market.

Nigel worked as an independent consultant for three years prior to forming Kingston Energy Consulting with Mary Jackson in 2002. Assignments included a survey of requirements for market data and information systems in European electricity trading, the technical specification of an internet-based information service and the design of systems for the management and analysis of telecommunications data. Nigel also held a short-term role as Director of Product Strategy at FAME Information Services in New York in 2000/01, planning new data management products to meet the requirements of both energy and financial markets.

Nigel has written articles for industry publications and spoken at conferences on both technology and energy market issues. He has a first class masters degree and a PhD from Cambridge University.

Mary Jackson

Mary began her career at BP's information management group, where she led projects to review existing information systems, research user requirements and design and implement new systems. Subsequently she worked as an analyst in the supply and trading department, where she was responsible for negotiating inter-company exchanges, supply planning and market analysis of the crude, products and derivatives markets.

Mary then joined Saladin as an energy consultant, providing advice and training on energy market analysis, trading and risk management to companies throughout the world. In several senior roles at Saladin, she managed the energy consulting team, ran the energy market information service (which provided a "one-stop shop" service for the supply of historical energy market data) and directed strategy for new software and information product development, including the development of a new internet based trading system. This involved the research, specification and marketing of new products, as well as carrying out strategic information reviews for major energy companies.

After leaving Saladin, Mary worked as an independent energy market consultant until she formed Kingston Energy Consulting with Nigel Harris in 2002. She has lectured regularly for The Oxford Princeton Programme on energy markets, trading and risk management and is also a regular speaker and panel member at public conferences. She has written articles for industry publications including Hart Energy Markets, Energy and Power Risk Management, Global Energy Business and Petroleum Review. Mary has a B.A. honours degree from Bristol University and a masters degree from London University in information and archive studies.