Argus Global Gasoline Live - Virtual Conference

Rick leads Motiva’s Oil Products, Petrochems & Renewables Trading Dept from their company HQ in Houston. Backed by the largest integrated refining & chemicals manufacturing plant in the Americas, Motiva’s trading teams operate in collaborative fashion among diverse internal & external stakeholders. Ensuring end-to-end value and mutually beneficial trading partnerships are the primary missions of the trading teams. Although flows related to the manufacturing sites dominates the daily mandate, growing working relationships with the various global affiliates of Motiva’s owners (e.g. Aramco Trading Company & SABIC) have positioned Motiva Trading well to participate in expanding markets. Скрыть

Frederic LASSERRE joined GUNVOR SA last September as Global Head of Research & Analysis coming from TOTAL OIL TRADING SA (TOTSA) where he held a similar position since 2016. Frederic LASSERRE started his career at SOCIETE GENERALE Corporate & Investment Banking as an oil analyst. He then set-up and managed SOCIETE GENERALE’s commodity research team for 12 years. He left SOCIETE GENERALE in 2012 to found an asset management company specialized in commodities. Frederic holds a Master in Finance from the University of Birmingham (UK) and a PhD in Economics from the University of Bordeaux (France). Скрыть

Marianne Kah is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar and Advisory Board Member at the Center on Global Energy Policy. She had been the Chief Economist of ConocoPhillips at its Houston headquarters for 25 years where she was responsible for developing the company’s market outlooks for oil and natural gas, and was the company’s expert in scenario planning. She also communicated her views to numerous external stakeholders, including Energy Ministers, legislators, think tanks and governments. Prior to ConocoPhillips, Ms. Kah was the Manager of Corporate Planning at Cabot Corporation in Boston and a Coordinator of Strategic Planning at Conoco in Houston. In the early 1980s, she was a Senior Analyst in the Policy Development Group of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation in Washington, D.C. Prior to that she was a Policy Analyst at the Energy and Minerals Division of the Government Accountability Office where she led various energy policy studies for the U.S. Senate Energy Committee and House Fossil and Synthetic Fuels Subcommittee. She has been a frequent presenter and panelist at international energy forums and conferences including the Aspen Institute’s Energy Policy Forum, CERAWeek, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Scowcroft and Baker Institutes, the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, Univ. of Chicago, Center for Global Energy Studies, Oil & Money, International Energy Agency, Norwegian Finance and Energy Conferences, Middle East and Asian oil and gas conferences, KAPSARC and the International Energy Forum in Riyadh. She has also participated in U.S. energy policy studies including those by the National Petroleum Council and the BiPartisan Policy Center. She has twice been the President of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics and has been awarded a Senior Fellow award by that organization. She also chaired the American Petroleum Institute’s Committee on Economics and Statistics and is co-chairing the Energy Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics. Ms. Kah has a B.S. from Cornell University and Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Скрыть

Neil is an oil markets professional with broad experience across crude, gasoline and distillate products. He has a master’s in chemical engineering from Imperial College London and began his career with Hartree and then Glencore before joining BB Energy in 2017. Based in London, he is responsible for light ends and crude market analytics and strategy development, with a focus on Europe and North America. Скрыть

Mr. Branco has joined Petrobras in 2008 as a Commercial Analyst focused on the supply and demand of the Brazilian gasoline market. His experience includes roles performed in the Brazilian Sales Division and, more recently, in the International Trading Division, where he led Petrobras gasoline desks in Rotterdam and Houston offices. Currently, mr. Branco answers for the International Trading Books of Clean Products (gasoline, diesel, naphtha and jet fuel). Скрыть

Leonardo Ferreira is Head of the International Division of Oil Products Trading at Raizen in Houston which he joined in 2019. Leonardo holds 15 years of experience on the Oil & Gas sector where he served companies like Petrobras, BR Distribuidora and Tricon Energy on various management positions in Brazil, Singapore and Houston. Leonardo graduated on Economics at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and holds a Master Degree in Finance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Скрыть

Dr Andreas joined Shell in 2013 and is in charge of developing technology roadmaps and solutions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in passenger cars and commercial vehicles. He previously spent 10 years at FEV in Aachen. Dr Andreas graduated as a mechanical engineer from RWTH Aachen University before spending four year as a Research Engineer at the university’s Institute for Combustion Engines. Скрыть

Pietro is Director of Biofuels at Ministry of Mines and Energy that is responsible for National Biofuels Policy (RenovaBio). In National Agency of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), he was advisor of the Director General and Deputy Manager of Quality and Biofuels. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the Beddie School of Business at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Mendes holds a PhD in Chemical Technology and Biochemical Processes from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Скрыть

Elizabeth Hui currently serves as Director, Research and Product Development. She is responsible for conducting research and analyzing global economic markets in support of product development at the Exchange for petroleum products. She has focused on designing and developing new derivatives and drafting contracts rules. Elizabeth is involved in the maintenance of refined products and NGL/petrochemical markets and the analysis of the energy industry at CME Group. Скрыть

Jonathon Wong is the Head of Gasoline at Sinopec Hong Kong (Singapore) Pte Ltd and he primarily trades light ends products. The company moved its trading business from Hong Kong to Singapore in 2015 and gasoline is the main focus of the company. Скрыть

Celeste researches regulatory frameworks, institutional relations and national development plans in Mexico, particularly the impact of the structural reforms of 2014, on which she has advised various international companies. She started her career at Vibosa, which manufactures pre-casted concrete elements for infrastructure, eventually becoming Chief Operating Officer. Since 2015, she has been a member of the Energy Commission of the Consejo Co-ordinador Empresarial. She holds a degree in architecture from the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, a diploma in energy law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, and a diploma in social wellbeing from the USEM (Unión Social de Empresarios de México). Скрыть

Deian is the Senior Product Trader at ESSAR Oil UK. His role entails managing the flow of imports and exports at Essar Oil's Stanlow refinery in the UK. Скрыть

Diana is Partner at Gonzalez Calvillo, who has focused her recent career in oil & gas activities throughout the value chain, from project development to its defense in administrative litigation before Mexican courts of law. She represents national and international clients in regulatory, transactional and litigation aspects of upstream, midstream and downstream projects. In recent times she has also represented private stakeholders and trade organizations before Courts of Law, to challenge recent amendments to the energy legal framework. She holds a Masters’ Degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University. She is an active member of Voz Experta. Скрыть

Margarita Pérez was born in Mexico City, has a bachelor’s degree in Actuary from Mexico´s National University, an Executive Management Program Degree from IPADE and the Management Program from Rice University. With more than 30 years of experience in the international and Mexican energy sector, mainly in Pemex and PMI, she has become an expertise in natural gas and petroleum products trading, commercial, supply and transportation areas, developing energy projects and joint ventures. Скрыть

Max Pyziur is EPRINC's Director for Downstream, Transportation Fuels, and Natural Gas Projects. At EPRINC he has written and produced extensive reports on condensates, gasoline blending, the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard, California transportation fuel regulations, octane, and prospects for U.S. LNG exports. Previously he has held senior analytical roles at PIRA Energy and CPM Group, both commodities market consultancies. He received his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, and his BA from St. Louis University. Скрыть

Aiman has been an active member of the energy and commodities industries for 30 years. ZE PowerGroup is the developer of the ZEMA enterprise software for data management. Aiman and his team have been recently expanding ZEMA’s capability to include advanced analytics and machine learning in resolving key industry challenges in trade, risk and operations. Aiman is also the chief operating officer for ZE Power Engineering, ZE’s engineering design firm for utilities. Aiman holds an MBA from Royal Roads University, Canada and a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia. Скрыть

Mr. Anibor Kragha is currently the Executive Secretary of the African Refiners & Distributors Association (ARDA), a position he has held from April 2020 to date. He also served as President of ARDA from March 2019 to March 2020. Prior to ARDA, Mr. Kragha served first as Group General Manager, Treasury and later as COO, Refining & Petrochemicals at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) between September 2015 and July 2019. Before NNPC, Mr. Kragha spent over ten years working for Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), an ExxonMobil affiliate, culminating in serving as Upstream Treasurer for ExxonMobil Affiliates in Nigeria from 2012 to 2015. He also had various roles in ExxonMobil Upstream Africa Audit, MPN’s Commercial and Treasurer’s groups, ExxonMobil Development Company and Corporate Affiliate Finance. Mr. Kragha holds a B.S. Chemical Engineering (University of Minnesota), M.S. Plastics Engineering (University of Massachusetts-Lowell) and two other Masters degrees (M.S. Chemical Engineering and MBA) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Скрыть

Rosanety Barrios, Degree in Finance by the Universidad Tecnológica de México, Master in Finance by the National Autonomous University of México and Master in Economic Regulation of Net Systems by the Barcelona University, she is graduate from IPADE´S diplomat as Professional Independent Board Member. Rosanety developed herself in the Mexican financial sector, working for 15 years as a stock market analyst. From 2000 to 2013, she was head of the Natural Gas and LPG Transport Department at the Energy Regulatory Commission. In 2013, she joined the Ministry of Energy as General Director of Electricity Generation and Transmission, one year later, she became the first Head of the Industrial Transformation Policies Unit. From this position, she was member of the board of Cenagas (Mexico´s ISO for natural gas) and PMI Internacional. Rosanety collaborated actively in the conformation of current Mexico´s legal framework for the Energy Sector. She was a key person for the creation of Mexico´s natural gas and oil products markets, and their storage policy. Since December 2018, Rosanety is an independent analyst on energy matters. She´s international speaker on energy issues, member of the board of “Voz Experta”, a very high-profile women´s collective group that promotes the visibility of women in every energy forum and member of the International Women´s Forum. Also, she is an editorial board member for energy issues of “Reforma” a national newspaper and columnist at Energy & Commerce and Energía Hoy (national magazines). In November 2020, she was recognize by the maganize “Petróleo y Energía”, as one of the 100 most influential leaders in the Mexican energy sector. Скрыть

Christophe Barret is a Senior Oil Market Analyst at the International Energy Agency. He contributes to the Agency’s short and medium term oil market forecast. Christophe has more than 20 years experience in oil market analysis. Prior to the IEA Christophe has worked for universities, consulting, banks and oil companies. Christophe holds a Ph D in Economics from the French Institute of Petroleum. Скрыть

Master of Business Administration from University of Rotterdam with 32 years of experience with LyondellBasell in various commercial roles, both buy and sell. Currently based in Rotterdam but has lived in Germany, UK and the US for LYB. Was based in Houston from 2012-2016 during the beginning of shale gas/oil boom. Responsible for same product line as today but at the time only for the Americas and Japan. From 2017 P&L responsible for another global chemical product line within LYB. Rejoined TBA and Styrene monomer in a global capacity since July 1, 2020. Скрыть

Kevin Wright is Lead Analyst at Kpler, the leading provider of data and analytics in commodity markets. An oil industry veteran with over 20 years of experience, Kevin started his career at BP, focusing on physical cargo operations, and became an LPG trader for the company focused on Northwest Europe. In 2003, he moved to Singapore and during this time rose to become Senior Trader for middle distillates, with expertise in the Asia and Australasia regions. From 2010 onwards, he worked for a number of reputable independent trading houses before joining Argus Media in 2014 as Vice President of Petroleum Products in Asia, focused on business development. Prior to joining Kpler in 2020, he also worked as a consultant for Rio Tinto and BHP. Kpler appointed Kevin as Lead Analyst for Asia-Pacific in 2020 to join its Research Team, which brings insights to the commodity community by harnessing Kpler’s considerable array of proprietary data. Given his extensive experience, he is responsible for generating research and analysis regarding commodity flows within this region. Kevin also contributes to industry events as well as media outlets including Bloomberg and Reuters. Скрыть

Chase Petroleum Ghana is a leading oil trading and bulk distribution company, where Emmanuel provides strategic leadership for the company’s operations department. Since joining the company 15 years ago, Emmanuel has worked in a number of different roles, including pioneering the company’s export of petroleum products into the West African sub region. His areas of expertise include business operations management and oil trading operations. He has undertaken various international courses in oil trading, refining, and supply and transportation. Emmanuel holds an MBA in finance from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, a BA in French, and in Geography and Resource Development, from the University of Ghana. Скрыть

Karel is currently Managing Partner of Garant Services Trading, a position he has held since 2019. Previously he was responsible for Light ends trading and system product optimization at Mabanaft and prior to that held the positions of Crude oil analyst and originator and Crude and product trader at BMP. Скрыть

Jonathan’s responsibilities include oil product marketing and sales policy, e-commence, and customer relationship management. He started out as a process engineer at Sinopec and his 27-year career has taken in investment, sales and marketing roles at Exxon Chemical Singapore, technology licensing, strategy and business development at Shell, commercial and investment roles at Vopak, and trading and origination at BP. Jonathan joined Rongsheng in 2015 and helped facilitate the commercial organisation of Ningbo Zhongjin Aromatic. He is mainly responsible for business development and commercial activity, including preparing the launch of the Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical refining and petrochemicals project. Скрыть

An oil industry veteran with broad knowledge of oil trading, optimization, refining, sales, combining with solid background of economics and finance. He led MOL’s oil derivative trading desk, building it from scratch and later he was responsible for short and long term oil market price planning. He carried out several motor fuel portfolio related, fuel commercial, supply chain, risk management projects inside MOL Group, with substantial impact on revenues, supply reliability and costs. He is a visitor lecturer on academic courses focusing on oil refining at two Hungarian universities. He is a regular invited speaker and panelist on various oil industry conferences. Скрыть

Robin Berghmans is an experienced oil and petrochemical professional, working at the Bureau Veritas laboratory in Antwerp as a Research and Product Specialist O&P and Lab Coordinator since 2010. Robin is a technical expert who specializes in product composition and blending, renewables, product specifications and cargo assurance studies, with a strong focus on the European, American and African market. He is also an active National Committee Member within NBN Belgian standardization organisation and National Committee member of ONP active within ONP/E019 Petroleum Products, lubricants and related products. Скрыть

Aishwarya Gogoi is the Senior Refined Products Analyst for Refinitiv Oil Research & Forecasts in the Americas. She focuses on the analytics for refined products and model development to measure refining performance covering Canada, The United States, Mexico and Latin America. Aishwarya creates fundamental price assessments on crude and product swaps while helping customers worldwide interpret Refinitiv’ s abundance of data. Her oil market knowledge comes from her extensive experience as a Petroleum Engineer in the oil and gas industry prior to Refinitiv. Aishwarya holds a master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Houston. Скрыть

Pamela has experience across major international trading and shipping teams at both physical and derivative trading floors both in Europe and the US, holding positions at ECTP, Glencore and Phillips 66. She has built and implemented various technology platforms for trading energy markets, specifically refinery maintenance database models and supply and demand balances. Pamela holds a B.B.A. and B.L.S from Texas A&M University. Скрыть

University degree in pure chemistry. During his 36 years international experience in the oil business, renewable fuels and fuels standardization, he worked for Exxon Chemical, ARCO Chemical, Lyondell Chemical and LyondellBasell Industries. He is an active member of a variety of key Italian, European and International organizations and committees. Скрыть

Clay is Managing Director of Vortexa’s business in the Americas. He brings 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with a specialization in oil market intelligence. Before joining Vortexa, Clay led the oil businesses at Genscape, monitoring oil storage, transportation and refining. He has previously held positions at DigitalGlobe, IHS Markit, Enron and the US Department of Energy. Clay is a member of the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations, the US Association of Energy Economics, the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston and the Houston Energy Finance Committee. His market analysis has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Clay holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Economics from The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Скрыть

Sunita Sharma has worked with Argus for 17 years. Her most recent role has been developing the products business for Argus. Previously she has been the editor of the Argus Asia Pacific Products report then the Argus Mideast Gulf and Indian Ocean Products Report. Sunita has covered a range of oil and commodity markets during her time with Argus. Скрыть

Maxime Vion Saint-Supéry is currently Technical & Regulatory Affairs Manager at ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association based in Brussels. Tasked with assessing technical aspects underpinning EU energy, transport and environment policies, Maxime graduated with a Master’s Degree in chemical engineering and general chemistry from Chimie ParisTech and a Master’s Degree in Energy from Mines ParisTech – Paris Sciences & Lettres University. Скрыть

Sean leads analysis and modelling of international crude oil supply, crude oil prices and Latin American petroleum markets for the EIA’s monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook forecast. Sean has worked in petroleum market analysis for the EIA since 2006, where he has worked on global crude oil and refinery markets for the Short-Term Energy Outlook and Annual Energy Outlook, policy analysis on programmes such as the Renewable Fuel Standard and California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard, and has been a regulator contributor to the EIA’s Today in Energy and This Week in Petroleum publications. He received his BSc in economics from the University of Tennessee and an MSc in economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Скрыть

Tammy Klein is the founder and CEO of Transport Energy Strategies (www.transportenergystrategies.com), a consultancy that provides market and policy intelligence, research analysis and strategic advice to clients on a range of global transport energy issues. She runs a member-based consulting service, the Transport Energy Outlook, which provides research analysis on global trends for clients across a range of sectors, including refining, auto, engine, biofuels and alternative fuels and advises clients individually as well. For 25 years, Tammy has served as a strategic advisor and research analyst for clients in these industries and has advised governments and NGOs as well. She holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida. She is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bars and the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). She currently serves of the Fuels Institute’s Board of Advisors and is chairing the Institute’s Electric Vehicle Council. Скрыть

Mr Clarence Woo has been involved in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry for the past 32 years. He started his career with Mobil Oil Singapore where he handled various responsibilities including technical services, which provided technical expertise and training in the field of lubricants, fuels, and LPG. Mr Woo worked at Ethyl Corporation as Senior Area Manager managing petroleum additive sales to various countries in Asia Pacific. He also served as a Product Manager, Fuel Additives, where he helped managed fuel additive sales and fuel additive developments in Asia. Mr Woo is currently the Executive Director of the Asian Clean Fuels Association, which supports governments and encourages industries to pursue the use of cleaner fuels for a cleaner environment through the attributes of sound science, cost effectiveness and sustainability. Скрыть

David has more than 30 years’ experience of working in energy markets. Prior to joining Argus, David was most recently chief economist at commodity trading company Gunvor. Before this, he managed the oil industry and markets division of the International Energy Agency and edited its influential monthly Oil Market Report. David has a master’s degree in energy policy and economics from Imperial College London. Скрыть

До прихода в Argus Жозефин девять лет проработала в компании Shell Downstream в департаменте стратегии, маркетинга и продаж. Она имеет степень магистра экономики в Университете Лунда, Швеция, и в настоящее время является вице-президентом по развитию бизнеса Argus в Европе. Скрыть

Stephen Jones is Senior Vice President of Oil Markets Strategy at Argus and is based in Houston. Stephen leads engagements with industry stakeholders on strategic matters related to market fundamentals, regulatory developments, and price factors across the petroleum sectors. Stephen joined Argus in 2017 as the manager of the Americas Oil Markets Business Development team and became the Global Head of Oil Products in 2018 where he was responsible for Argus pricing solutions for the rapidly changing trading requirements for gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, marine fuels, base oils, asphalt, refinery feedstocks and biofuels markets. Stephen has expertise in all aspects of the energy business, having served clients for 34 years in the industry. Prior to Argus, Stephen was with Purvin & Gertz and IHS Markit for 17 years where he was Vice President of the Refining & Marketing team. He has been an instrumental leader for large international teams, providing research and consulting services to clients in the upstream, crude oil markets, refining, natural gas liquids, chemicals, automotive, maritime, and midstream businesses. While at IHS Markit, Stephen was charged with leading the Energy Product Management team and the integration of the legacy PFC Energy, Purvin & Gertz, and CERA market analytical subscription services. Stephen began his career in the energy business with Exxon at the world-class Baton Rouge Refinery where he advanced through a variety of technical support, business planning, engineering supervision, and operations management positions. He then held positions in Exxon’s Refining Headquarters and Supply & Trading teams in Houston where he gained expertise in crude oil trading, refinery optimization and energy market economics. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Tulane University. Скрыть

Francis Osborne is Head of Forecasting in the Argus Consulting group, where his remit is to develop and co-ordinate the forecasting processes across a range of different commodities. Francis has over 30 years of experience of analysing and consulting on global oil and gas markets, and has worked for a number of leading consultancies. Prior to joining Argus, Francis was Head of Analytics at ICIS. He has also held positions with Saudi Petroleum Overseas, refining consultancy KBC Advanced Technologies and research firm Wood Mackenzie. Скрыть

Clayton Melo has been working in operations, sales and business development in the commodities trade and logistics sectors for over 25 years. He has held leadership positions in companies such as Vopak, CHS and FS Bioenergia.He is currently responsible for Argus Media's operations in Brazil. Скрыть

Руководит развитием бизнеса в Южной Европе и Африке. Присоединился к компании в 2004 г., был редактором по нескольким направлениям, включая публикации по европейскому рынку электроэнергии и выбросов. В 2007—2010 гг. редактировал ежедневное издание Argus Crude, руководил глобальной командой журналистов и запускал новые котировки нефти. До прихода в Argus работал преподавателем, спичрайтером и журналистом. Получил степень бакалавра по английской и американской литературе в Манчестерском университете, а также степень магистра по международной журналистике в Лондонском городском университете. Скрыть

Josh Vence is the Business Development Manager for Latin America at Argus Media, responsible for the territory south of the US border including Mexico, the Andean Community, Central America and the Caribbean. Josh is responsible for driving the Argus business in the region through the expansion of price transparency and market insights. Josh holds a Master’s of Science in Business Management from Trinity College, Dublin and two Bachelors of Arts in Linguistics and French from Seattle Pacific University. Josh is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Скрыть

The European Products report publishes price assessments used in physical and derivative indexation for the European gasoline markets, among others. Elliot has covered markets including gasoline, diesel, North Sea and west African crudes, and biofuels in the six years he has been at Argus. He graduated from the University of Bristol with a Master’s degree in Chemistry. Before joining Argus, Elliot worked for pulp and paper consultancy Hawkins Wright. Скрыть

George is responsible for Argus’ benchmark Eurobob gasoline pricing, in addition to news and analysis of the European and Atlantic basin gasoline market. He joined the Argus London team in 2018 after a brief stint as a commodities broker, and previously worked at Platts S&P Global. George completed a postgraduate degree in Energy and Trading at the Cass Business School and holds a BA from the University of Oxford. Скрыть