Argus Generation Fuels Asia Conference

Sasank Goli

Renewable Energy Director, Nike

Sasank Goli has over 25 years of experience spanning technology, operations, and finance in energy and sustainability. As Principal for Climate and Energy at Nike, he leads global supply chain energy strategy, driving cost-effective and scalable decarbonization initiatives including rooftop solar, offsite power purchase agreements, cleaner fuels, and energy efficiency at Nike supplier factories worldwide. In earlier roles, Sasank served as energy investments consultant at Asian Development Bank, Technical Director at GE Energy, and Program Manager at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he focused on advancing clean energy technologies and climate change initiatives.

Reena Macagga

Sustainability Manager, International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC)

Dato Leong Kin Mun

President, Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation

Thomas Meth

Head of Biomass, Javelin Commodities

Naoki Kawamoto

Vice Representative Director, Japan Biomass Fuel Standardization Association (JBSA)

Naoki Kawamoto graduated from Kyushu University’s Faculty of Engineering and spent over 35 years at Idemitsu, working across coal procurement, sales, mine development, and later black pellet business development. He served in China and Australia for more than a decade, ultimately becoming Chairman of Idemitsu Australia Resources, overseeing three operating coal mines. From 2019, he led Idemitsu’s black pellet development initiatives and played a central role in establishing the Japan Black Pellet Forum, a forum of coal users who view black pellets as a practical and effective pathway away from coal, where he continues to serve as Secretariat. In December 2025, he retired from Idemitsu and founded BioCoal Solution Japan Inc., a biocoal sales and consulting company, to accelerate the deployment of biomass and biocarbon solutions. Since 2024 he has served as Vice Representative Director of JBSA (Japan Biomass Fuel Standardization Association).

Haryanto Damanik

Secretary General, APBI-ICMA (Asosiasi Pertambangan Batubara Indonesia - Indonesian Coal Mining Association)

Mohamed Fazil Saad

Head of Bio-Energy, Renewable Energy Division, FGV Palm Industries

Mohit Verma

Founder, Biomass Energeons India

Mohit Verma brings over 17 years of experience, including 6 years in the biomass industry as the founder of Biomass Energeons India. His work focuses on sustainable energy solutions such as CBG, torrefaction, MSW, biochar, and biomass pellets, with an aim to drive rural development and global carbon reduction. Mohit has held roles in Trade Marketing at Sony India Pvt Ltd., as Marketing Manager at Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd., and as Trade Promotion Manager at CERA Sanitaryware Ltd., establishing a strong track record in strategic, profitability-focused marketing. Biomass Energeons India aims to unify the biomass sector in India, streamlining procurement and enhancing accessibility to support a sustainable future through training, development programs, and consultancy services.

Nicolas Viart

Technical Director, SBP

Nicolas joined SBP in January 2022 as Technical Director. A senior sustainability professional with extensive agriculture and international supply chain experience, Nicolas has proven technical and strategic competencies in advancing sustainability agendas. Key amongst his responsibilities is overseeing the maintenance of SBP’s certification systems, obtaining recognition of the SBP standards by the European Commission, the Japanese and the Netherlands’ regulatory bodies, and growing SBP’s presence in Asia. Prior to joining SBP, Nicolas spent ten years at Bonsucro, a global membership organisation promoting sustainable sugarcane production globally. Nicolas started his career in the dairy industry, with field experience in quality management, technical specifications and compliance audits, before moving on to the seafood industry, including two years at the Marine Stewardship Council, a leading global certification scheme for sustainable seafood.

Saurabh Chaturvedi

Deputy Editor, Coal & Generation Fuels , Argus

Saurabh is deputy editor of the Asia Solid Fuels team at global price-reporting agency Argus Media. He has eighteen years of experience in the energy and commodity space and currently helps in Asia-Pacific thermal coal, biomass, and petroleum coke market coverage, as well as in the compilation of key benchmark price indexes. He joined Argus in 2019 from The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones. Saurabh is the recipient of the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia award for excellence in reporting. In the biomass sphere, Saurabh contributes to the Argus Biomass Markets report, a weekly that publishes price assessments for the industrial wood pellets, chips, residential pellets, and palm kernel shell (PKS) spot markets globally, and provides in-depth market commentaries and analysis, as well as related data.

Muhamad Fadhil

SVP Strategy and Business Development, Argus

Muhamad Fadhil is Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at Argus, focusing on Asia expansion sectors and strategic initiatives. Before joining Argus, Fadhil was Head of Middle East Markets for ICIS in Dubai, where he led market engagement and strategy. He also previously worked for Channel NewsAsia, Hill & Associates and the O&S Group of Companies. Fadhil holds master degrees from IE Business School and the National University of Singapore. He is currently a doctoral student at Warwick Business School, specialising in energy transition.

Nadhir Mokhtar

Associate Editor, Genfuels, Argus

Nadhir Mokhtar is a senior market reporter at Argus Media, under the solid fuels team in Asia. With a focus on thermal coal and biomass pricing, he provides in-depth analysis and news coverage of the Asia Pacific markets. His expertise spans Australian thermal coal prices, palm kernel shells from Malaysia and Indonesia, and wood pellet prices from Vietnam. He has a background in journalism with previous roles as a deputy editor for a regional trade publication covering Middle East and North African insurance markets and as a news broadcast journalist for CNA in Singapore.