Freepoint Commodities has hired Sarathi Roy, partner and head of North American energy at Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners.

He joined Freepoint in Stamford, Conn., yesterday as a managing director and senior trader, SparkSpread has learned.

Roy spent four years at Engelhart and its predecessor, BTG Pactual Commodities, joining as the latter began building up a global commodities business in 2013.

Previously, he was a managing director at Noble Group, with responsibility for proprietary oil and natural gas trading; and before that, spent 12 years at RBS Sempra Commodities and its predecessor organization, Sempra Energy Trading.

Louis Hopper, global head of energy at Engelhart, will assume Roy’s responsibilities.