Liz Parminter, a power trader at RWE Trading in London, will join Aquila Energy on Jan. 2. Parminter has been hired as head of commodity and direct trading. In the role she will focus on structuring bilateral trades for clients and other power trading companies, rather than trading standardized contracts through the broker market, explained Parminter. She decided to join Aquila because of its "can-do attitude and willingness to commit to the market," she explained. Parminter will report to Rusty Smith, director of trading in London.