David joins SuperDerivatives from JP Morgan, where he was recently Head of Oil Options. During his career at JP Morgan, David held various positions within the oil and energy division and was involved in all aspects of the business.

David joins SuperDerivatives at a time when the company is experiencing significant growth in demand for its commodities and energy solutions, including the market-leading front officesystem SDX, the real-time market data platform DGX, which offers the widestcoverage of commodities and energy data for derivatives and cash, and the risk and compliance system for corporations, CorporeX. SuperDerivatives' financial chat is connected to third party chat systems such as Yahoo and AOL and is well tapped into the commodity community.

Commenting on the appointment, Raphael Juston, Global Head of Products at SuperDerivatives, said: "David brings with him a wealth of experience in the commodities and energy market and a broad range of expertise, ranging from modeling and technology to risk management, structuring, trading and client relationships. His background makes him the perfect candidate to successfully develop our commodities and energy offering and meet the changing demands of our customers."

David Taban comments: "I am delighted to be joining SuperDerivatives at what is a very exciting time for the company. The regulatory landscape is shifting and SuperDerivatives' new SEF-compliant SDeX platform will offer participants a compliant, transparent and efficient method of trading commodities and energy derivatives in an innovative electronic market. I look forward to driving the development of SDeX and contributing my knowledge and experience to the company."