FT Commodities Global Summit 2024 | ExpoBeds | 7 April 2024 | Beau-Rivage Palace, Chem. de Beau-Rivage 21, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland

Geopolitics, war, and the overhaul of the global energy system have combined to demonstrate the centrality of commodities to the global economy. Commodity traders are being sought out by governments to ensure continued access to key resources, while producers are being asked to boost supply.

The electrification of the global energy system, greening of the agricultural sector and geopolitical shifts in an increasingly multipolar world are changing the playfield for traders. How will the commodity industry navigate this new world order?

The Commodities Global Summit is the pre-eminent gathering of senior commodity executives, traders and financiers. Join them for insights on the key issues facing the industry across three days, in conversation with leading FT journalists.

2024 Speakers

Ben van Beurden
Former CEO of Shell

Marco Dunand
CEO, Mercuria

Russell Hardy
CEO, Vitol

Geoffrey R. Pyatt
Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, United States of America

Torbjörn Törnqvist
Co-founder and Chairman, Gunvor

William C. Reed II
CEO, CCI

Jeremy Weir
Executive Chairman and CEO, Trafigura

Enric Arderiu
Global Head of Environmental Products, Mercuria

Souleïma Baddi
CEO, Komgo

Joshua Bailey
CFO, 61Commodities

Frédéric Barnaud
CCO, SEFE

Sebastian Barrack
Head of Commodities, Citadel

Kingsmill Bond
Energy Strategist Strategic Insights, RMI

Lee Chuan Teck
Executive Chairman, Enterprise Singapore

James Clark
VP of Strategic Supply Chain, FREYR

Ryan Cochrane
Head of Research, IXM

Simon Collins
Director, Technology Investor and Chairman of HC Group

Anne-Sophie Corbeau
Global Research Scholar, Center of Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

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

Michael Curran
Head of Environmental Products, Vitol

Pernille Dahlgaard
Chief Officer Government, Business & Analytics, Maersk-Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Guillaume de Dardel
Head of Energy Transition Metals, Mercuria

Jeff Dellapina
CFO, Vitol

Rohitesh Dhawan
CEO, ICMM

Christine Dirringer
Global Head of Trade and Commodity Finance, Rabobank

Dr Seth Dobrin
Founder & CEO, Qantm AI

Richard Dolcetti
CFO, CCI

Patrick Dugas
Vice President LNG Trading, TotalEnergies Gas & Power Limited

Patrick Eberhardt
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland AG

Riham ElGizy
Chief Executive Officer, Voluntary Carbon Market, Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund

Felipe Elink Schuurman
CEO and Founder, Sparta Commodities

Ivan Geliukh
CEO, D.Trading

Iain Gilmore
Senior Business Development Manager, Johnson Matthey

David Greely
Chief Economist, Abaxx Technologies

Georgina Hallett
CSO, LME

Rebecca Harding
Trade Economist and Trade Finance Specialist

Nick Haslett
President, CCI

Hannah Hauman
Global Head of Carbon Trading, Trafigura

Richard Holtum
Global Head of Gas, Power and Renewables, Trafigura

Didier J. Rault
CEO, World Mining Investment

Kevin J. Tu
Managing Director, Agora Energy China

Beata Javorcik
Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Larry Johnson
Global Head of Freight, Mercuria

Craig Kennedy
Center Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University

Frederic Lasserre
Global Head of Research & Analysis, Gunvor

James Lowrey
Executive Director, Commodity Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Caroline Lytton
Head of Sustainable Finance Unit, SMBC Bank International plc

Cameron Mackey
Chief Operating Officer & Director, Scorpio Tankers

Jean Maynier
CTO and Co-Founder, Kpler

Jason Norman Lee
Managing Director, Legal & Regulatory, Temasek International Pte.

Geert Olbrechts
CTO & Executive Vice-President, Umicore

Colin Parfitt
President, Midstream, Chevron

Arie Pilo
Global Head of Principal Investments, CCI

Alexandra Prokopenko
Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Guillaume Quiviger
Investment Manager for Biofuels, Vitol

Saad Rahim
Chief Economist, Trafigura

Roland Rechtsteiner
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Elina Ribakova
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Davide Rubini
Head of Regulatory Affairs - Gas, Power & Environmental Products EMEA, Vitol

Christof Rühl
Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA

Marco Saalfrank
Head of Continental Europe Merchant Trading, Axpo

Christophe Salmon
CFO, Trafigura

Max Seddon
Moscow Bureau Chief, Financial Times

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

Helen Song
CFO, Cofco

Geoff Streeton
Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Eramet

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

Jason Tate
Head of European Power Trading and Origination, bp

Sergey Vakulenko
Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Fedor van der Post
Head of Battery Materials and Asset Development, WMC

Xavier Veillard
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Guillaume Vermersch
Group CFO, Mercuria

Jeff Webster
Group CFO, Gunvor Group

David Wech
Chief Economist, Vortexa

Bill Wirtz
Senior Policy Analyst, Consumer Choice Center

Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Michael Wurmser
Founder, Norge Mining

Moderators

Andrew Hill
Senior Business Writer, Financial Times

Tom Wilson
Natural Resources Editor, Financial Times

Malcolm Moore
Energy Editor, Financial Times

Max Seddon
Moscow Bureau Chief, Financial Times

Susannah Savage
Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times

Harry Dempsey
Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times

Rachel Millard
Clean Energy Correspondent, Financial Times

2024 Sponsors

FOUNDING SPONSOR:
• Mercuria

GOLD SPONSORS:
• CCI
• Gunvor
• Trafigura
• Vortexa

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Abaxx
• Axpo
• Chevron
• Citadel
• D.Trading
• EA
• IXM
• Kpler
• Norge Mining
• Rabobank
• SEFE
• Six One Commodities
• SMBC
• Socar
• Sparta
• Spencer Stuart

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• McKinsey & Company

WELCOME DRINKS SPONSOR:
• 88 Energy

EVENING NIGHTCAP SPONSOR:
• Vitol