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Meet the team at Fastmarkets

With more than 500 team members worldwide, we have price reporters on the ground, as well as analysts and editorial teams who are researching and reporting on shifting market dynamics for the commodity markets we serve.

Our team provides price data for thousands of proprietary prices, as well as forecasts, market intelligence and insights-rich events for market participants to network, trade and discuss the critical forces driving change.

Below you can read more about each of the members of our senior leadership team, or browse some of the recent insights and analyses from our talented group of price reporters, analysts and editorial teams working across the four markets we serve.

We believe in celebrating and enriching the diversity and wellbeing of our people. This drives more inclusive behavior, perspectives and better business outcomes.
Raju Daswani, CEO at Fastmarkets
Meet the leadership team

Raju Daswani

Fastmarkets CEO

Perrine Faye

Global head of editorial and pricing

Toby Burton

Chief financial officer

Louise Noone

Chief human resources officer

James Mansfield

Chief revenue officer

Varun Atre

Chief product officer 

Catherine Oates

Managing director, events

Daniel Klein

Executive vice president, analytics

Richard Peers

Chief technology and information officer

Chris Davies

General Counsel

The board
Fastmarkets CEO
Chief financial and operating officer
Fastmarkets non-executive board director
Insights from our price reporters, analysts and editorial teams

Browse our insights and analysis across the four markets we serve from our experts in agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new generation energy

The ferro-chrome supply chain has been reshaped in 2025 following deep production cuts in South Africa, prompting global producers to seek new sources and adapt to changing trade flows, with China’s growing chrome network partially offsetting the shortfall.

Trafigura chief executive officer Richard Holtum’s closing message onstage at the LME metals seminar was that processing capacity was more important than mining for national security

Global coking coal market trends are being shaped by weakening steel production, constrained supply growth and evolving trade patterns, with policy shifts and China’s limited exports influencing the steelmaking coal outlook through 2025.

Argentina is strengthening its role in the global energy transition through a comprehensive critical minerals strategy that extends beyond lithium to include copper, LNG, uranium and renewables. The country’s stable governance and investment-friendly policies are enhancing its appeal to international partners.

China’s CMOC Group is pursuing measured growth and global expansion amid geopolitical and market uncertainties, with a focus on copper and gold and an emphasis on maintaining commercial independence and adaptability.

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has set out its plan to launch low-carbon base metals price premiums for nickel, aluminium, zinc and copper in a white paper published on Monday October 13.

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