Four Charters
Four Charters
The Charter recognises that professionals in wholesale energy markets fulfil different roles. Each role carries specific responsibilities and requires particular expertise.
To reflect these differences, the Charter defines four professional categories.
These categories ensure that professional standards are relevant to the responsibilities of each role within the market.
Chartered Market Practitioner
Chartered Deal-makers typically act as intermediaries between market participants.
This category may include professionals such as:
- brokers
- market intermediaries
- professionals facilitating transactions between counterparties
Deal-makers play an important role in connecting buyers and sellers and supporting liquidity within the markets.
Chartered Deal-maker
Professionals must maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their role responsibly.
This includes understanding:
- how wholesale energy markets function
- the regulatory framework governing the markets
- the risks associated with trading and market participation
Chartered Professionals maintain competence through ongoing professional development.
Chartered Insider
Chartered Insiders are professionals who may have access to inside information relevant to wholesale energy markets.
This category can include professionals working in areas such as:
- asset management
- infrastructure operations
- commercial operations
- production and supply activities
Because of their potential access to market-sensitive information, these professionals must demonstrate strong awareness of market integrity obligations.
Chartered Surveillant
Chartered Surveillants are responsible for monitoring and safeguarding market integrity.
This category may include professionals working in:
- compliance
- market surveillance
- regulatory monitoring
- risk and governance functions
Their role is to ensure that market activities comply with applicable rules and that potential misconduct is identified and addressed.
A shared professional framework
Although these four categories reflect different roles, they share a common objective: supporting fair, transparent and well-functioning wholesale energy markets.
All Chartered Professionals commit to the same core principles of competence, integrity and responsible market participation.