Speakers
Lennart Andersen
Broker
Arcevil
Sandeep Bajoria
CEO, Sunvin Group
President, International Sunflower Oil Association (ISOA)
J Y Chow
Managing Director Asia
Creadev
J Y Chow
Managing Director Asia
Creadev
JY Chow leads the Agri Food & Beverage Sector Coverage within Mizuho bank across Asia Pacific ex Japan. JY joined Mizuho in 2015 and has over 15 years experience in the Agriculture and Food Supply Chain. Prior to joining Mizuho, JY spent 7 years with Rabobank in Hong Kong originating, advising, and financing Food and Agri transactions across Asia for Asian Corporates, Multi-National Corporates, Government Authorities, and Financial Institutions. JY established his first-hand sector proficiency by managing the Chinese supply chain of Neovia, a global animal nutrition group for five years. He has been a regular speaker on financial press and industry seminars. JY has a Master of Food Science from ONIRIS, Nantes Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, France.
Md Bayejid Chowdhury
Head of Grain Trade and Managing Partner
MB Tayyabia Trading BD
Franck Ducharne
CEO
Entofood Sdn Bhd
Franck Ducharne
CEO
Entofood Sdn Bhd
Graduated at the Institute of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine of Tropical Countries in Maisons-Alfort, France, Franck first specialised in Silkworm culture, before working for 16 years in shrimp production in various countries (Guatemala, Madagascar and SE Asia), leading projects development, R&D and management. In 2012, he shifted to the promising field of insect as feed, and co-founded Entofood in Malaysia, he is leading its strategy and development and is supervising the whole R&D program.
Michael Every
Global Strategist
Rabobank
Sumit Gupta
Business Partner
McDonald Pelz Global Commodities
Christopher Hyde
Sales Director and Metereologist
Maxar
Christopher Hyde
Sales Director and Metereologist
Maxar
Christopher Hyde is the Sales Director for WeatherDesk and Meteorologist at Maxar (formerly MDA and Radiant Solutions) based outside Washington, D.C. Mr. Hyde has been employed with Maxar for twenty-five years. Mr. Hyde heads the global WeatherDesk sales group that focuses on energy and agricultural markets by letting current clients know about new products and finding perspective energy and agricultural customers. Many customers that Chris signed up in the late 1990s are still with Maxar today. Mr. Hyde is invited to speak at conferences, worldwide, 15-20 times a year. From 2015-2020, Chris was on the Board of Directors for WRMA (Weather Risk Management Association). Chris Hyde received his BS in Meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998. Mr. Hyde has training in radio and television communication as well.
Gaurav Jain
Founder
AgPulse Analytica
Garima Jain
Deputy CEO
Louis Dreyfus India
Garima Jain
Deputy CEO
Louis Dreyfus India
I have over 17 years of experience at commodity trading, supply chain management and risk management. Amongst a few women traders in Indian commodity trading diaspora, my journey has been exciting starting from commodity trading in grains and pulses complex in India, to global commodity trading, moving to leadership role in my current organization as part of top management. I have been equally motivated to be a socially responsible citizen, took formal education on “Social work in Child rights” and encouraged to do my bit on the betterment of children of this country by associating with a school in Gurgaon for underprivileged kids.
Regina Koh
Price Reporter
Fastmarkets
Kunal Kundaje
Global Head of Wheat Trading
OLAM
Sanjay C. Kuttan
Chief Technology Officer
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD)
Sanjay C. Kuttan
Chief Technology Officer
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD)
Experienced leader and opinion maker with a demonstrated history of effectively working across industry for commercial outcomes i.e, Renewables, Maritime, Oil & Gas and Consulting and public sector i.e., Regulator and R&D. Leadership capacity also built through experience in various volunteer work in education, policy and sports.
Ingrid Kylstad
Sustainability Lead
ZeroLab - Klaveness
Ingrid Kylstad
Sustainability Lead
ZeroLab - Klaveness
Ingrid joined Klaveness in 2021 as Sustainability Lead in ZeroLab by Klaveness. Established in 2021, ZeroLab is dedicated to the decarbonization of seaborne supply chains and works close with cargo owners to monitor, report and reduce CO2-emissions from shipping. Ingrid joined Klaveness from the role as COO in Katapult Ocean, an accelerator for ocean-tech start-ups. Prior to that she spent several years working on EU public and regulatory affairs, including as Brussels representative for the Norwegian Shipowners Association. She is a Board Director in Solstad Offshore ASA and GC Rieber Salt. Ingrid holds an MSc European Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA (Hons) from Maastricht University.
Sharon Levrez
Managing Editor
Fastmarkets
Cezary Maciborski
Head of Trade
MK Merchants
Cezary Maciborski
Head of Trade
MK Merchants
Cezary Maciborski is a well-known and experienced commodity trader specialising for over 30 years in trading and business development in Central Asian and Black Sea area. Having started his professional career at Alfred C Toepfer International in 1993, he continued his activities in such international trading companies as Louis Dreyfus Company, Armajaro Asset Management, Risoil Group, State Food Company (Ukraine) and Astarta-Kyiv. Having gained profound experience and understanding of export from different perspectives, in 2019 Cezary joined the Board of Directors of MK Merchants SA and is responsible for the company’s business expansion and development.
Lukas Manomaitis
Aquaculture Consultant
USSEC
Dmitry Minov
CEO
Risoil
Dmitry Minov
CEO
Risoil
Raised and base in Odesa, Ukraine. Master of International Economy and Legal degree of Kyiv Shevchenko University. Worked in different cities and countries for local and International companies. Started in agricultural sphere at a trading desk in Cargill company, afterwards came as a head of the trading department in Risoil. Currently am a CEO in Risoil Ukraine. Company is engaged in trading different kinds of agricultural products: oils, grains, oilseeds, meals and others to plenty of destinations all over the world.
Sanjay Sethi
Executive Director
Plant Based Food Industry Association (India)
Sanjay Sethi
Executive Director
Plant Based Food Industry Association (India)
A winner of Chief Sustainability Officer of the Year and The Africa Food Prize Awards, Mr. Sethi has previously set up sustainable food businesses in India, Middle East, Eastern Europe, South Asia and in Africa over his 3-decade long career. He has been on the board of Sustainable Rice Platform, an initiative of UN Environment and International Rice Research Institute. He was also a steering committee member of Global Agribusiness Alliance of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Geneva. Mr. Sethi set up India’s first Mega Food Park and India’s first Free Trade Warehousing Zone. In his previous role as Director Sustainability at the $3 Billion Phoenix Commodities, Dubai, he accelerated the food commodities business towards more sustainable practices. Mr. Sethi was CEO Food and Beverages for an African MNC (Export Trading Group – ETG) and headed Jain Irrigation’s Africa Operations previously. Mr. Sethi is a graduate of Agriculture from CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, MBA in Rural Management from IRMA and and he undertook Sustainability Leadership Course from Yale Business School in partnership with WBCSD.
Daniele Siqueira
Market Analyst
AgRural
Daniele Siqueira
Market Analyst
AgRural
Daniele started her career in agriculture in 2002, as a reporter and editor for AgRural, a consultancy based in Paraná, Brazil. After a break in 2005-2006, when she worked for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, Daniele assumed AgRural’s market intelligence service for corporate clients and helped establish the consultancy’s office in the United States. Nowadays, Daniele leads AgRural’s fundamental analysis team and is in charge of their international service “Brazilian Update”. Daniele holds a BA in Journalism and two MBAs (Agribusiness and Economic Development) from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.
Ronnie Tan
Board Member
Calysta
Ronnie Tan
Board Member
Calysta
Ronnie currently serves on the advisory board of Calysta, USA and as lead aquaculture consultant with the US Grains Council. He acts as a mentor at Hatch – an aquaculture startup accelerator and serves on the shrimp working group with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council. Ronnie stepped down as Vice-President at Blue Archipelago – the largest integrated shrimp enterprise in Malaysia, responsible for downstream operations and corporate strategy. He was Executive Director and board member at Regal Springs Group – the largest tilapia integrator in the world. He co-led the sale of the company. He started his career building the aquaculture feed division in the Gold Coin Group – a major feed company in Asia. An aquaculturist by training, he has nearly 40 years’ experience in general and technical management. Ronnie, who is Malaysian, read Environmental Biology at King’s College, University of London and obtained his MSc. in Aquaculture from University of Stirling.
Sudhakar Tomar
President
India Middle East Trade Alliance
Gunhan Ulusoy
Chairman of the Board
Ulusoy Un Sanayi ve Ticaret. A.S.
Gunhan Ulusoy
Chairman of the Board
Ulusoy Un Sanayi ve Ticaret. A.S.
Gunhan Ulusoy was born on July 24,1981 after graduating from the Faculty of Business Administration from Bogazici University of Economics and Administrative Sciences, he got a masters degree from Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics. Since 2010 he has acted as CEO for Ulusoy Flour Industry and Trade Co.Ltd and he is also a partner in the company. Having more than ten years activity in Ulusoy Flour Mills, in 2007 he then entered into overseas wheat flour export market and implemented wheat flour export to 72 countries. Subsequently, he started national raw material trade. In 2011 international transit grain trade started and by year of 2014 has offered the company to public.
Mohit Upadhyay
Managing Partner
HMV Agro India
Sathia Varqa
Owner and Founder
Palm Oil Analytics
Sorin Vasloban
Managing Director
SOVAS Grains
Sorin Vasloban
Managing Director
SOVAS Grains
2018 Oct – present : owner of my own company, based in Hamburg, GERMANY, Focus is the Black Sea and Asia - intermediation Asia and North Africa; trading business lines on Lybia and Sudan - 1.46 mil mt / year. 2017 June – Sept 2018 Commercial Manager – AGRANDA GERMANY HmGb - based in Hamburg, GERMANY, Focus is the Black Sea and Africa/Asia. Part time 60% of time about. - Attending-studying Executive MBA EDHEC July 2017- May 2019 Paris while working in Hamburg - markets: focus on wheat, corn, barley; handy, panamax - Role: physical trading, marketing FOB, CIF, intermediating execution 2014 – 2016 Trader – Alfred Toepfer (then ADM), Black Sea, regional office turning abt 5.5 mil mt / year ; Turnover 1,5 billion euro, 32.000 employees, 614 employees locally. The regional headquarters handles the operations in 6 countries of Black Sea-East Europe. - Markets : trading and book keeping on the wheat from 6 origins - Role : physical origination, hedging, arbitration and marketing FOB or CIF (up to 15k) 2011 – 2014 Trader - Casillo Commodities Italia SpA , Bari, ITALY, trading and industrial company - 6 mil mt/year ; turnover 1.6 billion euros. Biggest trading company in Italy, the 134th rank in Italy by turnover. Also the biggest durum wheat miller in the world. Assets : 8 silos, 7 mills, one pasta factory, 1 vessel, 8 trains, 120 trucks - Destination or Origins : Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Australia, Canada - New responsibilities : involvement in execution, cross arbitrages 2010 Trader - Bache Commodities LTD, London, UK - Core : trading feed grains (including) arbitrages, spreads, hedging. - Extra: spreads, arbitrages in wheat and corn, long vanilla options pos. - Principal focus was enlarging the European customer base, while focusing on feed grains. 2004 – 2009 Commodities Broker – Physical + Exchanges – P&A SAS, Paris, FRANCE - Markets: Essentially European markets, at the time when France was still central in the grain trade. 2003 - 2004 Commercial Export - Datastream Europe SAS, Paris, FRANCE - Markets: EMEA financial management and workflow, systems EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2017 – 2019 Executive MBA, EDHEC Business School, Paris (rank The Economist Magazine 14th in the world; rank Financial Times: 74 World, 14 Europe, 3 France, #1 Finance World) https://www.economist.com/whichmba/executive-mba-ranking/2018 2017 -- 2018 MASTER of Finance – EDHEC Business School Paris-Lille
Christopher Whitwell
Managing Director
Basis Commodities
Christopher Whitwell
Managing Director
Basis Commodities
Chris founded and is Managing Director of the Basis Commodities Group. The Basis Commodities Group was established in 2014 to assist flour and feed manufacturers with their Australian raw material needs. Since then, Basis Commodities has grown into a successful global agricultural commodity consultancy and brokerage business with a team of experienced professionals located between offices in Sydney and Dubai. Our reach extends across the globe, connecting a network of trusted associates in Europe, North and South America and Asia. Prior to founding Basis Commodities in 2014 Chris had over 20 years’ experience in developing and managing teams for a number of major commodity companies including GrainCorp, The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) & Sucden across the Middle East, Europe & Africa and Asia and Oceania.
Tim Worledge
Editorial Director
Fastmarkets
Tim Worledge
Editorial Director
Fastmarkets
Tim is a co-founder and director of the company, who has joint responsibility for the strategic direction of the company. A former director at S&P Global Platts, Tim led the agriculture reporting team that was instrumental in the development of the Black Sea swaps market and has been at the forefront of price reporting for 10 years. He was also responsible for Platts’ benchmark biofuels assessments, including global ethanol benchmarks. Before moving into agriculture, Tim was an oil market pricing expert focusing on the European refined product markets.
Caleb Wurth
Regional Director - Southeast Asia & Oceania
US Grains Council
Caleb Wurth
Regional Director - Southeast Asia & Oceania
US Grains Council
Caleb Wurth serves as the Regional Director of Southeast Asia and Oceania for the U.S. Grains Council, a non-profit organization that promotes the use of U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products worldwide. In this capacity, Wurth identifies, designs and executes market promotion programs that foster the mutually beneficial trade of these products to the countries of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Prior to the Council, Wurth held manager and trading positions at Archer Daniels Midland. Prior to ADM, Wurth served as a Series 55,63 and 7 certified Trader at J.P MorganChase Investment Bank. Wurth holds a B.S. in Feed Science and Management from Kansas State University. There he published scientific research in Trans Pacific Feed Preservation and Particle Grain Size Analysis.
Jingle Yang
VP - Head of Corn Trade
Olam Agri
Min Jie Yaw
Price Reporter
Fastmarkets