Phoebus leads the S&P Global Market Intelligence Freight Rate Forecast team bringing expertise from both the financial and maritime industries. Having spent many years implementing Systematic and Algorithmic Arbitrage Trading and Risk Management techniques within the shipping industry his focus is now on ensuring the best in class delivery of Freight Rate Forecast.

Phoebus spent ten years in the City of London working as a Risk Manager on most types of derivatives for many of the top ten investment banks. He has held Risk and Project Management positions at Deutsche Bank, UBS, Barclays, ING Barings and HSBC. He has also served as Global Head of Fixed Income Valuations for Commerzbank while he was the founder of a London consultancy firm offering services to the likes of JP Morgan as well as energy companies and refineries. The last 12 years from the post of Risk Officer he helped develop AMN Bulk Carriers. He has been hands on developing system and process solutions to accommodate the FFA Physical Arbitrage Risk trade, including a subsequent spin-off company called Freightmetrics which offered its services to Freight Traders and Shipping Operators in Asia and Europe.

Over the years Phoebus has presented in various conferences and was asked to present FFA masterclass lectures by the Institute Of Chartered Shipbrokers and the Baltic Exchange.