WILL ROOK

Head of Refined Sugar, Ingredients and VIVE
CZARNIKOW

Will manages and promotes Czarnikow’s sustainability programme, VIVE, leads key relationships in refined sugar and has driven the company’s expansion into food ingredients and packaging. The VIVE programme is designed to facilitate end-to-end, fully sustainable supply chains on a multi-commodity basis, encouraging continual improvement.

Czarnikow is a global supply chain service company with 160 years of experience, whose purpose is to exert a positive economic and sustainable influence in its food, beverage and energy supply chains. Czarnikow buys, sells, moves and de-risks commodities through a range of services including trade finance, commodities trading, freight and logistics and price risk management.

GUY-LAURENT ALPINO
CIO
LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY

Guy-Laurent is Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Louis Dreyfus Company. He joined the Group in 2016 from Bacardi-Martini Ltd., where he was CIO for Europe since 2011, with additional responsibility for global business intelligence and digital marketing services. Prior to this, he worked for Procter & Gamble since 1997, first in Belgium and then in Switzerland, most recently as Global IT & Shared Services Associate Director for the Braun Division. A French national, Guy-Laurent holds an Engineering degree specializing in electronics, computer science, and signal processing, from École Supérieure Chimie Physique Électronique (CPE) de Lyon, in France.

MARC OSTWALD

Chief Economist
ADM INVESTOR SERVICES INTERNATIONAL

Analysing and forecasting the impact of macro / microeconomic trends and central bank policies on a broad range of asset classes; examining and where necessary challenging market psychology and consensus views.  The joy of working as a market economist is, and has always been the constant need to research and learn about the changing landscape of the way that the world works, going far beyond the limited scope of economics and financial markets; be that in respect of how globalization and technology have and is transforming nearly all aspects of communication, culture, energy and how we interact with the environment on all levels. The fall-out from Covid-19 will inevitably radically change working and social practices globally, and force drastic changes on ‘just in time’ and outsourcing processes that have been exposed as deficient by the pandemic. The efforts to promote Hydrogen technology as a cornerstone of a ‘green recovery’ from Covid-19 also require intense scrutiny. The key challenges as an analyst are to enable and facilitate an in-depth critical and lateral thinking perspective on global economic, political, and asset market trends, and to convey these ideas in accessible and thought-provoking terms, and with enthusiasm. Having spent much of his childhood in Libya and Iran, Marc also has a particular interest in Middle Eastern culture, current affairs, and history.  Marc is a regular guest on Bloomberg BNN, HT & Radio, BBC, CNBC, Le Fonti International and widely quoted on newswires, newspapers, and other digital media across the globe, and a regular conference speaker and guest lecturer at various universities.

ITO VAN LANSCHOT

Managing Director
TRADESPARENT

Ito van Lanschot is Managing Director of Tradesparent, a Software and Data Engineering company providing a data-consolidation and service platform for risk & performance management, planning, analytical and optimization processes. Ito founded Tradesparent in 2010 informed in large part by his experience leading international commodity and energy companies. Previously Ito was CEO of Nidera, President and COO of Reliant Energy Europe and CEO of BayWa Agri Supply and Trade. Ito started his career at Continental Grain, holding positions in Hamburg, Madrid, Geneva, Buenos Aires and New York. Since 2010, Tradesparent delivers high profile projects at the world’s leading commodity traders and processors, enabling their successful digital transformation in a fast-paced environment.

RICHARD PHILCOX
Chief Product Owner
SAP Commodity Management Solutions

In his role as Chief Product Owner, SAP Commodity Management Solutions, Richard is responsible for the vision and strategy of the solution suite, along with maintaining, prioritizing, and updating enhancements to ensure continuous sustainable investment in the product moving forward. Part of his responsibility requires extensive stakeholder management across a wide customer, partner, and internal SAP spectrum to ensure comprehensive functional coverage delivering industry requirements based on market-leading technology.

Richard has over 20 years of experience working with leading bulk and energy commodity trading organisations, focusing particularly on product management, business design, solution scoping, and system selection/delivery across the entire life cycle of a commodity deal.

RAJAT AGRAWAL
Platinum Consultant – Customer Success
SAP NORTH AMERICA

As a senior thought leader, and project leader, for SAP’s oil, gas, and agribusiness practices, Rajat has worked closely on solution development leveraging SAP digital core technology stack, for logistics-heavy projects tied to the movements of commodities. In his role, Rajat has to lead the implementation of solutions covering the entire lifecycle of a commodity contract – from deal capture, to risk management, to transportation and logistics, and finally to settlement.

Rajat started his career as a transportation manager in a major FMCG company in India. He has worked as SAP supply chain expert in multiple industries with over 18 years of experience which includes complex business and IT transformations, co-innovation with customers, greenfield implementations, and upgrade projects in the United States, Europe, and India, largely with Fortune 100 companies. Rajat has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Jabalpur and obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai.

MARK HANKINS
Director Enterprise Architecture
ADM

Mark works within ADM’s Global Technology team looking at emerging technology and emerging business models and how these can be brought together to deliver value to both ADM and the broader industry. Prior to joining ADM, following a career working in industry,  he moved into consulting, both within the big global consulting firms and for smaller niche consultancies.  

HUGO BRODIE
VP Sustainability
London Metal Exchange – LME

Hugo is Vice President for Sustainability at the London Metal Exchange.  Prior to this he was driving the launch of new metal products undertaken by the Exchange.  Hugo joined the LME in September 2015, having previously worked in Integrated Supply & Trading at BP in both trading and risk roles.

TOM JAMES
CEO & CIO
TradeFlow Capital Management

Tom James is CIO & CEO and a co-founder of the Trade Flow Funds the innovative digitised trade finance solution for bulk physical commodity transactions being shipped or stored around the world. After 2 years+ of FinTech development and planning the Digital Trade Finance Fund for USD deals went live in 2018, operating the new approach to physical commodity trade & Inventory finance. This was followed by launch of a Euro fund February 2020. He is the business and system architect for the solution which meets both industry needs and investor appetites combining a unique business model with proven risk management approaches, a fund platform, and Fintech for scalability. His co-founders complete the cross-discipline team necessary to develop and operate the trade finance solution and fund, coming from a legal, maritime and I.T. background. He has over 30 years of commercial exposure gained through a broad range of senior executive roles in trading, investment management, commodity finance (Trade and Project) & advisory. He is called upon by governments & multinationals for advice & insight on market developments. In 2014 he was called upon to serve as a Senior Energy Advisor to the United States Department of Defense (TFBSO) and he currently sits on the “Financing Advisory Resources” panel for Enterprise Singapore, the trade development body of the Singapore Government. Tom is a serial Commodity FinTech entrepreneur with a history of combining technology with best practice in order to create innovative industry services & solutions within the Commodity Industry. He is also a successful published author, having documented and shared his deep industry expertise through a series of 9 books and publications with Wiley Finance, Palgrave Macmillan and Springer.

ADRIAN CARR
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE
NASDAQ

Adrian Carr is the Business Development Manager for the Nasdaq Risk Platform driving platform strategy and growth. In Adrian’s previous role he was the Business Development Manager for LME Clear where he worked for three years delivering new products and services to the LME Members. Prior to that Adrian spent a year in Sydney where he worked for the ASX heading up the Interest Rate Swaps Client Clearing and Futures Clearing offerings. Adrian has over 10 years of experience working with Clearing Counterparties.

ROLF PETERS
CEO
AGMOTION

Rolf Peters, Co-founder, and CEO, began his career at The Pillsbury Company as a commodity trader after graduating with a BA from Carleton College, Northfield, MN, in 1986. He left Pillsbury in 1988 to found R. S. Peters, Inc., a trading firm whose operations became Viking Ag Commodities, Inc. and are housed today within AgMotion.
Along the way, Rolf dropped in and out of William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN, an experience he found academically and intellectually enriching, but not enough to actually graduate.

Rolf has also held functions within GAFTA, the Grain and Feed Trade Association, London, UK, including past President (2016) and Council Member 2012 – 2018.

JULIA LEPERT
Logistics SME

A former journalist and diplomat in the Middle East, specializing in geopolitical risks and economics, Julia has been working in Geneva since 2018 and now focuses on business and logistics operations in the field of radioactive materials.

Carl Wegner
Chief Executive Officer

Carl has over 30 years’ experience in Asia Cash Management, Institutional Banking, Financial Supply Chain and Distributed Ledger Technology. Carl served as R3 Managing Director for Asia, where he was instrumental in the business growth and market penetration of Corda solutions with Central Banks, Financial Institutions and Corporates. Carl’s prior experiences include Managing Director and Head of Global Transaction Banking, Greater China of Deutsche Bank, and Managing Director of Transaction Banking for Standard Chartered Bank in Taiwan. He was also Head of Asia for TradeCard (now GTNexus) building their network in 14 countries.

Carl has held the post of Treasurer at Taipei American Chamber of Commerce and is an Appointed Board Member of Taipei American School.  Fluent in Mandarin, he holds a B.S. in both Chinese Language and Chinese History from Georgetown University.

IGNACIO (NACHO) GIMENEZ
Managing Partner
BP Ventures

Nacho is a managing partner at bp ventures, based in London. He focuses on originating and executing investments that help bp pivot to net-zero by 2050 or sooner. Current and prospective portfolio companies include, but are not limited to, clean technology, climatech, mobility, and digital technology firms. 

With a master’s degree in chemical engineering, Nacho joined bp’s refining division in 2001. He then moved to the bp trading floor as an originator, where he combined finance and risk management structures to develop new business relationships for the business.

ANTOINE GRISAY
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Shipfix

Antoine is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Shipfix. He started his career in banking with a focus on capital markets and subsequently co-founded a Fintech lending platform called SME Capital. Antoine and the whole Shipfix team are determined to solve the workflow and market data challenges of the freight and commodity markets

MARYANA STOBER
Associate General Counsel EMEA, ADM and
President of WISTA Switzerland – Women In Shipping and Trading Association

Maryana Yarmolenko Stober is Associate General Counsel EMEA with ADM, where she is focusing on M&As, commercial and competition law matters.  She has been working with ADM since 2010.  Maryana is passionate about promoting equality and women’s empowerment.   In 2021 she was elected as the President of WISTA Switzerland, which is a part of WISTA International – a global association for women in the trading and maritime industry. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, going to restaurants, and has a great sense of humor.

GEIR ROBINSON
Co-Founder & Director
CLIMATE NEUTRAL COMMODITY

Geir is co-founder of Climate Neutral Commodity, a swiss company providing certification and advisory services to the commodity industry in the journey towards climate-neutral transactions.  He is the former Chief Risk Officer of BP’s global Trading business and provided risk and governance services whilst at Deloitte and Andersen.  He started his career as an environmental consultant after his degree in Environmental Biology.

ANA YALUFF
Sustainability Manager EMEAI
ADM

Experienced Manager in the food production industry, skilled in Sustainable businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, Agricultural/traceable supply chains, Project Management. Ana has more to 10 years of experience in the sustainability field, joining ADM in 2010 as a sustainability supervisor. She earned a professional Master in international economics from Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris, France, a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains from Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in the UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science.

DEVEN CHITALIYA
SVP – Risk Management & Head – Central Risk Office
OLAM INTERNATIONAL

Deven Chitaliya is Senior Vice President – Risk Management & Head Central Risk Office. His current organization wide focus includes effective roll-out of recently developed Integrated Risk & Assurance Framework (IRAF), Board engagement & reporting, drive change management to effectively embed various risk policies and anchor various digital & automation initiatives in the areas of trading and operational risk. Till Jun-2020, Deven was playing the role of Global head – Credit. He is based out of Olam’s headquarters in Singapore.

RAM NARAYAN
Global FP&A Manager – Coffee Platform
LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY

Ram Narayan is the Global Financial Planning & Analysis Manager for Louis Dreyfus Company’s (LDC) Coffee Platform, based in India. He first joined the Group as a Regional Controller for Middle East & Africa in 2014, based in Dubai, and subsequently served as Global Platform Controller for Coffee in Geneva, before taking up his present role in 2019. Prior to LDC, Ram worked in various financial controlling roles at Cargill in India and Bangkok, and at RCMA Group in Singapore. He was part of the team setting up FMC in India and served as their CFO. A graduate of Bangalore University, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost and Management Accountant.

ELLA CULLEN
Co-founder & CMO
MINESPIDER

CARL AUSTIN
UK CTO
BJSS

DANIEL BARBOSA
Finance Director
FEX AGRO

CHIRAG AHUJA
ETRM Support
VARO ENERGY

DEAN STILES
Global Head, Outbound Product Management
SAP COMMODITY SOLUTIONS

SHAFEEQ QURESHI
Managing Director
BRIGHTMILE

GRÉGORY VICENS
Biodiesel Trader and former Head of Middle Office & Risk Management
SAIPOL

ANDY FASTOW
Former CFO
ENRON

BENJAMIN TRANIER
Director, Risk Analytics Product Owner
ION COMMODITIES

RICHARD JEFFERSON
Board Member
MANDARA

BAPTISTE AUDREN
Head of Sales
KOMGO

SOULEÏMA BADDI
CEO
KOMGO

DAVE WEBB
Managing Director
CAPSPIRE LTD AND CAPSPIRE PTY LTD

DR STÉPHANE GRABER
Director General
FIATA

RICHARD PAYNE
Partner
CAPSPIRE

ALEX VILLASUSO
Director of Business Development for the Energy & Trade Sector
WINDWARD

ALEXANDER HOCHREUTENER
Partner
BARRY ROGLIANO SALLES

DANIEL SUTHERLAND
Commercial Lead
GSL (division of McGill St Laurent)

EMILY EHRGOOD WATT
Head of Innovation Product Management
BP TRADING & SHIPPING

IRINA LIMONOVA
Board Member, ZUG COMMODITY ASSOCIATION & Former Head of Operations,
NEW STREAM TRADING AG

RON CREAN
VP Commercial
WINDWARD

JAMES ARMITAGE
Global Talent Acquisition Manager
LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY

SAMUEL LIGHTING
Chief Risk Officer, SOCAR TRADING GROUP
and Managing Director, SOCAR TRADING U.K. Ltd

ALESSIO PECORELLA
Global Head of Trade Control and Operational Risk
ENI TRADE & BIOFUELS S.P.A.