Ross Allen
Vice President, Business Development, Argus
Ross Allen is responsible for business development, management and market relationships for Americas LPG services, using two decades’ commodities and financial reporting experience to help our customers manage risk. Before his current role, Allen covered commodities and financial markets for Argus in Washington DC as bureau chief and senior editor.
Prior to Argus, Alle...
Ross Allen is responsible for business development, management and market relationships for Americas LPG services, using two decades’ commodities and financial reporting experience to help our customers manage risk. Before his current role, Allen covered commodities and financial markets for Argus in Washington DC as bureau chief and senior editor.
Prior to Argus, Allen covered financial markets and commodities in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a financial wire service and began his career working as a paramedic in Connecticut before turning his hand to journalism. He holds a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and is an enthusiastic Mountaineer fan and Beechcraft Bonanza owner and pilot.
Melanie Stogran
Supply Analyst, Natural Gas and NGLs, Canada Energy Regulator (CER)
Melanie is currently in her 15th year at the Canada Energy Regulator, formerly National Energy Board. Her work has focused on model building and analysis, including projecting Canadian natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) production for the Energy Future reports and other CER/NEB and international projects. Melanie has led model building for NGL, oil sands, natu...
Melanie is currently in her 15th year at the Canada Energy Regulator, formerly National Energy Board. Her work has focused on model building and analysis, including projecting Canadian natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) production for the Energy Future reports and other CER/NEB and international projects. Melanie has led model building for NGL, oil sands, natural gas and conventional, tight and shale oil production. Her work includes natural gas supply cost analysis, maintaining production statistics and well data, and responding to external questions. Melanie previously worked at the Canadian Energy Research Institute for three years. Her work there also focused on model building, which included a North American natural gas pipeline flows optimisation model, a levelised unit electricity cost model, and the oil sands supply cost and production projection models used in the 2003 CERI Oil Sands report. Melanie has bachelor degrees in statistics and economics and a master’s degree in Economics, all from the University of Calgary.
Steve Weber
Vice-President, Petrochemical and Refining Consulting, Argus
Steve has more than 35 years of experience in refining and chemical plant management, engineering and operations. Steve began his long career with Total as a process engineer. He has served as an operations manager, a styrene plant manager and a refinery manager. His accomplishments include managing the world’s largest combined styrene and polystyrene complex for Total Sty...
Steve has more than 35 years of experience in refining and chemical plant management, engineering and operations. Steve began his long career with Total as a process engineer. He has served as an operations manager, a styrene plant manager and a refinery manager. His accomplishments include managing the world’s largest combined styrene and polystyrene complex for Total Styrenics, and later overseeing major improvement projects for clients including a refining steam cracker project in Thailand and Brazil, and a refinery in eastern Europe.
David Appleton
David Appleton, VP, Business Development LPG, Argus
David Appleton is responsible for delivery of the global and European LPG statistical reviews, as well as editing the Argus LPG Outlook and contributing to Argus LPG World among other projects. Prior to joining Argus, David spent six years at the European LPG Association, where in his role as public affairs manager, he promoted and defended the interests of the downstream ...
David Appleton is responsible for delivery of the global and European LPG statistical reviews, as well as editing the Argus LPG Outlook and contributing to Argus LPG World among other projects. Prior to joining Argus, David spent six years at the European LPG Association, where in his role as public affairs manager, he promoted and defended the interests of the downstream European LPG sector in the Brussels energy policy sphere. David holds a BscEcon in Politics and Economics and a Masters in International Development.
Vanessa Viola
Senior Vice-President, Argus, Latin America
Vanessa Viola is the Senior Vice-President of Latin America at Argus. She rejoined Argus in 2011 as our Brazil Country Manager and is now working to expand the company’s business across Latin America. Vanessa initially joined Argus in 2001, working as Deputy Editor of the Argus European Products report and Editor of the Argus International LPG report before leaving in 2005...
Vanessa Viola is the Senior Vice-President of Latin America at Argus. She rejoined Argus in 2011 as our Brazil Country Manager and is now working to expand the company’s business across Latin America. Vanessa initially joined Argus in 2001, working as Deputy Editor of the Argus European Products report and Editor of the Argus International LPG report before leaving in 2005 to work as an LPG broker with Gibson in London. Prior to her assignments in the UK, Vanessa worked as a political and financial correspondent for Reuters (Brasilia, Sao Paulo), as a financial reporter for Brazil’s leading news agency Agencia Estado and as a press relations officer with energy engineering company Asea Brown Boveri, also based in Sao Paulo. A graduate from Brazil’s Casper Libero University with a BA in social communications, Vanessa has a master’s degree in international journalism from London’s City University. In addition to Portuguese and English, she is fluent in Spanish.
Luis Landeros
President, LPGas Distributors Association
Luis Landeros serves as the president of the board for the LPGas Distributors Association (ADG) in Mexico. He has more than 25 years of experience with retail and consumer distribution companies, serving in project leadership, sales management, sales development, consulting and marketing management, and chief executive positions. The ADG serves to promote and advocate comm...
Luis Landeros serves as the president of the board for the LPGas Distributors Association (ADG) in Mexico. He has more than 25 years of experience with retail and consumer distribution companies, serving in project leadership, sales management, sales development, consulting and marketing management, and chief executive positions. The ADG serves to promote and advocate common interest of the four biggest LPG distribution groups of Mexico, concentrating 250 companies with 45 percent of the total market share, nationwide. The ADG actively participated in the elaboration of the Secondary Laws for the Mexican Energy Reform with the Secretariat of Energy, including its Hydrocarbon Regulation, Administrative Rulings and Official LPGas Standards.