Commerce Energy Group, an electricity and natural gas marketing company, has appointed David Yi as its chief risk officer.

Most recently, Mr Yi was director of accounting and risk control for Pacific Summit Energy, a subsidiary of Sumitomo. Previously, Mr Yi served as chief credit officer for Cook Inlet Energy Supply. He has also held leadership positions with GearyEnergy and Southern California Edison.

Gregory Craig, chairman and CEO of Commerce Energy, said: Dave brings a wealth of energy industry experience to our company and has a stellar reputation in the credit world. I worked with Dave for 10 years at Cook Inlet. We are fortunate to have an individual of his experience and reputation as part of our organization.