Analytics Client Virtual Seminar Asia 2020

Julien Hall

Regional Content Director, Metals
S&P Global Platts

Julien Hall leads the Asia metals team for S&P Global Platts, which includes oversight of iron ore, coking coal, steel and non-ferrous metals. Julien has spent 10 years at S&P Global Platts in a variety of roles, including in steel, iron ore and metallurgical coal. Between 2015 and 2017, he headed the Asia agriculture team, helping to build out coverage of grains, biofuels and sugar. Before working for S&P Global Platts, he was editor of a specialized newsletter focusing on the French private equity industry.

Keith Tan

Senior Managing Editor, Steel Business
S&P Global Platts

Keith Tan is senior managing editor for steel and scrap at S&P Global Platts, having joined in 2007 after earlier stints at petrochemical market information provider ICIS and DaimlerChrylser. Initially covering the Asian petrochemical markets out of the company’s Singapore office, Keith joined the metals group in 2010 and was part of the team that built the benchmark Iron Ore Index. He relocated to Shanghai in 2015 to expand the team’s coverage of Chinese steel exports and pricing. As of 2017, he heads coverage of steel and scrap markets in Asia. Keith graduated with first class honors from the National University of Singapore.

Jeffery Lu

Managing Editor, Metallurgical Coal
S&P Global Platts

Jeffery Lu is S&P Global Platts Managing Editor, Metallurgical Coal, based in Singapore. Jeffery has been in the international commodity business for more than 10 years and has hands-on experience with building supply and demand models, analyzing trade flows as well as producing price forecasts. Before starting his career in the metals business, Jeffery spent the past decade in agriculture as research analyst with some time spent as a trader, for some of the largest commodity firms globally including Noble Group, Czarnikow Group and RCMA Group. Jeffery has a master’s degree in intercultural business communication.

Niki Wang

Managing Editor, Iron Ore
S&P Global Platts

Niki joined S&P Global Platts’s iron ore pricing team in 2017 as a senior analyst. Before that, Niki has 7 years working experience in metal industry. She has been a non-ferrous trader in large international commodity trading houses such as Trafigura and Gunvor. During which she has built good skills on market intelligence, risk management and knowledges on commodity and financial markets. Niki holds the qualification of CICPA and ACCA.