Commodities Global Summit 2023 | Financial Times Live | 19 March 2023 | Beau-Rivage Palace, Chem. de Beau-Rivage 21, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland

From the conflict in Ukraine to energy policy and commodity prices, the rapidly complex commodities landscape of today can be difficult to navigate. Now in its 12th edition, the Global Commodities Summit is the pre-eminent annual gathering for the sector’s most esteemed executives.

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Hôtel Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne, the Summit will once again offer 3 days of unprecedented insights spanning the most critical topics and will reveal exciting new business opportunities.

Join over 400 senior commodity executives, CEOs, traders, policymakers and business leaders in-person for unrivalled deal-making opportunities and gain unique access to leading CEOs you can’t meet anywhere else. Register now to ensure you make the contacts and connections needed to thrive in this ever changing market.

2023 Speakers

H. E. Nicolas Kazadi
Minister of Finance, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vandita Pant
Chief Commercial Officer, BHP

Marco Dunand
Chief Executive Officer, Mercuria

William C. Reed II
Chief Executive Officer, CCI

Christine R. McWilliams
Managing Director, NAM TTS Head Energy, Commodities, Chemical and Power, Citibank

Jeff Currie
Global Head of Commodities Research, Goldman Sachs

Pierre Andurand
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Andurand Capital

Marco Alverà
CEO of TES, Co-founder of Zhero

David Antonioli
CEO, Verra

Enric Arderiu
Global Head of Environmental Products, Mercuria

Sarah Armstrong-Montoya
CEO, Cordoba

Matt Babin
Head of Energy and Natural Resources, Palantir Technologies

Marc Bailey
Chief Executive Officer, Sucden Financial

Laure Baratgin
Head of Commercial Operations, Rio Tinto

Richard Baron
Head of Compliance, SOCAR

Tyler Baron
CEO, Minerva Bunkering

Sebastian Barrack
Head of Commodities, Citadel

Mohamed Bassatne
CEO, BB Energy

Dan Basse
President, AgResource

Kostas Bintas
Co-Head of Metals and Minerals Trading, Trafigura

Oliver Bishop
General Manager Hydrogen Mobility, Shell

Bo Cerup-Simonsen
CEO, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Matthew Chamberlain
CEO, LME

George Cheveley
Portfolio Manager, Ninety One

Jerome Cousin
Senior Vice President Shipping, TotalEnergies

Helima Croft
Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research, RBC Capital Markets

Michael Curran
Head of Emissions Trading, Vitol

Stephane Degenne
Co-Head of Trading and Global Head of Origination, Gunvor

Jeff Dellapina
CFO, Vitol

Guillaume de Dardel
Head of Energy Transition Metals, Mercuria

Domenico De Luca
Head of Trading & Sales, Axpo

Richard Dolcetti
CFO, CCI

Chris Eibl
Chief Executive Officer, Tiberius Group

Pablo Galante Escobar
Head of LNG & European Gas and Power, Vitol

Ivan Gelyukh
CEO, D.Trading

David Greely
Chief Economist, Abaxx Technologies

Russell Hardy
Chief Executive Officer, Vitol

Kona Haque
Head of Research, ED&F Man

Rebecca Harding
Trade Economist and Trade Finance Specialist

Hannah Hauman
Global Head of Carbon Trading, Trafigura

Adam Hearne
Co-Founder & CEO, CarbonChain

Matt Heider
CEO, Nautilus Labs

Dr Stacy Hope
MD, Women In Mining

Rolf Huber
Founder, H2 Energy

Philippe Khoury
Executive Vice President, Sales & Trading, ADNOC

Ben Luckock
Co-Head of Oil Trading, Trafigura

Khady D. Ndiaye
VP, Regional Director, Senegal and CDI, Kosmos Energy

Gary McGuigan
President, Global Trade and Group Chief Risk Officer, ADM

Thomas McMahon
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, AirCarbon Exchange (ACX)

Olivier Mussat
CEO, ATOME Energy

Andrea Pescatori
Chief of the Commodities Unit, IMF

Michael Pettis
Finance Professor, Peking University, Senior associate, Carnegie Endowment

Nick Popovic
Co-Head of Zinc and Copper Marketing, Glencore

Jean-Jacques Poublet
Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance, UBS

Saad Rahim
Chief Economist, Trafigura

Peter Rippon
Chief Executive Officer, OpenGamma

Christophe Salmon
CFO, Trafigura

John Sandweg
Partner, Nixon Peabody

Alex Sanfeliu
Head of Global Trading, Cargill

Florence Schurch
Secretary General, STSA

Jeremy Shapiro
Research Director, European Council on Foreign Relations

Nigel Scott
Managing Director & Global Head, Structured Trade & Commodity Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Amrita Sen
Co-Founder and Director of Research, Energy Aspects

Charif Souki
Chairman of the Board, Tellurian

Taghi Taghi-Zada
Co-Head of Global Physical Trading, SOCAR

Georges Tijbosch
CEO, MiQ

Torbjörn Törnqvist
Co-founder and Chairman, Gunvor

Xavier Veillard
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Guillaume Vermersch
Group CFO, Mercuria

Jeff Webster
Group CFO, Gunvor Group

Jeremy Weir
Executive Chairman and CEO, Trafigura

Rosealea Yao
China Property Analyst, Gavekal Research

MODERATORS:

Roula Khalaf
Editor, Financial Times

Gideon Rachman
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

Leslie Hook
Natural Resources Editor, Financial Times

David Sheppard
Energy Editor, Financial Times

Emiko Terazono
Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times

Tom Wilson
Energy Correspondent, Financial Times

Harry Dempsey
Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times

Andrew Hill
Senior Business Writer, Financial Times

2023 Sponsors

FOUNDING SPONSOR:
• Mercuria

GOLD SPONSORS:
• CarbonChain
• CCI
• Gunvor
• Trafigura

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Abaxx
• AirCarbon Exchange
• Axpo
• Citadel
• OpenGamma
• Nautilus Labs
• SOCAR
• Spencer Stuart

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• McKinsey

WELCOME DRINKS RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• BB Energy

EVENING NIGHTCAP SPONSOR:
• Vitol

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• CTA
• Petroleum Economist
• Women in Mining
• Wista Switzerland
• Singapore Mining Club
• Trade Finance Global
• STSA
• Gafta
• LCTA