Charles Wickens

Grains Trading Program

Charles Wickens, born in 1955, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Industries from the University of Missouri in 1977. Following his graduation Mr. Wickens went to work for Continental Grain in Minden, Nebraska.

In 1978 Mr. Wickens was hired by Pillsbury to run their West Coast trading operation out of Omaha. In 1980 he was transferred to the corporate headquarters in Minneapolis to be the export manager for Pillsbury’s Soybean Desk. The job consisted of coordinating soybean trading for more than 80 river elevators along with trading the company’s CIF and FOB positions.

Mr. Wickens was then hired by Hennessy & Associates, a Chicago Board of Trade Commission House, where he handled major export, domestic and speculative accounts from the trading floor, and, after a year, was named a partner in the firm.

In 1987, Mr. Wickens became an independent trader.

Mr. Wickens joined SAT in February, 2002 as an associated person (‘AP”), and trading principal of the SAT Grains Program.