European Sugar Virtual Conference

Rafael leads research activities for the sugar platform at LDC over the past four years. He joined the group in 2015 as a futures trader at Biosev’s Hedge Desk where he focused on the development of mid/long run price views and quantamental trading tools. Since 2017 he’s working with Market Intelligence activities for the sugar platform where the focus is the development of quantitative models applied to production, consumption, international flows and prices outlook. Rafael is an economist with specialization in applied microeconomics and energy industries.

Born in the USSR. Joined commodity merchandizing with Cargill at the onset of Russia commercial opening of the 90s, then moved to Geneva and stayed around in the sugar trading, with short-term forays into ocean freight and grains. After trading and managerial stints with Noble Agri, LDC and Olam sugar, have been with Alvean sugar team since 2019.

Henning was born and grew up in Lima, Perú. At the age of 16 he moved to Germany, finished school and attended University, which he left to start working with August Töpfer & Co., Hamburg, where he remained, acting as sugar trader, until retirement in 2019. Over the years he assumed several posts in National and International professional Associations, e.g. The Refined Sugar Association in London and ASSUC Brussels, perfoming as its President from 2018 til 2020.

Yury Sharanov has over 13 years’ experience in the area of R&D and procurement of FMCG sector. The biggest part of his career is within the business of the world largest confectionery producer Mars Wrigley. In his current role he leads the sugar sourcing for of Mars Wrigley for the markets of Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and India. In his previous role he was in charge of Mars global sourcing strategy in the area of starch sweeteners. Yury also holds a PhD in Bioorganic Chemistry.

Daniel is a sugar analyst at S&P Global Platts where his main areas of focus include supply and demand forecasts, tracking global trade flows and other trends in the sugar industry, with a key focus on EU and CIS markets. Daniel has joined Kingsman as a biofuels analyst in June 2011, which has been acquired by S&P Global Platts in November next year. He graduated from University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management.

Nidhi Goel is the Research Manager (Sugar) for Cofco International, overseeing the Eastern Hemisphere. She has over 7 years of experience in various research related roles. After a short stint with the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), she joined COFCO International’s sugar team in New Delhi. She tracked sugar market for the Indian Subcontinent region and also Europe/FSU. She subsequently moved to COFCO’s Singapore office. She is currently managing sugar research for South-East Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent and Europe. Besides research, she gained a perspective on commodity trading as well.

She has attended crop tours in India, Thailand, Brazil and also in Europe and is well versed sugarcane and sugar-beet crops. She is a self-starter and always strives to find new ideas and solutions. In her leisure time, she loves reading and spending time with her four-year old son.

Patrícia Luís-Manso has +15 years’ experience in analytical and leadership roles in commodities, investment banking and network industries. In her current role at S&P Global Platts, Patricia is responsible for Agriculture and Metals Analytics, leading a global team of experts in Sugar, Grains, Oilseeds, Biofuels and Metals to generate essential data and intelligence for the Energy and commodities markets.

Prior to this role, Patrícia was Head of Sugar and Ethanol Research at Louis Dreyfus Commodities, where she managed a global team with focus on developing critical market analysis to design trading strategies. Patrícia has also worked at Kingsman SA, now part of S&P Global Platts, for 7 years  as Senior Analyst and Head of Research & Reports.

Patrícia holds a PhD in Regulatory Economics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland. She also holds a Diploma in Organizational Leadership from Oxford University and a Msc. in Economics from Nova SBE in Portugal.

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 the ‘Eddie’s Crayons…’ series on YouTube of Technical Analysis reviews on FX and commodity futures markets. He regularly speaks at conferences and on 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.

Peter de Klerk joined the International Sugar Organisation as Senior Economist in January 2018. He arrived from Itochu Europe PLC where he was responsible for sugar market operations, ranging from analysis, logistics, futures market operations and commercial transactions. Prior to his four years at Itochu, Peter worked in the analysis and commercial teams at Armajaro, Czarnikow and ED&F Man. Peter holds a BSc in econometrics from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Economics from the University of York.

Lawrence is a commodities risk management professional with over 12 years exposure to the physical trade gained at a Hong Kong based trade house, financial markets with an Australian bank, and corporate retail trade and advisory with a major UK supermarket. His unique work experience across several global locations gives him a wealth of expertise in managing complex sourcing decisions and improving transparency across the supply chain.