




Key Speakers

Rodrigo Echeverri
Head of Research
Noble Resources

Rodrigo Echeverri
Head of Research
Noble Resources
Rodrigo Echeverri has worked in commodities for over 15 years, holding roles in Marketing and Research in South America, Europe and Asia. He has worked for the largest producers and traders in the industry, including Cerrejón (CMC), Adaro and Noble. He is currently Head of Research at Noble Resources, covering over 12 different products for five trading desks. Rodrigo is based in Singapore, where he is a permanent resident along with his family. He co-lectures the course “Commodities: Fundamentals and Modelling” at the National University of Singapore.

Lars Schernikau
Shareholder
HMS Bergbau AG, Germany and Singapore

Lars Schernikau
Shareholder
HMS Bergbau AG, Germany and Singapore
Dr. Lars Schernikau joined the commodity business in 2003 and before worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, USA and Munich, Germany from 1997-2003. As a co-founder, shareholder and former member of the supervisory board in the German-based, publicly listed, international commodity marketing and mining companies HMS Bergbau AG and IchorCoal NV, Lars has founded, worked for, and advised a number of companies in the global raw material sector in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Currently, Lars focuses on further developing the companies’ global operations as well as marketing of energy and other commodities in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and the Indian subcontinent. HMS has been marketing US coal and petcoke products for over a decade. Lars is a forward looking and positive thinking macroeconomist with challenging views backed up by science. He has a positive approach towards human development and energy and is a critical thinker with the environment and long-term survival of humanity in mind. Today, next to his operational work in the commodity industry, Lars is a regular speaker at major energy & commodity conferences, workshops, and universities around the world. Lars advises selected governments, banks, and conglomerates on energy policy. Lars has published books, scientific research, and press articles relating to energy raw materials and energy policy and has been peer-reviewing several energy related books and research papers. Lars was raised Berlin, Germany, studied Finance at New York University, received his MBA from INSEAD in France, and earned his doctoral degree in energy economics with focus on energy, commodities, and coal at the Technical University Berlin, Germany.

Patricia Lumban Gaol
Market Research Manager
Adaro Coaltrade Services International

Patricia Lumban Gaol
Market Research Manager
Adaro Coaltrade Services International
Patricia Lumbangaol is the Market Research Manager at Adaro International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. She has a decade’s experience as a market analyst in thermal coal. In the past three years, she added metallurgical coal market into her analysis scope. Over a period of a decade with the company, she was also involved in operational works as a sales planner for 2.5 years. Prior to working with Adaro, she briefly served as an analyst at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade. The role introduced her to the world of trade analysis and exposed her to various business sectors. Patricia holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Institut Teknologi Bandung.

Keith Whitchurch
President Director
SMG Consultants

Guy Hindley
Managing Partner - Dry Cargo Division
Howe Robinson

Guy Hindley
Managing Partner - Dry Cargo Division
Howe Robinson
Guy Hindley is Managing Partner of the Dry Cargo Division of leading Shipbrokers Howe Robinson Partners. Formed in London in 1883 Howe Robinson was grown to become one of the largest fully integrated international Shipbroking Houses, with a global network of 15 offices and 350 staff. Guy has spent his career specialising in Dry Cargo logistics and transportation and has an in-depth knowledge of chartering as well as other project related business. He directs the Dry Cargo Research Team who produce regular bespoke reports covering all aspects of the Dry Bulk Commodity and Freight Market as well as a specialist set of in-house indices including recently launched HRP Indian Ocean Supramax Index. Guy is also Chairman of Maritime Strategies International (MSI), the Research and Consulting specialist and is a Member of the Baltic Exchange Governing Council. Guy read History and Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Mike Fulwood
Senior Research Fellow
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Mike Fulwood
Senior Research Fellow
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Mike Fulwood is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and a Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy, focussing on global gas modelling and LNG markets. Mike has over 40 years of experience in the gas industry. Mike worked as a consultant, with Energy Markets between 1997 and 2008 and then with Nexant as Director, Global Gas & LNG until August 2017. Before working as consultant, Mike worked for British Gas from 1979, latterly as a Director at British Gas Transco, in charge of the price control review, and prior to that President of British Gas Americas during which time he oversaw many successful acquisitions and projects including the acquisitions of Metrogas (Argentina), NGC (now Dynegy), the Bolivia – Brazil pipeline and Trinidad LNG project.