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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

Chris Davies

General Counsel

Richard Peers

Chief technology and information officer

Stuart Evans

Chief analytics officer

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

US-headquartered lithium producers Albemarle and Livent are expecting lithium spot prices to recover from the weakness seen in recent months, because they foresee a brighter demand picture for the remainder of the year

The demand for electrical steel in the US will outpace the supply of the material, which is currently facing a shortage due to a lack of domestic producers of the value-added steel, the top executive of Kloeckner Metals Corporation (KMC) told Fastmarkets

Copper market participants in Europe have become increasingly interested in ‘green’ material, with some consumers focusing procurement on environmentally conscious copper

The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) has launched new standards for producers that want to call their products “low carbon,” just as the US government, ready with billions of infrastructure spending to deploy, is deciding exactly what “low carbon” means

Low margins at Chinese steelmakers so far in 2023 have boosted demand for lower-grade iron ore products, which has led to record iron ore shipments from Australia’s FMG in its financial year to June 30, sources told Fastmarkets this week

Despite considerable progress in the year since the passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), investment related to the legislation has slowed and its ultimate effectiveness remains to be seen, the vice president and director of the Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) Center for Critical Minerals Strategy said

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