Jul 29, 2026 – 12.31pmNick O’Kane, the former Macquarie trader who raked in one of the highest banking pay cheques in the world in 2023 while running the group’s commodities and markets unit, has resigned from Swiss trading house Mercuria Energy.O’Kane parted ways with the Geneva-based commodities trading house last week, after just two years as the firm’s global head of gas and power. According to a Bloomberg report, O’Kane left the company for personal reasons.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles