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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

Since January 1, 2026, around 40% of European pulp mills have been excluded from the EU Emissions Trading System, ending nearly two decades of surplus allowance income. Carbon capture and storage is emerging as a potential replacement.

US corn gluten meal and corn gluten feed markets were largely unchanged on Tuesday May 5, with trading remaining subdued.

Buyer pushback remains the central theme in the bloodmeal market, even as some sources reported a rise in seller offerings against uneven demand.

Soybean crushers at major commercial crush plants in China processed around 1.62 million tonnes of soybeans in the week to May 1, according to data published by the National Food and Strategic Reserves Data Center (NFSRDC) on Thursday May 7.

After a six-month-long period of stagnation and a downward price movement, the European animal fat prices rebounded in early March and continued to move up through April, supported by increased demand and competitiveness against vegoils, which jumped as a result of the war in the Middle East and crude oil rally.

Own-sourced copper output from Glencore’s African copper assets — KCC and Mutanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo — surged by 68% year on year to 67,900 tonnes over the same period, while Glencore’s cobalt production fell by 39% year on year amid the DRC’s export quota system.

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