Richard Arnesen is the Global Head of Tanker FFAs for Marex Spectron. Mr Arnesen previously set up the US subsidiary of freight derivatives broker Imarex in Houston, and served as President of Imarex Inc from 2006 to 2010. Richard has been involved in freight derivatives since 2000, and he has been instrumental in the global growth of the freight derivatives markets.

Mr Arnesen has a Master of Arts degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and is a resident of Oslo, Norway.