S&P Global Platts APPEC Crude Workshop

Daniel is the market engagement manager for the Middle East and has been based in Dubai since November 2018.

Since joining S&P Global Platts in 2008 in London, Daniel has been responsible for some of the company’s major crude oil price assessments, including Dated Brent. He also covered a variety of refined products assessed out of London.

In 2012 he moved to Singapore and became Managing Editor of the Asia crude team in 2013. In 2014 he was appointed Associate Editorial Director for Strategic Oil Markets Development where he led efforts in Asia and the Middle East to engage the oil community about S&P Global Platts price assessment methodology, provided insight on market developments and trends, and gathered feedback about the value that Platts provides. From 2016 until his recent move to Dubai he was manager of the crude and residual fuel market pricing and reporting teams in Singapore.

Daniel earned a Bachelor’s degree in Social and Political studies from the University of Sheffield.

Frank is currently Editorial Lead, Asia Oil Market Engagement at S&P Global Platts, and was previously Senior Editor, Asian Petrochemical markets at Platts before his current role. He graduated with a Master of Science in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment from University College London in 2016. Frank previously worked on energy policy at Prime Minister’s Office Singapore, and has six years of experience in policy formulation, consulting and price assessments in energy and commodities

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Hugh Ong is the Director of Client Service, responsible for building and leading a team across Asia Pacific that creates best-in-class customer experience from the use of Platts services. From an individual contributor to team leader, and to regional director, Hugh has over 14 years of Client Service experience in Energy Commodities. Prior to that, Hugh spent 7 years in the Internet Technology industry in various client facing roles including presale, technology design and solution delivery for enterprise security and infrastructure solutions.

Hugh holds a degree in Computing and Information Systems from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Joel Hanley is Global Director, Crude and Fuel Oil Markets. Joel joined Platts in 2002, reporting on the crude oil markets of the North Sea, West Africa, Russia and the Middle East. Prior to his work at Platts, Joel wrote for Energy Risk magazine where he covered risk management and energy market deregulation. He also launched Oil & Gas Technology magazine for the Chinese market. Joel holds a degree in Russian and Information Technology from The University of Exeter.

Kang Wu has over 25 years of energy analytics, consulting and research experience. He conducts studies of energy policies, security, demand, supply, and trade with special emphases on oil, gas, coal, petrochemicals, biofuels and other commodities. Kang is part of the S&P Global Platts Analytics leadership team and is responsible for global demand, macro, commodity risk solutions and Asia analytics. Prior to joining S&P Global Platts, he was the Director of Program on Markets and Industrial Development and a senior research fellow at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Saudi Arabia.

In 2003, Kang testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on the impact of China’s energy sector and market developments on the rest of the world. Kang is the author and co-author of numerous analytics and project reports, research papers, journal articles, books, book chapters and other publications.