Speakers

The Mercenary Geologist Michael S. “Mickey” Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with a B.Sc. Earth Sciences with honor from the University of Tulsa, and M.Sc. Geology from the University of New Mexico. Mickey has 35 years experience as an exploration geologist and analyst searching for economic deposits of base and precious...

Helyette GEMAN is Director of the Commodity Finance Centre at the University of London and Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University. She is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure in Mathematics, holds a Masters degree in Theoretical Physics and a PhD in Probability from the University Pierre et Marie Curie; a PhD in Finance from the...

Mr. Kazuhiko Inaba is a Senior Chief Manager at the Frontier Strategy Planning and Support Division of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB). Before coming to the current division, he had been in charge of JDR Business in the Transfer Agency Division. His contribution led to the successful listing of The Japan Physical Precious...

Stuart Kirk is currently the global head of the Financial Times’ esteemed Lex column, which delivers agenda-setting commentary on business and finance. He is also an associate editor at the paper. Stuart joined the Financial Times in London as a Lex writer in 2006. He relocated to New York in 2008 as the column’s US editor before being appointed...

Michael is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Commodities Research at Deutsche Bank based in London. Michael's group analyses the macro fundamental forces driving commodity markets with the ultimate aim of delivering directional, curve and volatility trading strategies with particular focus on the global energy, precious...

Shayne McGuire manages the $800 million GBI Gold Fund and is the Head of Global Research at Teacher Retirement System of Texas, one of the world’s largest pension funds. Prior to holding these positions, Mr. McGuire managed a $2 billion European equity portfolio and was ranked among the best Latin American analysts by Institutional Investor in...

Nilesh is a Chartered Accountant and started his career in capital markets in year 2000 at Anand Rathi Securities and then moved on to HDFC Securities in same role. He has been with ICICI Bank since last 11 years of which last 6 years have been with ICICI Bank Private Banking. His expertise lies in investment research & advisory, asset allocation...

Ms. Puah Ser Sze is the Director of Investment Services, Malaysia and is responsible for Towers Watson’s investment services business. She provides investment advice to government/public funds, endowments, corporate surplus, social security, pension funds and insurance funds on a variety of investment issues. Her clients span ASEAN and the Middle...

Lionel Semonin is the founder of Singapore based Four Elements Capital and the portfolio manager of its flagship “Earth Element” commodity fund. The Fund is a long-short systematic fund based on both fundamental and market analytics, the fund invests, through futures, in up to 30 commodities across Energy, Metals and Agriculture. Prior to this...

Desmond Sheehy (CIO) is the co-founder of Duxton Asset Management. Prior to joining Duxton, Desmond worked for DeAM Asia from July 2005-April 2009, where he was the Head of the Complex Asset Investments Team, raising approximately USD 600 MN worth of assets and launching 3 funds. In addition to providing fiduciary oversight and managing the...

Mr. Greg Smith is the Managing Director of Global Commodities Limited and has over 25 years' experience in the commodity futures industry. After completing a trade certificate in 1980, he travelled to London where he was an accounts clerk at the International Commodities Clearing House. He returned to Australia in 1984 to gain a finance...

Jason spearheads the capital markets division of Stamford Management, an established Asian family office. In addition to structuring customized wealth management solutions for clients and their businesses; Jason also manages the esoteric Iridium Alpha Fund which invests in pan-Asian cyclical equities with a relevance to upstream and downstream...

Lionel Yeo CAIA℠ is currently a partner of Wesvault, a boutique upstream oil and gas commercial consulting firm. Specializing in South East Asia and Australia, Wesvault advises large oil companies, small-mid independents and private equity investors. Mr. Yeo has extensive experience in alternative investments and runs the alternative investment...