Benedikt von Butler, formerly of CantorCO2e, is joining Citi’s emissions trading desk in London on Monday, according to a Reuters report.
Von Butler had been the director of sales for carbon markets at CantorCO2e, brokering the transactions of several million tons of certified emission reduction (CER) and other reduction credits.
He joined CantorCO2e in 2005, after serving as a director at Evolution Markets and interning at Goldman Sachs.
His LinkedIn profile indicates he is “on gardening leave.”
Von Butler, a multi-linguist, was feted in this August 2002 Reuters profile as a pioneer of emissions trading.