Andrew joined S&P Global in 2022 as EMEA Lead for S&P Global Chemical Insights, whilst also heading up the Global Aromatics and Fibers group.

Andrew has spent much of the past decade in the Middle East, most recently working for QatarEnergy where he was responsible for strategy development for the marketing and sales of Qatar’s exports of fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, petrochemicals and fertilizers. Volumes doubled through his tenure, as the department added more products and diversified into metals.

Prior to this, he was a Consulting Director at IHS Markit, leading single client assignments in the Middle East and India. These ranged from executing due diligence, merger support, country master-planning, cost benchmarking and value chain strategy for a diverse range of petrochemicals.

Andrew began his career with CMAI (later acquired by IHS Markit) in London where he initially worked as part of the Consulting team before moving to forecast European aromatics markets. Andrew has an MSc in Engineering and Management from the University of Exeter and a BEng in Chemical Engineering from UMIST.

Daniel Evans, S&P Global Vice President, leads S&P Global Energy’s Fuels and Refining research. Daniel’s team is responsible for our global and regional short-term refined product supply, demand, price and margin outlooks and detailed downstream market research. Daniel’s team also contributes to long-term forecasting efforts and delivers global base oil and lubricants and fuel retail research. Daniel has been involved in developing our work on the future of energy and mobility and lead studies focused on decarbonization pathways for trucking, aviation and shipping. Prior to joining the firm, Daniel worked for Statoil in corporate strategy where he was responsible for analyzing global business opportunities and framing the strategic investment context for senior management.

Dr. Richard Charlesworth leads the Industry Processes and Cost Analytics (IPCA) group at S&P Global Energy, overseeing technology-driven solutions including PEP, CCMA, RCMA and RAPID. Since joining S&P Global in 2009, he has led consulting projects across the petrochemical value chain, covering feasibility studies, technology selection, feedstock strategy, financial modelling and cost analysis.

He began his career with BP Chemicals as a process engineer before moving into commercial and financial roles. He has also held senior financial and strategy positions at Ineos Olefins, focusing on steam cracker operations and long-term planning.

Su Yeen has more than 18 years in commodity reporting and is currently leading the Asia-Pacific Chemicals team in S&P Global Commodity Insights. In prior roles, Su Yeen oversaw Asia and Middle East middle distillates markets, as well as forward curves for oil product derivatives in the region. Before joining S&P Global Energy in 2013, she spent five years reporting and analyzing pricing trends for petrochemicals with another PRA.

Alex joined Chemical Data (acquired by ICIS – July 2020) as a Vice President in August of 2018. In April 2021, he assumed global ICIS Chemical Analytics business responsibilities.
Prior to ICIS, Alex was at Wood Mackenzie from 2012 to 2018 where he built a new chemical research practice including a team for generating olefins, aromatics, and polymers research & analysis.
He was also at CMAI/IHS from 1993 to 2012 as Global Business Director for the aromatics and fibers groups. His responsibilities included P&L, personnel, and research generation of benzene, styrene, and styrene derivatives.

Stefano is a senior member of the ICIS Consulting team, globally responsible for the areas of Refining and Petrochemical feedstocks. He works on bespoke consulting projects for companies around the world. He also collaborates with industry associations.
He has 30 years of advisory experience in these fields and in energy transition. He manages the related price forecast and Supply/Demand scenarios of ICIS consulting. Stefano is often engaged by the industry and the financial community to support long-term strategic research.
Stefano regularly presents and chairs at international conferences around the globe.

Bala is Vice President of APAC Consulting at ICIS, supporting businesses in addressing long-term challenges and enabling strategic decision-making through bespoke consulting engagements.
His work spans refining and petrochemicals, alongside emerging sustainability and plastics circularity initiatives. With deep industry expertise, strong senior-level client relationships, and proven commercial acumen, Bala has led and delivered a wide range of projects, including investment evaluations, market assessments, strategic portfolio reviews, cost competitiveness analyses, project financials and economic viability studies, as well as scenario and sensitivity analyses.
He is a regular speaker at leading industry events, including APIC, and always keen to exchange market insights with industry stakeholders.

Helen leads on global plastic circularity within ICIS, managing a global team of analysts focused on recycled polymer markets. She has over 25 years’ experience in consultancy, and for the past 20 years focused on recycled polymers with a specialty in PET within ICIS and Wood Mackenzie (previously PCI).
Prior to joining ICIS Helen developed supply demand data and forecasts for recycled PET markets, including collection, recycling, and end use of recycled PET products and price forecasting. She has been responsible for coverage of recycled PET market including price discovery, analysis of market and regulatory developments. Helen has delivered multiple custom studies in the recycling area, assisting investment and strategy development for parties within the recycled polymer value chain.

Dewey leads a team of 250+ subject-matter experts with deep knowledge and experience across the global chemical sector. He has worked extensively with chemical industry stakeholders across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, covering industry leadership, the financial sector, and policymakers. Dewey has led multiple engagements with chemical industry clients globally in strategy development and execution, analysis of chemical markets and business portfolios, and M&A due diligence.

He is based in Houston, Texas.

Adrian's responsibilities include spearheading global development efforts across multiple product lines, including Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Natural Gas Liquids (NGL), and Naphtha. With over 20 years of experience, Adrian is a key resource within the company, offering deep insights into the broad energy market.

In his role, he collaborates closely with stakeholders throughout the energy, petrochemical, and financial sectors, providing global support and strategic insights. His current focus involves leading the development of new energy products and enhancing the company's market deliverables and insights.

He is based in Houston, Texas.

Nick Kovics serves in dual leadership roles at Chemical Market Analytics, where he is Vice President and Head of Chemical Research as well as the Inorganic Chemicals Team Lead. He brings over 25 years of global experience in the chemical industry to the organization.

Nick oversees the Plastics & Polymers, Aromatics & Fibers, Olefins, Inorganic Chemicals, and Syngas value chains. Prior to this role, he held several leadership positions within Chemical Market Analytics’ Inorganics practice, including responsibility for the Chlor-alkali, Bleaching Chemicals, and Battery Materials advisory services. He is based in Houston, Texas.

William leads Asia Olefins' business and has research responsibilities for providing insight into the dynamics associated with the ethylene, propylene, C4, and derivatives value chain markets. William also leads Asia Olefins' business, and has been involved in many petrochemical consulting projects and client studies, including the China Coal Chemical Study, Global Propane Dehydrogenation Research, and Refinery-cracker/aromatic complex feasibility study. He is based in Beijing, China.

Ashish has over 30 years of experience in the Asian petrochemicals industry and coordinates support across the value chains. His current products of focus are Paraxylene, terephthalic acid (PTA) and Polyester, covering the regional dynamics and guiding the global outlook. He also actively continues to focus on sustainability developments in the polyester sector. Ashish has also been instrumental in launching several reports, including the pricing reports for Aromatics in Asia and the Global Polyurethanes & Feedstock report. He is based in Singapore.

Chuck has over 30 year's experience in the chemical industry. Prior to moving into a global leadership role, he led Argus DeWitt's Benzene & Derivatives service. He joined DeWitt & Company in 2002 from CheMatch where he served as Executive Director, Latin America of the online trading platform for bulk petrochemicals. Chuck also worked as Area Manager, Latin America for Chevron Chemical Company, where he managed polymer and chemical sales into Mexico and South America. A native of upstate New York, he holds a degree and a master's degree from Tulane University and a degree from Union College. He speaks Portuguese and Spanish proficiently.

Sarah has worked with Argus since March 2012 and has global responsibility for their Olefin services.
For 17 years Sarah held senior strategic purchasing management positions in Ineos, Tessenderlo Chemie (LVM) and Rhodia, responsible for a wide range of materials including olefins, fertilizers and commodity raw materials.
Prior this Sarah had various management and project roles covering most aspects of the Chemical business including business management, sales, planning and logistics.
She graduated in Geology from Leicester University and started her career working for BP in oil exploration.

Arun Rajamani is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group, and is the Asia Pacific Lead for the Petrochemicals & Chemicals segment. With deep industry expertise and a global perspective, Arun has advised clients across North America, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. His work spans a range of strategic topics within the chemical sectors, with particular focus on digital transformation, innovation, corporate strategy, and go-to-market excellence. Arun is also a committed advocate for sustainability, having led several initiatives centered around the circular economy, advanced recycling technologies, and sustainable business model design. Arun has authored several thought pieces on the state of the petrochemical sector and its implications for industry players. His latest article examines the ongoing consolidation within the industry and outlines the strategic actions companies must take to remain competitive. Prior to joining BCG, Arun held a series of leadership roles in the industry.

Yinguo Huang, Chief Expert of CNCIC. Graduated from University of Colorado (MS, Biochemistry), and MBA from York University. Before joining CNCIC Consulting, Mr. Huang has served as project director in an internationally renowned management consulting company and vice president in Asia-Pacific region in a chemical industry consulting company in the United States.
With his profound professional knowledge and rich consulting experience in energy and chemical industry, Mr. Huang has formed unique insights into the market dynamics and future developments, and successfully led the team to complete thousands of consulting projects. To provide reliable chemical industry consulting services for national ministries, chemical parks, leading domestic and international enterprises, and research institutes in key areas such as the formulation and interpretation of industrial policies, industrial planning and strategic layout, project investment, industrial competitiveness improvement, technological innovation, and M&A, etc.

Sheng leads McKinsey’s Agriculture and Chemical Sector for Greater China. He advices global and domsetic chemical companies to set strategic direction and achieve strong performance which include increasing competitiveness and boosting operational performance.
In the last few years, he has supported multiple chemical companies to transform their operating model using agentic AI, generative AI and advanced analytics and some clients are recognized as the lighthouse cases of digital transformation which the World Economic Forum has certified.

Raymond is a leader of Quantum Black Japan. He advices global and domestic chemical and life science companies on a variety of topics including digital transformation. In the last few years, he has helped multiple chemical companies transform their customer engagement model using advanced analytics including application of Machine Learning techniques. In addition, he has helped companies transform their business and operations and achieve substantial improvement on growth and profitability.

Paul Joo is an experienced petrochemical industry professional, having held leadership roles in sales, procurement, trading, and operations since 1988. He advanced from Daelim Industrial Co. to Vice President at Yeochun NCC, served as Daelim’s chief representative in China, led a plastics converter as CEO, and worked at S&P Global Platts. He now covers Olefin and Olefin derivatives at S&P Global Energy.

Aaron is part of the Global Petrochemical Feedstocks Team, with a key focus on the Asian and Middle Eastern naphtha markets. Before joining S&P Global, he gained extensive experience at various research firms, covering both petrochemical and refined product markets. Additionally, Aaron has held several corporate roles within the industry, further broadening his expertise.
He is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), holds an MSc in Applied Finance from the Singapore Management University and has a Chemical Engineering degree from the National University of Singapore.

Catherine joined ICIS as Senior Manager in September 2025, bringing two decades of experience in the chemicals industry.

Catherine oversees price forecasting and manages the ICIS Supply Demand Database for Asia & Pacific olefins.

Prior to ICIS, she spent over 12 years at Wood Mackenzie, where she most recently served as Head of Base Chemicals and was instrumental in building and launching the olefins market services.

Before that, Catherine worked at SABIC for three years as Market Intelligence Manager, developing price forecasts for olefin derivatives such as Linear Alpha Olefins, ethylene oxide derivatives, and oxo alcohols. Earlier in her career, she focused on Asian aromatics analysis at Chemical Market Associates Inc. (CMAI).

Jenny is a senior analyst at ICIS with more than 20 years experience in aromatics and derivatives value chain. She is highly focused on supply & demand analysis and forecast of Asian aromatics and derivative markets, including BTX, styrene, phenol, polyester, polyamide and polyurethane, etc.

Since joining ICIS, she has led the design and delivery of the China aromatics and derivative industries annual reports, China BTX monthly report, Asia benzene/adipic acid/caprolactam forecast reports, and provided consulting services on aromatics and derivative industries.

Ms. Jingwen Ma currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of the Consulting Division at the China National Chemical Information Center (CNCIC). Holding a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Tsinghua University, she possesses 14 years of focused experience in the chemical industry consulting field, with deep professional expertise in petrochemicals, new energy, and chemical materials. She leads a team of senior experts in providing strategic insights to global enterprises and chemical industrial parks. In the field of hydrogen energy, she guides her team in conducting comprehensive research across policy, technology, market, and competitive dynamics, delivering forward-looking insights to support the strategic decision-making of a diverse clientele.

Dr. Shaohua Feng currently serves as Director of Polymers, Asia Pacific, S&P Global Commodity Insights. He is based in Singapore, and responsible for developing market research, analytics and insights capabilities and services for polymers and plastics with the focus on supply/demand forecasting, plastics recycling, and circular economy and sustainability in petrochemical and polymer industry. He joined IHS Markit as Director of Chemical Consulting in April 2020 and has more than 20 years of experience in petrochemical and specialty chemical industry. He spent majority of his career time with Singapore’ A*STAR, Huntsman Performance Products, Shell Chemicals and Eastman Chemical in various commercial and strategy roles – R&D, business development, product management, marketing, sales and intelligence.

Iris is a senior price reporter at Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, covering C4 olefins and recycled polymers for the European market. She is also responsible for reporting on wider sustainability developments including bioplastics and chemical recycling. She moved to the UK from Hong Kong in 2021 and started working with Platts first as a sustainability specialist and later as a price reporter.

Amy is a senior analyst at ICIS, bringing over 20 years of extensive experience in the olefin and polyolefin industries. She specializes in analysing the Asian ethylene and polyethylene markets, focusing on both short-term and long-term trends.
With a solid background in polyolefin market research, Amy conducts comprehensive studies on industry development trends and evaluates the impact of technological advancements, market dynamics, and policy changes on the polyolefin sector. Her extensive industry research and analysis enable her to provide strategic advice that helps clients optimize their business models, enhance competitiveness, and achieve sustainable growth.

Yi Ling Tan has more than ten years of experience in the industry, providing price forecasts and market insights for the Asian polyolefin markets. Currently, she is responsible for market research on polyolefins in Asia and leads the Asian mLLDE and the Asian polyolefins operating schedule services. Over the course of her career, she has presented at numerous external conferences and conducted polyolefin workshops for clients. Yi Ling is based in Singapore.

Elaine. Shen is currently the senior analyst of Argus, based in Shanghai, China. She has nine years of experience analysing the petrochemical market. Before joining Argus, Elaine. Shen worked in the market department of Zhejiang Petrochemical, covering polyethylene, polypropylene and engineering plastics. She also has half year experience as a petrochemical analyst in a think-tank for National Development and Reform Commission. She earned master’s degree in University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

Yinguo Huang, Chief Expert of CNCIC. Graduated from University of Colorado (MS, Biochemistry), and MBA from York University. Before joining CNCIC Consulting, Mr. Huang has served as project director in an internationally renowned management consulting company and vice president in Asia-Pacific region in a chemical industry consulting company in the United States.
With his profound professional knowledge and rich consulting experience in energy and chemical industry, Mr. Huang has formed unique insights into the market dynamics and future developments, and successfully led the team to complete thousands of consulting projects. To provide reliable chemical industry consulting services for national ministries, chemical parks, leading domestic and international enterprises, and research institutes in key areas such as the formulation and interpretation of industrial policies, industrial planning and strategic layout, project investment, industrial competitiveness improvement, technological innovation, and M&A, etc.

Sophia Yao currently leads the Asian aromatics team based in Singapore that covers aromatics benchmark markets including paraxylene, benzene, mixed xylenes, etc. Prior to this, she worked as a chemical consultant at S&P Global Commodity Insights, and had worked with the petrochemical team at S&P Global Platts as a price reporter. She was responsible for analysis and pricing of the benchmark Asian paraxylene in both physical and derivatives markets and had covered a variety of petrochemical markets during her time at Platts, including styrene monomer, ABS/PS, benzene, etc.

Shen Hong joined S&P Global Commodity Insights in Dec 2022, based in Shanghai, China. Her role is Senior Principal Analyst in the aromatics team, with a focus on the Chinese benzene and phenol markets, as well as a coverage of Asian polyamide intermediates markets.
Prior to her current role, she had 18 years of experience in petrochemical consulting industry, working at Tecnon OrbiChem. She initially covered the polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 industry chains in Asia, and then led market research in China for their bespoke study business during 2012-2019. Later, she covered multi-client market reports on the Asian aromatics markets, and phthalic anhydride industry chain.

Wu Luffy focuses on pricing and market analysis for Asia’s styrenics market, including styrene monomer (SM), polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Luffy, with in-depth knowledge in finance, derivatives and commodities, has been with ICIS since 2021.
Luffy has represented ICIS styrenics team in various key industrial conferences, and has been an invited speaker for styrenics committee session in APIC 2024 and 2025.
Luffy holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Honors at the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in Quantitative Finance at the Singapore Management University.

Su Jie is a senior analyst with ICIS based out of Singapore. He brings over 20 years of experience in the petrochemical industry, with deep expertise in market analysis, business strategy, and international chemical trading.
In his previous roles, he has been the content lead within the global Oils & Chemicals team at a global research and consultancy group, specializing in the benzene, styrene, and cumene-phenol value chains. He is a recognized subject matter expert in styrenic polymers and phenol derivatives.
Su Jie has collaborated with consulting teams on bespoke client engagement, including market access assessments, scenario analysis, and strategic advisory projects. He has provided methodological review and thought leadership on price and demand forecasting frameworks Su Jie has previously managed import styrene sourcing and logistics for a Chinese EPS manufacturing facility, negotiating term and spot contracts.
He oversaw trading operations for styrene, benzene, and toluene, encompassing commercial execution, logistics coordination, and financial settlement. Implemented risk management strategies, including the use of paper swaps, to hedge against price volatility.
Su Jie has a Bachelor of Polymer Science & Engineering degree from East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai, China)

Brian Lee is the research and analysis executive director responsible for the Asian market report of Chemical Market Analytics, focusing on the market analysis of benzene and styrene. He also contributes to various market advisory publications and supports consulting activities. Brian has a distinguished career spanning almost 30 years in the petrochemical industry. He is based in Singapore.

Nicole Johnson is Deputy Editor of Aromatics Petrochemicals in the Americas at Argus Media. She has spent the last fifteen years as a reporter and analyst pricing and analyzing aromatics markets — including related feedstocks upstream and solvents, intermediates and polymers downstream. She possesses a cumulative tenure at Argus of ten years. She graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and studied briefly at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Nicole is based in Houston, Texas.

Suzi Shin has been overseeing the development of Argus’ business across various markets in South Korea, since the Seoul office opened in November 2022. These range from renewable energies to petrochemicals. Suzi has been with Argus since 2019 and holds over a decade’s worth of experience in the petrochemical market. She was previously covering the aromatics market at Argus’ Singapore office and before joining Argus, she led a petrochemical desk and covered paper and physical trading at a Singapore-based brokerage firm.

Divya Shah is a Lead Specialist, Price Reporting within the Asia Chemicals team at S&P Global Commodity Insights. She heads the coverage of sustainable chemicals in India and is proficient in covering polymers, solvents, and intermediates. In addition to recycled polymers, Divya currently covers the Indian polyvinyl chloride market. Divya has been instrumental in the launch of several recycled polymer price markers for the recycled polymer market in India. This is Divya’s second tenure at Commodity Insights; during her first, she contributed to the price group operations, ensuring the robustness and integrity of Platts price assessments.

Alvin is the APAC Lead for Inorganics and Vinyls at S&P Global. He has spoken at numerous international conferences and served as a trainer for paid workshops. He managed strategic marketing at Avery Dennison and served as the chief advisor on APAC market intelligence at Braskem. He also performed business development in solvents and kickstarted a recycling venture.

At SABIC, Alvin was the global lead for polypropylene market intelligence, and he conducted market studies for several multi-billion dollars projects. In IHS/CMAI, he was Principal Analyst covering Aromatics. Alvin began his career as an R&D engineer.

Alvin has an EMBA (Distinction) and Honours in Chemical Engineering.

Jonathan Chou focuses on analysis, pricing, and forecasting on market trends in the chlor-alkali chain products: polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene dichloride (EDC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and caustic soda. He has been with ICIS since 2018.
Jonathan has spoken at multiple key conferences in Asia covering the regional chlor-alkali and vinyl markets, including the ICIS & Tecnon OrbiChem World Chlor-Alkali Conference, the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference, the China International Chlor-Alkali Conference, Vietnamplas, Vinyl India and more.
Jonathan holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and media studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Gordon specializes in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), and ethylene dichloride (EDC) markets in Asia and the Indian subcontinent. He has over 12 years of experience and an in-depth understanding of the vinyls industry. Within the Asia region, Gordon works closely with chlor-alkali and vinylsindustry participants. He provides regional market coverage for Asia and the Indian subcontinent in the Global Vinyls Report. Gordon has in-depth experience and understanding of Asian EDC and VCM trade dynamics and provides strategy analyses for regional vinyls market participants. He is based in Singapore.

Utkarsh is working as Lead Olefins Consultant - Asia, based out of Argus Mumbai Office. Currently he is focussing on olefins & polyolefins market analytics products (i.e. short term and long term), promoting thought leadership & business development activities for expanding petrochemicals business in Asia region by engaging with key industry stakeholders. He comes with around 14 years of enriching & diverse experience in Market Analytics, Business development, Consulting, Operations, Technology & Technical Services across Refinery & Petrochemicals value chain during his previous roles at Reliance Industries Limited & Honeywell UOP. He is a chemical engineer from L.D College of Enginerring, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad.

Sun Nan serves as the Project Deputy Director of the Consulting Division at China National Chemical Information Center. With over ten years of experience in the chemical industry and a decade in consulting, he specializes in chlor-alkali and energy chemical fields. In chlor-alkali, he focuses on market analysis, technological development, and circular economy models for products like caustic soda and PVC. In energy chemicals, his work covers new energy applications, CCUS, and bio-based materials, supporting the low-carbon transition under the "dual-carbon" goals. He has led or contributed to nearly a hundred consulting projects and frequently presents at high-level industry forums, promoting policy research and practical advancements in petrochemical circular economy and green technologies.

Anthony is a veteran in the petrochemicals and oil products market analytics field, with a current research focus on C4 olefins and their associated derivatives markets. Prior to joining S&P Commodity Insights, Anthony held various positions at FACTS Global Energy, Chemical Market Analytics, IHS Markit and S&P Global Platts, covering a wide range of products across value chains — from light to heavy distillates, olefins, aromatics, to synthetic fibers. He is an expert in fundamental analysis, supply and demand modeling, product prices forecasting and analyzing trade flows. Anthony has extensive industry experience from his time in multiple roles at ExxonMobil, which included feedstock planning, product optimization and manufacturing economics for integrated refining and petrochemical complexes. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from the National University of Singapore, as well a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from Northumbria University.

Fumiko has more than 20 years of experience in chemicals market coverage and currently the manager of Asia olefins team since early 2025. Fumiko joined Platts in 2003 as an oil reporter, covering gasoline, bunker fuel, LPG and Japan's domestic oil product markets. After she moved to Asian Petrochemical Team in 2005, she covered a wide range of products, such as olefins, polyolefins, intermediates as well as aromatics. Her main focus now is butadiene and synthetic rubber. Fumiko graduated from the University of Leeds and received a master’s degree in politics. She is now based in Singapore, after working in Tokyo and London.

Ms. Ann Sun is a Senior Analyst at ICIS, based out of Shanghai, China. She has 15 years’ experience in commodity industry, specializes in the analysis of olefin, synthetic rubber and methanol sectors.
She joined ICIS in 2014 and has engaged in multiple-clients services including price forecasts, and single client services including market/competitive intelligence, feasibility study.
Ann works on ICIS Supply & Demand Database for a range of products, including olefins and elastomers, methanol & derivatives, globally with a focus on Asia.
Ann has been a speaker at APIC and several other seminars in Asia and Europe.

As senior editor at ICIS, Ai Teng has had nearly seven years of experience in price discovery work for the Asian petrochemical markets.
Her key focus since the 2020’s has been on butadiene and derivative products including synthetic rubbers and elastomers.
Before taking on this portfolio, Ai Teng has also worked similarly for other petrochemical families, from polyurethanes, styrenics to propylene derivatives.

Anthonyhas over 20 years of experience in the petrochemical industry, mainly in the olefins business but also in chloralkali and aromatics.
Within the Asia region, he works closely with petrochemical, oil and financial industries, bringing support and guidance throughout the petrochemical chain. He is currently the service leader for the Asia C4 weekly report and contributes to the global outlook for C4 and elastomer reports. He is based in Singapore.

Angie Joe, vice president at Argus Media, leads the butadiene and crude C4 service. Her responsibilities include the price outlooks as well as supply/demand/trade balances. Angie’s expertise of almost two decades spans the entire value chain — from market analysis and forecasting to corporate development and project execution. Her previous roles include power provider and generator Entergy and Fusion Brokerage.

Huiping Gong is a Project Manager at the China National Chemical Information Center. With nine years in chemical consulting, she focuses on petrochemicals and new materials, holding deep expertise in C4 utilization—from feedstock optimization to high-value derivatives like butadiene, butyl rubber, and polyisobutylene. Her research spans ethylene, propylene, and aromatics chains. She has led over 50 strategic planning and investment analysis projects, including industry research and feasibility studies, supporting investment decisions for major petrochemical enterprises

Ms. Xiaodong Zhang is Aromatics Director for S&P Chemical insights. She and her team are responsible to analyze and report on Aromatics market developments, engage with the industry across key trends and to deliver concise insights across the commodity chemical chains. She focusses on PX/PTA /polyester industry value chain research in Asia, especially in Great China.

Xiaodong has been in petroleum and petrochemical industry for almost 3 decades. She started her career in Sinopec and has comprehensive experience in refinery and petrochemical complex which including areas of operation, technical management, engineering and planning etc. After Sinopec, she worked for 3 years with Shenghong Group, a leading private petrochemical company in China for establishment of new PTA and polyester projects and witnessed the quick development of Chinese private enterprises. Before joining S&P, she worked in Petrochemical business of BP for 16 years in various commercial roles, including market analysis and strategy, product sales, commodity procurement and trading etc.

Senior Price Reporter, Asia Chemicals. Haitian is covering the PX and PTA value chain and has experience across other aromatics markets such as benzene and the Styrenics value chain. Prior to S&P Global, Haitian worked in commercial operations and pricing analytics at ExxonMobil and Neste. Haitian holds a B. Eng degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Samuel Wong is a market specialist, overlooking the aromatics and PTA value chain within Asia. He is mainly in charge of the price reports of both the Asian PX and PTA markets and has been with the company for 6 years and counting.
Within the fibre intermediates chain, he has over 10 years of experience, with some time being spent at Koch Supply & Trading.
Samuel handles the daily price movements and developments in the PX and PTA sectors, identifying changes in market from policy changes, trade flow, and operational status of production facilities.
He also participates in regular engagement with ICIS’s clients, with customised presentations on overview and outlook papers.

Darryl is a principal with ICIS Analytics, based out of Singapore.
He has over 20 years of experience in the Petrochemicals and Refining space having worked across the areas of Process Engineering, Supply Chain, Optimisation and Coordination, Business Planning, Analytics and Consulting.
Daryl has extensive analytics and consulting experience delivering market assessments, long-term supply-demand outlooks, and price forecasts for petrochemical feedstocks, aromatics and olefins markets globally.
He specializes in basic chemicals and refinery-chemicals integration. He managed the integrated benzene and paraxylene market research over 12 years in Wood Mackenzie Singapore, while working closely with diverse teams across refining research and consulting.
He led a major research project linking Wood Mackenzie’s Refinery tools with petrochemical asset modelling to develop the Refinery-Chemicals Evaluation Model which allows a holistic view of crude oil to chemicals analysis. He also helped to develop Wood Mackenzie’s long-term petrochemical feedstock analysis, covering NGLs, LPG, naphtha and circular feedstocks.
Daryl started his career at ExxonMobil Chemicals, taking on roles in process engineering, project start-up and chemical tanker logistics. He spent several years in site optimisation and coordination, covering feedstocks and products ranging from crude oil and naphtha to aromatics, olefins and solvents. After numerous roles in manufacturing, spent several years as Asia Pacific Regional Business Planner for the Aromatics business, where he was involved in corporate planning and capital project evaluation.
Daryl has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore

Alan currently leads the China aromatics team with primary research coverage on EO/EG, BTX, and SM value chains. Before joining Chemicals Consulting, he was involved in aromatics and fibers research in Asia, primarily responsible for PET Bottle Resin for Asia, Polyester Fiber, PTA, MEG, Phenol, and Acetone for China. Alan is based in Shanghai, China.

Ashish Kulkarni joined Argus in August 2024 as lead aromatics consultant for Asia and is based in Mumbai. He has 26 years of experience in the petrochemicals industry, of which 19 years are with Reliance Industries Limited. He has long experience in sales and marketing of petrochemicals, raw materials procurement and business strategy.
He handled profit and loss responsibilities in positions such as chief operating officer and business head over the last decade, for large markets like PTA, ethylene glycols/ ethylene oxide and ammonia. He successfully handled significant capacity expansions during the course of his career.
He is a Chemical Engineer from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and holds an MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

Ms. Joyce Lee is the Director of Asia Olefins & Derivatives at S&P Global Energy. She leads research and analysis of market trends and developments, delivering insights across the olefin value chains. With 20 years of experience spanning research, sales, marketing, and business development, Joyce brings strong cross‑industry expertise. Prior to joining S&P Global Energy, she worked at CMA in Singapore, focusing on Asian propylene derivatives. Earlier, she held overseas sales and business development roles at Hanwha Solutions in Korea, covering PE, PVC, Chlor‑Alkali, and C3/C5 value chain products across diverse end‑use markets, including automotive, construction, coatings, adhesives, and consumer goods applications across the global markets.

Eshwar Yennigalla is a Sr Principal Analyst, Asia MX and Toluene at S&P Global Energy. Eshwar is responsible for refinery petrochemical simulations and forecasts, developing models for short-term and long-term petrochemical outlooks, production cost analysis tools and contributes to the development new analytics products. He extensively covers the global aromatics value chains and is a regular speaker at petrochemical forums.

Since joining S&P Global Energy (SPGE), Eshwar moved to Singapore to cover global petrochemical analysis and promote SPGE’s analytics footprint in Asia, after an earlier spell in Houston. He earned his Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Houston and has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
is part of the Global Petrochemical Feedstocks Team, with a key focus on the Asian and Middle Eastern naphtha markets. Before joining S&P Global, he gained extensive experience at various research firms, covering both petrochemical and refined product markets. Additionally, Aaron has held several corporate roles within the industry, further broadening his expertise.
He is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), holds an MSc in Applied Finance from the Singapore Management University and has a Chemical Engineering degree from the National University of Singapore.

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Xiaomengis an experienced researcher with a strong track-record working experience in the industrial sectors spanning from petrochemical markets, and specialty chemical industries to energy and fuel industries. Xiaomeng's current focuses are on methanol-related industries, and is skilled in project assessment, building and implementing business strategies, and creating economic models. She is based in Beijing, China.

Becky Zhang works for Argus as the Lead Consultant in the Asia Methanol market. Her primary focus lies in offering in-depth market expertise and expanding new business across the Asia-Pacific region. With over 20 years of experience in Asia petrochemical industry, Becky Zhang has profound knowledge and insights into the industry, particularly in Asia and China’s olefins and methanol markets. On top of the fossil world, she launched Argus’s biomethanol reporting services in Asia from scratch and leads a dedicated editorial team to build up solid industry networks in this new market and achieved extensive market attractions. Becky is a regular speaker at various international industrial events. She previously held the position of Argus Editorial Manager in Shanghai, leading a team of 18 specialized market analysts across wide commodity industries.

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David Hanna is the Vice President of Business Development for North Asia and the General Manager of Argus Japan, based in Tokyo. He has 30 years of experience analyzing the energy and petrochemical markets. Before joining Argus in 2018, Mr. Hanna spent almost 20 years at Platts in Tokyo and seven years at ICIS. David earned an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell, and also spend a year as an exchange student in China at the Beijing Foreign Studies University from 1985 to 1986. David hails from Dallas, Texas.

Sophie Su is covering Methanol and Derivatives in Asia Pacific Region within S&P Energy chemical team. Her prime responsibilities include analyzing methanol and derivatives' market trends, interacting with industrial experts for intelligence and data collection, and providing insights and advisory services to clients.
Sophie joined S&P global in 2024. Prior to that, she worked for Methanex, where she had gone through a variety of positions including Marketing, Supply Chain. Commercial activities, etc. Sophie holds a master degree of Finance from Zhejiang University.

Esther Ng is S&P Global Energy’s Global Methanol Lead, responsible for Asian methanol market coverage and leading a global team spanning London, Houston, and India. She previously covered bunker fuel, biodiesel and ethanol at Platts.

Helen leads on global plastic circularity within ICIS, managing a global team of analysts focused on recycled polymer markets. She has over 25 years’ experience in consultancy, and for the past 20 years focused on recycled polymers with a specialty in PET within ICIS and Wood Mackenzie (previously PCI).
Prior to joining ICIS Helen developed supply demand data and forecasts for recycled PET markets, including collection, recycling, and end use of recycled PET products and price forecasting. She has been responsible for coverage of recycled PET market including price discovery, analysis of market and regulatory developments. Helen has delivered multiple custom studies in the recycling area, assisting investment and strategy development for parties within the recycled polymer value chain.

Bala is Vice President of APAC Consulting at ICIS, supporting businesses in addressing long-term challenges and enabling strategic decision-making through bespoke consulting engagements.
His work spans refining and petrochemicals, alongside emerging sustainability and plastics circularity initiatives. With deep industry expertise, strong senior-level client relationships, and proven commercial acumen, Bala has led and delivered a wide range of projects, including investment evaluations, market assessments, strategic portfolio reviews, cost competitiveness analyses, project financials and economic viability studies, as well as scenario and sensitivity analyses.
He is a regular speaker at leading industry events, including APIC, and always keen to exchange market insights with industry stakeholders.

Malini Hariharan, a seasoned leader in the chemicals industry, heads ICIS's market strategy team. With over 25 years of industry experience, she is currently responsible for identifying growth opportunities, delivering value to ICIS customers and supporting them in their evolving growth strategies.

Malini has a deep understanding of the chemicals market landscape across Asia and the Middle East. She regularly presents and chairs at conferences around the world, sharing valuable data-led insights on markets and industry trends.

She previously spearheaded content development for ICIS training courses and oversaw delivery of specialised petrochemical training programmes globally.

Based in Singapore, Timo is VP Business Development for Chemicals in Asia and the Middle East for Argus Media. He brings 15 years of commercial experience in the petrochemicals sector, which he gained across multiple roles starting at the independent chemicals company Helm AG in Germany. Timo moved to Singapore in 2015 as the Regional Manager Chemicals for Helm Asia and served as Head of Chemicals at thyssenkrupp Materials Trading. He was a Senior Trader at Integra Petrochemicals covering the liquid intermediates portfolio prior to joining Argus. Over the years, he has handled distribution, marketing, logistics, and trading activities across various products and acquired valuable insight into the petrochemicals sector in Asia and globally. Timo holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Louisville.