Ben Goggin

Ben Goggin, head of tanker FFAs at SSY Futures, tells Roderick Bruce why a life in wet FFA markets trumps the life aquatic

A former European champion water skier, Ben Goggin, head of tanker (wet) forward freight agreements (FFAs) at SSY Futures, had the dedication and ambition to become one of the top skiers in the world. Inspired by his father, himself a British team water skier, Goggin took the plunge into the sport at the age of four, and rose to become world number three.

His father also inspired a plunge into different waters. "Since I was a child, I've always had two very conflicting ideas of what fun is about