Our Consultants and Sector Credentials

Lloyd Thomas is Senior Vice-President, Consulting Services, based in our London office. He leads the global Argus Consulting Services team and provides oversight of Argus’ consulting activities within Europe. Lloyd joined Argus in 2011 as Head of European Consulting and has been instrumental in the development and expansion of the consulting division. He was promoted to Global Head of Consulting in 2017. Prior to joining Argus, Lloyd led the global research and advisory team at Energy Intelligence Group. Earlier in his career, he spent over 11 years as a management and strategy consultant in the energy practices at Deloitte and Ernst & Young. During this time he worked with a wide range of energy, utilities and infrastructure clients, helping to deliver strategy, performance improvement and large-scale capital programmes.

Yu Kin is a Vice-President in the Singapore office, responsible for the delivery of all Asian consulting projects. Yu Kin joined Argus from IHS Purvin & Gertz where he was a managing consultant. In a career spanning 24 years in various consulting roles in Singapore, Greece and the US, Yu Kin has covered oil, gas, coal and petrochemical markets. During his time at KBC Advanced Technology, he successfully built up a strategic consulting practice in Asia from scratch. Yu Kin trained as a chemical engineer at the National University of Singapore. He is recognised as a chartered engineer by the Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Matt has worked as a consultant at Argus for the past seven years and has advised some of the largest fertilizer companies worldwide. He leads single-client studies in phosphate, potash and multi-nutrient fertilizer markets and provides bankable feasibility studies, strategic recommendations, market analysis & price forecasts to a diverse range of clients. Matt is a graduate of Imperial College London and has conducted academic research in the fields of geochemistry, and the physics of froth flotation tanks for mineral processing.

Dave is responsible for steering Argus’ methanol and derivatives services. He has 25 years’ experience in the petrochemicals sector plus another 20 years’ consulting experience, with previous roles in field sales, distribution planning, hydrocarbon purchasing, manufacturing and operations planning, prior to his consulting career. Dave is responsible for the development and publication of Argus Methanol Analytics – an extensive study of global methanol supply, demand, trade flows and expected capacity additions.

Jack has 15 years’ experience in strategy consulting, strategic planning and market intelligence, spanning fertilizers, industrial products and consumer goods. Jack leads the delivery of European consulting projects in low-carbon fuels – clean hydrogen and ammonia - and is a regular speaker at clean ammonia and alternative marine fuels conferences. Prior to Argus, he worked at Integer Research, managing fertilizer projects across all nutrients and regions, and is a graduate of Oxford University.

Francis Osborne has over 30 years of experience in energy. He is responsible for guiding and coordinating market analysis and price forecasting across a large range of commodities covered by the consulting group, in particular crude and refined product markets and gas liquids. In the past he has held roles with Wood Mackenzie, KBC Advanced Technology, Saudi Petroleum and ICIS. Francis has a BA in economics and development studies from London University

Mark Seddon is Senior Manager (Metals), Argus Consulting Services, based in London. He is responsible for Argus’ rare earths, tungsten and battery materials monthly outlooks and annual reports, and for developing metals consulting services. With over 25 years of experience in the commodities industry as a trader, researcher, consultant and company executive, Mark has a wealth of experience in the metals sector. Mark initially spent three years as a sugar trader with Louis Dreyfus, a leading global soft commodities company. The next 20 years were spent at Roskill Information Services, a leader in international metals and minerals research. In January 2001, Mark was appointed a director at Roskill and in December 2010 became the Managing Director of the company. Prior to joining Argus, Mark ran his own metals consulting company, Tungsten Market Research. Mark has a BA (Hons) degree in European business administration, as well as a Diplôme d’Études Supérieures Européennes de Management.

Lloyd Thomas is Senior Vice-President, Consulting Services, based in our London office. He leads the global Argus Consulting Services team and provides oversight of Argus’ consulting activities within Europe. Lloyd joined Argus in 2011 as Head of European Consulting and has been instrumental in the development and expansion of the consulting division. He was promoted to Global Head of Consulting in 2017. Prior to joining Argus, Lloyd led the global research and advisory team at Energy Intelligence Group. Earlier in his career, he spent over 11 years as a management and strategy consultant in the energy practices at Deloitte and Ernst & Young. During this time he worked with a wide range of energy, utilities and infrastructure clients, helping to deliver strategy, performance improvement and large-scale capital programmes.

Steve has been with Argus since 2020 and has more than 38 years of experience in the petrochemical industry. He spent 28 years with The Dow Chemical Company (now Dow Inc.), a global petrochemical company, as well as seven years with Chemium International, a Houston-based petrochemical trading firm. Steve served in numerous roles at Dow, including sourcing feedstocks for ethylene production, managing NGL joint venture interests and managing the Americas aromatics and derivatives businesses. As a part of his varied business responsibilities, he was exposed to many C5 monomer suppliers and developed an extensive knowledge of feedstock, olefin and downstream operations. Steve is an expert in pygas-related co-products, including C5 monomers, DCPD and related aromatic processing co-products serving as feed for hydrocarbon resin production.

Frances has spent more than 20 years as a consultant in the fertilizer and fertilizer raw materials sectors. Frances oversees Argus’ fertilizer consulting services and is responsible for long-range forecasting, strategy and project feasibility studies. Frances is a regular speaker at industry conferences and has developed contacts with senior executives in all aspects of the fertilizer industry. She holds a BSc in economics from the University of Hull and a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Manchester.

Yu Kin is a Vice-President in the Singapore office, responsible for the delivery of all Asian consulting projects. Yu Kin joined Argus from IHS Purvin & Gertz where he was a managing consultant. In a career spanning 24 years in various consulting roles in Singapore, Greece and the US, Yu Kin has covered oil, gas, coal and petrochemical markets. During his time at KBC Advanced Technology, he successfully built up a strategic consulting practice in Asia from scratch. Yu Kin trained as a chemical engineer at the National University of Singapore. He is recognised as a chartered engineer by the Institute of Chemical Engineers.