2020 Agenda

2020 Agenda

Energy Risk Global 2020

06:5006:55

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:10 - 11:20

06:5507:35

Economic recovery amid political upheaval – which way now for Asian energy markets?
Panel discussion

06:55 - 07:35

14:55 - 15:35 HKT

  • Covid-19 impact : near term and structural change caused by the pandemic
  • Reopening of the economy and demand regrowth
  • Implications of low oil prices on new energy development
  • Outlook for LNG and renewables
Rewati Jain | Moderator

Head Finance - Renewable Energy Business

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited

Rewati is heading finance for the renewable energy business of Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd. She brings with her over 20 years of experience. Before her current role, she was heading markets, strategy & commodities with Essar Group, India. She has proven expertise in corporate finance with strong experience in Strategy, Treasury & Markets, Commodities and Global Finance. Rewati is a qualified Chartered Accountant from ICAI and Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade – MVIRDC, World Trade Centre, Mumbai.

SooPeng Lee

Treasurer

Novatek Gas and Power Asia

As the Treasurer of Novatek Gas & Power Asia for the past 3 years, covering treasury and trade finance of LNG trading in Europe and Asia. Novatek is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia. Prior to this position, was with Castleton Commodities Merchant Asia Ptd Ltd(CCI) for 4 years, covering treasury operation on all segment of oil related products trading in Asia.

Laurence Kwan

Portfolio Director, Head Renewables

Cambridge RE Partners

An experienced individual with proven leadership qualities and management styles in both public and private sectors, Laurence is recognized in the industry as subject matter expert in the areas of electricity and integration to Electricity Market in Singapore and Asia Pacific. He has amassed years of senior managerial experience in a variety of corporate sectors across a wide industry spectrum.

In addition, Laurence was one of the pioneers in implementing Demand Response solution in Singapore with Energy Market Authority back in 2007/08.

Hemant Mallya

Senior programme lead

Council on Energy, Environment and Water

Hemant leads the Industrial Sustainability and Competitiveness team at The Council. His work focusses on industrial growth through sustainable means. He is also a member of The Council’s Air Quality team.


He is currently leading efforts to analyse the potential for increased utilisation of natural gas in the industrial sector and the corresponding impact on air quality and greenhouse gases (GHGs). He is also focussing on myriad issues faced by the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and identifying solutions for the resilient revival and growth of this sector. He is leading efforts to analyse the potential for a hydrogen based economy and associated policy needs. On the air quality front, he is analysing issues pertaining to air quality standards and enforcement by pollution control boards.

Hemant’s experience spans energy markets, energy efficiency, environment, and climate change. In the energy space, he has conducted market analyses, policy analyses, price forecasting, and modelling of energy systems. In the environment and climate change space, he has developed inventories, protocols, and regulations and analysed the potential for criteria pollutant and (GHG) mitigation and associated economics. He has also led the initiation, development, and management of GHG management programs both domestically in the US and globally.

Hemant holds a dual M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University, USA. He also holds a B.E. in Production Engineering from Mumbai University.  

Chikako Ishiguro

Senior Analyst, Energy Resources and International Business Unit

Osaka Gas

Chikako Ishiguro is Senior Researcher and Analyst at Osaka Gas.  As a member of the Energy Resources and International Business Unit of the company, Chikako heads up energy market research and analysis activities of the company where she has worked for over 10 years. Throughout her career, Ishiguro has pursued in-depth global market analysis in key energy sectors, particularly in LNG.  Previously, she was Head of Market Research Division of Osaka Gas International Transport, a subsidiary of Osaka Gas.  She is a co-author of OIES papers; Pricing and Demand for LNG in China (2006), A New Paradigm for Natural Gas Pricing in Asia: A Perspective on Market (2009), A Realistic Perspective on Japan’s LNG Demand after Fukushima (2012) and The Outlook for Natural Gas and LNG in China in the War against Air Pollution (2018).

07:3507:50

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:11 - 11:12

07:5008:30

Commodity trading blow-ups in 2020 – the forensics
Fireside chat

07:50 - 08:30

15:50 - 16:30 HKT

  • What has been learnt from the collapse of Hin Leong, Zenrock, Agritrade and Hontop? 
  • Counterparty Risk - how can this be mitigated?
  • Are the days of cheap finance over?
  • Can blockchain reduce counterparty risk in an Exchange?
  • The push for more transparency in corporate governance, risk culture and personal accountability
Keeve Tan

Head, Futures & Leveraged FX

OCBC Securities

Keeve is the Head of Futures and FX for OCBC Securities. He looks after more than 30 staff over the two departments, where he oversees the growth and development of the cleared Futures and OTC FX businesses.

Prior to joining OCBC, he was most recently the Director of Sales at UOB Bullion and Futures, looking after the Business Development of listed derivatives and OTC clearing for UOB Global Markets. Keeve was before that, a trader in proprietary trading firms, heading market making desks and algorithmic trading desks. His buy-side experience coupled with his current role in the sell-side, gives him a wholesome view of the industry and its developments.

Keeve is married and has a daughter. He holds a BSc with honours from the Nanyang Technological University and graduated with an MBA on the Dean's List from the Singapore Management University.

Mohd Saleem

Head of product & market development, head of South Asia, international development

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives

Mohd Saleem is Head of Product & Market Development and Head of South Asia, International Development for Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD). As Head of Product & Market Development, Saleem is responsible for ensuring all new and/or revamped product launches meet the industry’s needs. Notably, Saleem drove the recent launch of the physically delivered 5 Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures Contract.

As Head of South Asia, International Development, Saleem is responsible for leading BMD’s efforts to engage with all industry stakeholders to ensure that BMD’s products and services meet the market’s needs. He also plays a key role in facilitating collaborations with exchanges.

Having joined BMD in July 2019, Saleem was previously the Director and Head of Futures for HSBC in Singapore. He has held several key roles within Futures in HSBC and brings with him over 25 years of experience in the futures industry.

08:3008:55

Networking break

08:30 - 08:55

16:30 - 16:55 HKT

08:5509:00

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:10 - 11:20

09:0009:40

Looking at 2050: barriers, challenges and opportunities
Panel discussion

09:00 - 10:00

 

  • What are the greatest challenges that investors are facing with the 2050 time frame in mind?
  • Are the markets up to speed with Net Zero’s requirements?
  • What is the impact of investors' decisions in reshaping companies policies and business models and the global approach to the energy transition?
  • Is the world on a new path to a rapid transition? To what extent do we face a new scenario for fossil energies and renewables?
Jorge Blazquez

Senior Advisor for energy transition and system analysis

BP

Jorge is a senior economist specialised in energy transitions. Currently, he works at BP and is research associate at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies in the UK. Previously, he worked both in the private and public sector. He holds a doctorate degree in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 

Nick Stansbury

Head of climate solutions

Legal & General Investment Management

Nick joined in 2013 as a Fund Manager in LGIM’s Global Equity team, focused on energy and natural resources. Prior to joining LGIM he was an Investment Director for Developed Asia and Global Emerging Markets at Standard Life Investments. He previously worked for an emerging market focused hedge fund investing in equities, convertible bonds and distressed debt. He has also worked in a corporate advisory role and as a software developer. Nick has a law degree (LLB.) and a Master’s in jurisprudence (MJur.), focused on securities law, from the University of Durham.

David Johnston

Managing director, head of energy & commodities

Lloyds Banking Group

David has been structuring, arranging and financing natural resources and energy projects for the past two decades throughout Australia, Asia, America, Africa and Europe.

David recently joined Lloyds Banking Group and has previously worked with ANZ & HBOS in Sydney and CBA in Sydney, Brisbane & London.

David holds qualifications from the University of Queensland & University of Oxford.

Terence Thompson

Chief Science Officer

The Climate Service

Dr. Terence Thompson is leading the development of the TCS software platform building on his experience integrating science, big data, statistics, and software development. Thompson has led advanced climate analysis in industry for over 20 years. He joined The Climate Service from the consultancy LMI where, as a Senior Fellow, he led the climate program. His work there focused on the application of climate data to climate-change adaptation for both government and private sectors. At LMI, he pioneered techniques to address large-scale climate-data access and computing, create value-added products and services, and link to quantitative decision-making processes.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Thompson spent 12 years applying artificial intelligence techniques to defense-related problems, including underwater and space surveillance. At Gould Electronics, he established and led the Intelligent Systems Laboratory.

Thompson is former Vice President of Energy and Environment at Metron Aviation (a subsidiary of Airbus), where he led analysis of the environmental impacts of air transport, including climate, air quality, and noise. He served as principal investigator for many NASA and FAA environmental studies and tool-development efforts over the past 20 years, and served as the project lead on an ongoing study for the Environmentally Responsible Aviation project for NASA. Dr. Thompson holds a doctorate and masters in biophysics from the University of Rochester Medical School.

09:5510:35

Storytelling Sessions

12:05 - 12:35

Our expert will illustrate a  case study and give practical advice on how to address current challenges facing the industry

Mili Fomicov

Co-director, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment

Imperial College London

 

Mili Fomicov is a researcher at the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College London. Before joining Imperial College, she was a Director and Portfolio Manager in the Multi-Asset Strategies team at BlackRock. Previously, Mili was a Portfolio Manager on J.P. Morgan's CIO team, and managed US and Japan equity funds at Barclays. She started her career at AllianceBernstein in the US. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she received an MBA in Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Statistics

10:5011:30

11:4512:15

Networking break

08:30 - 09:00

19:30 - 20:15 HKT

12:1512:55

Opening keynote

10:10 - 10:55

13:1013:40

Keynote address: Recent developments, outlook, and risks of global commodity markets
Keynote

13:10 - 13:55

21:10 - 21:40 HKT

  • The COVID-19 pandemic impact on global commodity markets
  • Demand for oil and oil production
  • The strengthening of non-energy prices
John Baffes

Senior economist

World Bank’s Prospects Group

John Baffes is a Senior Economist with the World Bank’s Prospects Group, where he manages the Commodity Markets Outlook, a World Bank publication focusing on commodity market analysis and price forecasts. Mr. Baffes has worked in several Units within the World Bank, including Latin America, South Asia, East Africa, Evaluation, and Research. He has published extensively, including chapters in edited volumes and articles in various academic journals in the areas of economic development, agricultural economics, resource economics, and applied econometrics. He makes regular appearances in media outlets. He also teaches an executive course on Applied Econometrics for Commodity Markets. Mr. Baffes holds degrees in Economics (BS, University of Athens, Greece), Agricultural Economics (MS, University of Georgia, U.S.), and Agricultural and Resource Economics (Ph.D., University of Maryland, U.S.).

13:5513:55

Online networking, End of day 1

15:05 - 15:06

21:55 HKT

06:5006:55

End of day 2 – join us for the future of energy on day 3 of Energy Risk Global

14:10 - 14:15

06:5507:35

How technology is helping firms survive the covid crisis and prepare for the next one: The logistics sector perspective
Presentation

06:55 - 07:50

14:55 - 15:35 HKT

  • How to be forward thinking and prepare your business for critical situations such as pandemic planning?-Finding and adjusting to a “new normal” while still running projects.
  • What has worked and what didn’t run as expected in the sector’s business continuity planning?
  • Examples of where digitalisation has benefitted business 
  • How have businesses adapted or pivoted to take advantage of the changed environment
Nazery Khalid

Adjunct Professor

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Nazery Khalid is a well-known commentator and scholar in the field of maritime.  He has been involved as a speaker, moderator and panelist in over 250 seminars and conferences worldwide (and virtual meets) and has published over 350 articles in print (including refereed journals, chapters in books and magazines) and online on a wide range of maritime topics.  

He came to prominence in this field at Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA), a policy think tank under the Ministry of Transport Malaysia, where he served as Senior Fellow / Research Coordinator and Head of Center of Maritime Economics and Industries from 2004 to 2014. Prior to that, he worked in the financial services industry for 15 years including in commercial banking, stockbroking and the capital markets.

Nazery was visiting scholar at Bahria University, Karachi (2008), Cardiff Business School (2010), University Paris Diderot (2011), National Institute of South China Sea Studies in Hainan, China (2013) and Sun Yat Sen University in Guangzhou (2013).  He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and sits in the Advisory Councils of Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera and Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology based in his home state of Johor.

He has represented Malaysia at International Maritime Organization meetings and ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group meetings.  He sits on the Advisory Panel of Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology Malaysia and was the Honorary Secretary, Association of Marine Industries of Malaysia (AMIM) from 2015 to 2018.

Nazery holds an MBA from International Islamic University, Malaysia and a BA in Business Administration from Ottawa University, Kansas, USA.  He is currently Head of Group Corporate Communications at Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia involved in the marine, defence and security industries.

07:3507:50

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:11 - 11:12

07:5008:30

E/CTRM systems in a new technological landscape
Panel discussion

07:50 - 08:30

15:50 - 16:30 HKT

  • How do you know if your ETRM system is keeping pace?
  • The ETRM engine in a world of machine learning and AI
  • The limits of ETRM systems in a world of limitless data 
  • The interaction of ETRM systems with sophisticated analytics
Sidhartha Dash | Moderator

Chief Researcher

Chartis Research

Sid has more than 20 years of experience in the financial, energy and commodities markets in various functions across the trade and software development lifecycles. He has held various roles in product development, trading, risk management, software development and consulting in banks, hedge funds, and risk advisory and software firms, including Standard Chartered Bank, TCG Group, HCL and Cognizant. 

Sid’s specific areas of interest and research include risk data, model risk management, quantitative models in illiquid markets, high-performance analytics, energy and commodity trading risk, market structure design, new computational models, and the use of innovative mathematical methods in various emerging areas of risk management. 

Kevin Wagner

Director

KWA Analytics Singapore

Kevin has 11+ years of experience as an Openlink Consultant & Project Implementer specializing in complex Liquid and Bulk Commodities solutions. Through his many years of Project implementing, Kevin has developed a strong understanding of deal lifecycles, allowing him to implement and design practical end-to-end solutions on E/CTRM platforms, whilst working closely with all major stakeholders of a Project; including Business focal points from Trading, Operations, Risk, and Finance, IT Departments, and Project Sponsors. Prior to joining KWA Analytics, Kevin was most recently an independent contractor overseeing the successful roll-out of a global LNG re-modeling implementation and Engagement Director at Openlink in Singapore responsible for all Liquid and Bulk Commodities implementations across the APAC region; spanning from Northern Asia down to Australia. As Director of KWA Analytics Singapore, Kevin runs the KWA Singapore office including all aspects of Business Development, Recruitment, Strategic Partnerships and Professional Services Implementations.

Gareth Davies

Head of product management

Fendahl International

Gareth is head of product management at Fendahl International, a rapidly growing entrant in the CTRM space. His responsibilities include the strategic direction that the Fendahl suite of products takes. Prior to Fendahl Gareth spent 17 years at Openlink in a number of leadership roles across Europe and Asia. His experience comes from direct interaction with a large number of businesses across the energy and treasury space, from small proprietary traders to large multi-nationals.

Sam Porter

Director

Baringa Partners

Sam is a Director at Baringa Partners LLP with over 12 years of experience in commodities trading industry as a consultant, primarily with Oil and LNG trading organisations.Sam has specific deep expertise in risk management, trade finance, data & application architecture and CTRM systems. Sam’s clients have included global commodity trading businesses, NOCs, banks & refining/retails organisations from across Europe, Asia and Africa

08:3008:55

Networking break

11:30 - 12:15

19:30 - 20:15 HKT

08:5509:00

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:10 - 11:20

09:0009:40

Dangers in the digital world - striking the balance between innovation and heightened cyber risk
Panel discussion

09:00 - 09:40

17:00 - 17:40 HKT

  • Latest approaches to identifying, responding and managing cyber threats in the new reality
  • Partnerships and collaboration between sector to protect critical infrastructure from malicious industrial cyber threats
  • How to strike the balance between innovation and security?
  • Is decentralization an opportunity to cyber threats?
Sidhartha Dash | Moderator

Chief Researcher

Chartis Research

Sid has more than 20 years of experience in the financial, energy and commodities markets in various functions across the trade and software development lifecycles. He has held various roles in product development, trading, risk management, software development and consulting in banks, hedge funds, and risk advisory and software firms, including Standard Chartered Bank, TCG Group, HCL and Cognizant. 

Sid’s specific areas of interest and research include risk data, model risk management, quantitative models in illiquid markets, high-performance analytics, energy and commodity trading risk, market structure design, new computational models, and the use of innovative mathematical methods in various emerging areas of risk management. 

Joao Domingues

Cybersecurity chairman

Trans Adriatic Pipeline

Joao Domingues is responsible for coordinating with the Board their review of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline cyber security programs and risks, while assisting them in the coordination of the relationship between cyber security programs, risk management policies, practices and company strategy.

Nazery Khalid

Adjunct Professor

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Nazery Khalid is a well-known commentator and scholar in the field of maritime.  He has been involved as a speaker, moderator and panelist in over 250 seminars and conferences worldwide (and virtual meets) and has published over 350 articles in print (including refereed journals, chapters in books and magazines) and online on a wide range of maritime topics.  

He came to prominence in this field at Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA), a policy think tank under the Ministry of Transport Malaysia, where he served as Senior Fellow / Research Coordinator and Head of Center of Maritime Economics and Industries from 2004 to 2014. Prior to that, he worked in the financial services industry for 15 years including in commercial banking, stockbroking and the capital markets.

Nazery was visiting scholar at Bahria University, Karachi (2008), Cardiff Business School (2010), University Paris Diderot (2011), National Institute of South China Sea Studies in Hainan, China (2013) and Sun Yat Sen University in Guangzhou (2013).  He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and sits in the Advisory Councils of Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera and Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology based in his home state of Johor.

He has represented Malaysia at International Maritime Organization meetings and ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group meetings.  He sits on the Advisory Panel of Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology Malaysia and was the Honorary Secretary, Association of Marine Industries of Malaysia (AMIM) from 2015 to 2018.

Nazery holds an MBA from International Islamic University, Malaysia and a BA in Business Administration from Ottawa University, Kansas, USA.  He is currently Head of Group Corporate Communications at Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia involved in the marine, defence and security industries.

Dr. Nandha Kumar Kandasamy

Research scientist

Singapore University of Technology and Design

Dr. Nandha Kumar Kandasamy received his B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2008. He worked as an Application  Design  Engineer  with  Larsen  and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India, between 2008 and 2010  specialising  in Power System Protection  and Control. He received his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2016.  He joined Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as Research Engineer in 2015, then upgraded to Research Fellow position in 2016. He joined Singapore University of Technology and Design in 2017 as Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Currently is a Research Scientist at Singapore University of Technology and Design . His research interests include Cyber Security for Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage Systems, Smart Grids, Demand Response Management, data-driven modelling, Load Management, lighting  systems and HVAC systems. 

09:5510:35

The new kids on the block: is a breakthrough coming?
Presentation

11:05 - 12:05

  • CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
  • What does hydrogen mean for new energies?
  • Floating offshore wind
  • Marine solar

 

 

10:5011:30

The Road Ahead: Technical Analysis of Energy Markets

10:50 - 11:30

A look at some recent futures market action in…

  • WTI Crude Oil & Brent Crude Oil.
  • Heating Oil, RBOB & Gasoil.
  • Dutch TTF Gas & German Power Base

and of course…

  • EUA Carbon Futures
Eddie Tofpik

Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst

ADM Investor Services International

Eddie started in the markets in 1980 and has worked on trading desks in Bullion, Energy, Agricultural, Softs, Metals Futures & Options. In the late 1980’s he added FX, Equities and Fixed Income to his abilities and by 1990 he’d managed desks in all of these. He joined Esprit Brokers (precursor to ADMISI) in 1991 to develop FX business & started the 24 Hour FX Desk. By 2018, after 27 successful years as Head of FX he moved over to a new role as Head of Technical Analysis and Senior Markets Analyst. Eddie is a Director of The Society of Technical Analysts in the UK. He’s also a Member of ACI-UK (the FX dealers association) and an Associate Member of the CISI. Eddie publishes ‘Eddie’s Crayons…’ Technical Analysis reviews of FX and commodity futures markets. He regularly speaks at conferences, TV & radio.

ADM Investor Services International Limited (ADMISI) is a full service brokerage company with a 106 year history in London & international markets. ADMISI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited & indirectly a wholly-owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company of the U.S.

11:3012:15

Networking break

08:30 - 09:00

19:30 - 20:15 HKT

12:1512:55

13:1013:50

The digitalisation journey in the energy sector: transformation and innovation
Panel discussion

09:55 - 10:35

21:10 - 21:50 HKT

  • Where the industry should be heading
  • Technology opportunities & technology risks (AI, ML…)
  • Technology for the clients and supply and trading partners. How energy operations are utilizing technology today
  • The current status of transformation on the global scale
Ronan Julien

Digital COO (CD)

BNP Paribas

Ronan Julien is Global Head of Electronic Sales (e-sales) and Digital Chief Operating Officer for BNP Paribas Commodity Derivatives. He has been with the Bank for 15 years in various functions both in Europe and the US. Ronan currently spearheads the Bank’s digitalization efforts in commodity derivatives, notably through the integration of commodity trading into the Bank’s multi-asset Cortex electronic platform. The Cortex platform for commodities is an award-winning bespoke trading solution available to the Bank’s corporate and institutional clients across a wide range of underlyings allowing customized hedging on less liquid assets. Prior to joining the Bank’s digital efforts, Ronan has worked for over 10 years in Commodity sales with a specialization in energy markets and has assumed managerial positions across commodities in North America, the Middle East and French-speaking markets. Ronan holds degrees in international law and economics from Sciences Po in France.

Phillip Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

Octopus Energy

As the Future Technologies Evangelist at Octopus Energy, Phil is  instrumental in driving innovation in areas such as time-of-use tariffs, export tariffs, Smart Energy connected products & services and grant funded R&D projects. Previously, he ran his own Smart Home company which has now also been acquired by Octopus.

Monika Mangla

Former Digital transformation strategy & program manager

Chevron

Monika Mangla is passionate about driving business transformation leveraging technology.  She has >25 years’ experience in advising C-suite in digital strategy, governance and finance innovation and has delivered finance transformation at global scale, including leading global finance transformation program at Chevron that aimed to transform finance globally, leveraging SAP S/4HANA and Central Finance. 

Monika received a master’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Charter Financial Analyst (CFA). She started her career with KPMG in economics and statistical advisory and moved to Accenture as Senior Manager supporting both outsourcing and strategic business consulting.  Monika joined Chevon in 2008 as senior advisor in Upstream Finance and has since held a variety of roles in corporate functions and in operations, with time in the Gulf of Mexico, US Deepwater and Thailand. Monika joined Deloitte as a Managing Director in 2022 leading efforts building technology led finance transformation practice.  Currently, Monika is teaching as a guest professor at the University of Houston, School of business and focusing on growing BreaktheTide.org, a non-profit that focuses on empowering underprivileged communities through technology.  She lives in Houston with her family and enjoys reading and traveling in her free time. 

Gareth Burns

Vice president of Equinor Ventures

Equinor

Gareth Burns is vice president of Equinor Ventures, Equinor’s corporate venture capital fund. Prior to establishing Equinor Energy Ventures in 2016, Gareth was senior vice president for business development and has over 25 years’ experience within the energy industry. He has held various management positions since 2006 and has worked in all areas of the oil and gas value chain. 

Gareth holds a board observer role at ChargePoint, the leading electric vehicle charging infrastructure company in North America and is chair of the Equinor UK Limited Employee Benefits Plan. Gareth is a trustee (“director”) of Stewardship Services (UKET) Limited, Stewardship American Donor Fund UK Limited and his local church. 

Gareth is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and has a BSc in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics from Heriot-Watt University in the UK. He is an Irish citizen and is lives with his family in London, UK.

 

13:5513:55

Online networking, End of day 2

13:10 - 14:00

21:55 HKT

06:5006:55

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:10 - 11:20

06:5507:35

Managing risk during turbulent times and building a new risk management playbook
Panel discussion

06:55 - 07:50

14:55 - 15:35 HKT

  • Shortfalls realised by risk teams 
  • Effective ways to reduce risk and costs 
  • Risk control and mitigation plans for the future 
  • Expansion of products to diversify portfolios
Stella Farrington

Head of content

Energy Risk

Stella Farrington has been writing about energy markets for over 20 years, working at Futures World News and Dow Jones Newswires before moving to Energy Risk in 2004. She spent eight years as the editor of Energy Risk and six as a writer, before moving into her current role as Energy Risk’s head of content and a commercial editor with Infopro Digital’s Ignite team.

Deven Chitaliya

Senior Vice President, Head of Risk Management, Central Risk Office

Olam International

Professional Experience: Deven is a Risk professional with 22 years+ of versatile experience. He has a proven track record in the areas of commodity credit risk management, commercial aspects of physical and paper trading (Oil, Agriculture, Softs), compliance, internal control, corporate finance, contract documentation, legal matters, project implementation, people management and people management. In his current role at Olam, he is responsible for the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework development, implementation, periodic consolidation and Board / business reporting.

In his previous stints Deven held various important & senior positions; Masefield Asiapac Pte Ltd (Regional Director & Head of Risk - Asia Pacific), Kobian Pte Ltd (ERP Project Manager & Senior Compliance Manager), Reliance Industries Limited (Senior Manager – Risk & Compliance)

Educational Background: Financial Risk Manager (FRM – GARP USA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Cost Accountant (ICWA), Diploma in Information Systems Audit (DISA), Post Graduate  Diploma in Foreign Exchange & Risk Management (PGDFERM)

Glen Mackey

Chief risk officer

NRG Energy

Glen E. Mackey is Chief Risk Officer of NRG Energy. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s governance, risk management, trade compliance, cash management, insurance, retail costing and structuring.

Mr. Mackey also serves as a an adjunct professor in Applied Mathematics at Rutgers University, a member of the CFTC's Market Risk Advisory Committee, and board or advisory member for related energy firms.

Mr. Mackey holds undergraduate diplomas in accounting and finance respectively. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration, all through western schools.

Prior to joining NRG in 2011, Mackey held senior commercial and commodity management positions, in agriculture, energy and financial services sectors with KPMG, Nexen, EnCana, Duke Energy Marketing, Koch Energy Trading, Engage Energy, NGX, and TD Bank.

Ganesh Natarajan

Managing Director Europe

Enuit

 

Ganesh Natarajan heads up the European operations based out of London, UK.

 

Previously Ganesh was the Global Head of pre-sales at Brady plc and prior was a Senior Manager in PwC’s Commodity Management team.

 

He has more than 20 years of experience in managing complex business and IT transformations and large projects with a successful track record of strategy, consulting, product management,  system selection and implementation of C/ETRM (Commodity and Energy trading and risk management) systems

 

He has worked on implementations of OpenLink, Allegro and Brady and has expertise in risk management and governance frameworks, delivery assurance, operating models and processes and strategy, IT and business transformational change, Metals, Energy, utilities & mining and Industrial products & services

 

Furthermore, Ganesh has led the selection, implementation, process re-design and re-architecture for some of the largest metals, commodities and energy companies globally as well as leading the ETRM practice at Sapient Global Markets across Europe and India building a result-oriented team of 60+ domain experts consisting of project managers, technical leads, configuration experts and testers.

Nik Mohsain

Group Risk Management Head, Commodity Risk Strategy & Management

Petronas

Nik Mohsain has been with PETRONAS since 2001. He has more than 19 years of working experience with PETRONAS and about 4 years in the Malaysian Bourse in the Listing Division. His experience in PETRONAS have predominantly been within the marketing, trading, sourcing and hedging requirements of crude oil and petroleum products in the Kuala Lumpur and London offices. He also led the business model change in the refining business from merchant to tolling mode within Downstream Business where he ended up heading the Processing Desk. He also have had other working experience in PETRONAS after which including in Corporate Strategy involved in Corporate & Special Projects as well as a stint in the Upstream Business serving as the executive assistant to the Senior Vice President of the Malaysian Petroleum Management. His current role in Commodity Risk Strategy & Management requires him to lead a portfolio and centralized approach of strategizing and managing commodity exposures within PETRONAS Group that is an integrated business organization. He holds a B.Sc.(Hons) in Economics from University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

07:3507:50

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:11 - 11:12

07:5008:30

Negative oil prices and other unthinkable tail risks
Presentation

07:50 - 08:30

15:50 - 16:30 HKT

  • History of oil as an example of an industry that reacts dramatically to extreme events
  • Tail risks and the nature of risk
  • The importance of ongoing environmental scanning
  • Graphical representations of commodity price movement
  • Negative oil prices and other “anomalous” behaviour
  • Adapting processes and approaches considering extreme volatility
Aiman El-Ramly

Chief business officer

ZE PowerGroup Inc

Aiman El-Ramly, MBA, CMC, Chief Business Officer, ZE PowerGroup has been an active member of the energy and commodities industries for 30 years. Aiman has significant understanding of what is needed for corporations to run effectively in complex global markets. ZE PowerGroup is the developer of the ZEMA™ enterprise software for data management. Aiman and his team have been recently expanding ZEMA’s capability to include advanced analytics and machine learning in resolving key industry challenges in trade, risk and operations. He is a frequent presenter, and market expert, in data and data analytics.

Aiman is also the Chief Operating Officer for ZE Power Engineering, ZE’s engineering design firm for utilities. Aiman holds an MBA from Royal Roads University and a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia.

08:3008:55

Networking break

08:30 - 08:55

16:30 - 16:55 HKT

08:5509:00

End of day 2 – join us for the future of energy on day 3 of Energy Risk Global

14:10 - 14:15

09:0009:40

Energy transition and its geopolitics 
Panel discussion

12:55 - 13:55

Should build back better be ‘build back greener’?

  • What are our governments actually doing? What regulations, policies and forecasts will re-shape the energy sector in the next years?
  • EU, US & UK: The Green Deal approach
  • The big dilemma: Cheap energy to accelerate economic growth in emerging countries and climate emissions are, for the time being, put aside vs society making an additional effort to decarbonise to avoid a future climate and energy crisis. 
  • Is leading the global energy transition and renewables already another soft power in international relations? 
  • How is the new US administration approach to decarbonisation and energy transition going to affect the rest of the global markets? 
Isabel Blanco

Associate director, energy and environment economist

EBRD

Isabel Blanco is an environmental economist with over 20 years’ of experience in sustainable energy and climate change, mainly dealing with policy dialogue and regulatory analysis. At the EBRD, she manages the green economy team within the Economics, Policy and Governance group, engaged in the design and assessment of projects and policy dialogue in the environmental space. Isabel has led the design of a dedicated methodology to assess the merits of green projects funded by the EBRD, and to define the green quality –one of the transition objectives of the Bank. She also leads the Just Transition Initiative and the group in charge of conducting economic assessment to projects with high carbon emissions. Other areas of work include green recovery and national decarbonisation plans and renewable energy policies.

Prior to joining the Bank, she managed the department of regulation at a large international renewable energy company and taught macroeconomics and development. She holds a PhD in environmental economics.

09:5510:35

Modelling energy prices in the world of negative pricing: should it be necessary?
Fireside Chat

09:55 - 10:35

17:55 - 18:35 HKT

  • Recalculating and rewriting risk models "value-at-risk”  
  • Is there any positive in the negative prices? 
  • Lessons learnt  
Lukasz Bielak

Head of Financial Risk

KGHM Polska Miedź SA

A graduate of Wroclaw University of Economics with two majors: IT & Econometrics and Finance Management. He completed a postgraduate course titled Psychology in Business at Koźmiński University in Warsaw and earned a Certificate in Mining Studies at the University of British Colombia in Vancouver. He has attended many prestigious courses in the field of finance and risk management, derivatives and mining investments.

Associated with KGHM since 2007, where he began as a specialist in the Commodity Risk Unit. He has participated in a number of projects related to financial risk management, energy risk and development as well as treasury in KGHM Group. Currently he is a Director of the Financial Risk Department at KGHM, where he is responsible for macroeconomic and commodity research and market risk management, including hedging activity and the implementation of trade finance solutions. He represents KGHM in International Copper Association.

Eddie Tofpik

Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst

ADM Investor Services International

Eddie started in the markets in 1980 and has worked on trading desks in Bullion, Energy, Agricultural, Softs, Metals Futures & Options. In the late 1980’s he added FX, Equities and Fixed Income to his abilities and by 1990 he’d managed desks in all of these. He joined Esprit Brokers (precursor to ADMISI) in 1991 to develop FX business & started the 24 Hour FX Desk. By 2018, after 27 successful years as Head of FX he moved over to a new role as Head of Technical Analysis and Senior Markets Analyst. Eddie is a Director of The Society of Technical Analysts in the UK. He’s also a Member of ACI-UK (the FX dealers association) and an Associate Member of the CISI. Eddie publishes ‘Eddie’s Crayons…’ Technical Analysis reviews of FX and commodity futures markets. He regularly speaks at conferences, TV & radio.

ADM Investor Services International Limited (ADMISI) is a full service brokerage company with a 106 year history in London & international markets. ADMISI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited & indirectly a wholly-owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company of the U.S.

10:5011:30

Energy & power trading 
Panel Discussion

10:50 - 11:30

18:50 - 19:30 HKT

  • Switching to new and more dynamic energy portfolio models
  • How to manage risk
  • Security of supply
  • Digital trading and data
  • Reasons for the energy market turnaround in EU, USA and Asia 
     
Harry Huang

Managing director gas trading

Uniper

Harry Huang has over 20 years’ experience in the European energy industry. He is currently the Head of Trading for PetroChina International (London) Co. Ltd. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s trading in European physical gas and power as well as in all other energy derivatives including crude oil, refined products, carbon emissions and coal. Prior to joining PetroChina in 2013, Harry spent over 10 years with Statoil and held various positions in trading and structuring, including setting up their flexibility and options trading desk. His earlier career was with National Power PLC in the UK and TXU Europe Energy Trading in Switzerland where he had roles ranging from project management, analysis and risk management. Harry holds a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing and a PhD from Imperial College in London

Georgi Slavov

Global Head of Fundamental Research

Marex Sprecton

Georgi is the Global Head of Fundamental Research at Marex Spectron Ltd., a leading global commodity market-maker, trader and broker headquartered in the City of London. Georgi and his team are responsible for the research & analysis of all key energy, basic materials, agricultural & industrial transportation markets.  Georgi is a former Navy Officer and holds Engineering and Economics degrees. He is also a member of the Business Advisory Committee at the ICMA Graduate Center, Henley Business School and a guest-lecturer in International Trade & Finance at the school.

Victor Kouzmanov

Data scientist

RWE Supply & Trading

Cetin Karakus

Global Head of Quantitative and Analytical Solutions

bp

Cetin runs a global portfolio of six solutions engineering teams focused on building cutting-edge derivatives pricing & risk analytics, exotics trading systems for energy commodities, cloud-based computational grid services, data analytics platform & services for North American energy markets (oil, gas, power, NGLs, emissions), weather analytics & forecasting platform and Big Data visualization & reporting services.

11:3012:15

Networking break

11:30 - 12:15

19:30 - 20:15 HKT

12:1512:55

12:5517:30

Online networking. End of conference

12:55 - 17:30

20:55-03:30 HKT