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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

Members of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) cut their crude steel, finished steel and hot metal production rates in the first 10 days of August compared with the preceding 11 days, according to data published by the association on Friday August 13.

The Ukrainian grain harvest in the week to August 18 increased by 9.5 percentage points versus the previous week to stand at…

Seaborne coking coal prices trended higher in the cfr China market following a strong domestic coking coal market and fell slightly in the fob market on Friday August 13 with market participants adopting a wait-and-see attitude.

Battery supply chain participants have prioritized securing lithium in the second half of 2021, but nickel has also been a headache for sourcing directors, who are less concerned about cobalt supplies, a Fastmarkets survey has found.

Zimbabwe has banned exports of raw chrome ore with immediate effect and will ban exports of chrome concentrates from July 2022 in order to secure its ferro-chrome industry, the country’s cabinet announced on August 3, in a move which proponents of a South African chrome ore export tax believe has strengthened their case.

In Latin America, higher public spending in 2020 due to Covid-19 and higher global commodity prices in 2021 are driving up prices while unemployment levels remain high and purchasing power stagnates.

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