Argus Global Coke & Carbon Conference

Originally from California, Kelle graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in History and made her home in the Seattle area with her husband and two boys. Kelle joined Pacific Rim Shipbrokers in 2001 as a Post Fixture Manager and then joined San Juan Navigation as a vessel operator of dry bulk carriers from 2006 until 2011. She returned to Pacific Rim Shipbrokers in 2014 after working as the Director of Operations for a travel company that specialized in small vessel charters around the globe. Having worked both as an operator and a charterer gives Kelle the perspective to identify potential risks and benefits for our clients. While Kelle has worked in various industries, what she enjoys most about maritime is that no week, voyage, or vessel is like another, and with that comes continuous lessons, challenges, and rewards. Kelle spends her free time playing tennis, hiking, camping with her family, and working with charitable organizations in her community. Read less

Lauren Masterson has been the editor of Energy Argus Petroleum Coke since the end of 2012, helping to relaunch it as a weekly publication and adding anode-grade market coverage. She started out at Argus covering the US coal markets. Prior to joining Argus, Lauren was the editor of an ocean technology magazine, and she had previously written for political and lifestyle publications. A native of New York, Lauren has lived in Washington, DC, since 2006. Read less

M. Erkam Kocakerim was born in 1979 and graduated from Chemical Engineering Department of Kocaeli University in 2004. He continued his studies at US Washington University about gas hold-up in bubble column reactor designs for petrochemical companies. He completed his Executive MBA program at Bilkent University in 2019. He started his cement career in 2005 as Production Engineer and continued his career in Limak Cement Group as Production Chief and Production Manager. In 2011, he promoted to establish Technical Center in the new headquarter and was appointed as the company's first R&D and Business Development Director. In addition, during 2012-2015, he led the growth of the company as the project coordinator for the plants and led contract management, project financing and site works during investments of Limak Cement Group. Also responsible for establishment of growth strategy in overseas countries and responsible of investments and operations of greenfield projects in Mozambique, Cote d’Ivoire and Overseas Sales, Marketing & Trading Company in Dubai. He carried out the position of CEO of Limak Cimentos Mozambique during ramp-up period. He is currently the Global CEO of Limak Cement Group since January 2021. Read less

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Arda has been with the Çimsa group for four years and in his current position since February. He began his career in 2010 as a purchasing engineer. He has an MSc in mechanical engineering from İstanbul Technical University. Read less

Hayden leads the forecasting and analytics for the coal and petroleum coke markets, including the monthly publication of Argus Seaborne Thermal Coal Outlook and Argus Petroleum Coke Outlook. Prior to joining Argus, he was a senior commodities analyst working for Macquarie Group where he was responsible for price forecasting, demand and supply of thermal coal, precious metals and uranium markets. Hayden holds two BAs from University of Melbourne, one in commerce and the other in information systems. Read less

Fırat joined Argus in 2017 as a market reporter in the Coal Daily International report. He follows developments in the Turkish coal market. Read less