Commodities Week Middle East - list of speakers

Through 15 years of experience, H.E. Maryam Buti Al Suwaidi has held several leadership positions with major focus on organizational development and quality improvement in various industries. In the domain of legal experience H.E worked in the Ministry of Education and Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She was also a lecturer at the...

Dr. Anas Alhajji joined NGP Energy Capital Management as Chief Economist in 2008. He leads the firm’s macro-analysis of the oil, natural gas and related markets as well as the overall economic environment. In addition to his work at NGP, he is a noted author and a regular contributor to national and international publications and academic...

Taraneh is responsible for the Commodities business in Dubai within the Securities Division. Prior to relocating to Dubai in 2011, she was responsible for European Corporate Energy Sales within Commodities in London. Taraneh joined Goldman Sachs in 2004 and was named managing director in 2009. Prior to joining the firm, Taraneh worked at TXU...

Askari has over 20 years financial markets experience, with an emphasis on alternative investments. Prior to FourWinds, Askari managed a private client portfolio comprising traditional and alternative investments at Cantab Capital Management. He helped set up and co-manage the Analytical Proprietary Trading Group at UBS in New York, developing...

Sean joined EIS Asset Management (the asset management arm of Emirates NBD Bank) in March 2008 as Head of Investment Funds, where he is responsible for multi-manager fund of funds across a range of asset classes and regions. Before that he was Head of Hedge Funds and International Equities at Gulf Investment Corporation in Kuwait. Sean has 8 years ...

Hwa Erh-Cheng devoted his earlier professional career to econometric research of the U.S. economy at Cornell University, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and SRI International. In 1977, he joined the research department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an economist and developed analytical schemes to stabilize export earnings...

Mr. John T. Hyland, CFA is the Chief Investment Officer for United States Commodity Funds (USCF). USCF is a sponsor and manager of a family of exchange traded commodity funds, including the United States Oil Fund (ticker: USO), the United States Natural Gas Fund (ticker: UNG), the United States Commodity Index Fund (ticker: USCI), and six other...

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...

Amaury holds a PhD from MIT in Engineering and Applied Mathematics and an MSc and BSc from PUC Rio. Prior to Vision Brazil Investments, his professional experience included: (1) Founding Partner and CIO of Capitania Asset & Risk Management; (2) Managing Director, Head Trader, and Treasurer for Bank of America in Brazil; (3) Head of Brazilian FX...

Matthew's career in precious metals spans over 30 years starting out on the industrial side at Johnson Matthey and Engelhard in London before moving over to the banking side in 1991 with JPMorgan where he was to spend his next 10 years. Since then his specialties have included Platinum group metals and central bank coverage. In 2005 he joined...

Seth Kleinman is Head of Energy Strategy within the Global Commodities Research team, covering all aspects of global oil and gas markets. Seth has spent the last 15 years in the energy markets as an analyst, trader and researcher. He started his career as a market analyst at PFC Energy in Washington DC, then moved into physical and proprietary...

Jarmo Kotilaine joined the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of Saudi Arabia as its Chief Economist in November 2010. Prior to that, since 2008, he had served as Chief Economist of NCB Capital, the investment arm of the NCB Group. Dr Kotilaine has built a high profile amongst the GCC business community and with the regional and international media. ...

Jason Lejonvarn joined Hermes in July 2009 as a Strategist in Commodities. Previously Jason launched BGI’s commodity fund and co-authored: “The Commodity Risk Premium” and “What Makes A Good Commodity Index.” Before moving to Hermes, Jason worked at BGI for 5 years. Initially as a strategist in their solutions team and then as Head of...

Jawad has 6 years of experience in the investment management industry. He has been with QInvest for over 2 years as a Portfolio Manager. He works as part of a team that is responsible for managing public equity investments in global and Middle East markets. He has previously worked with Rasmala Investments in Dubai and with CIBC Mellon in...

Ed Morse is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Research at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. in New York. He previously held similar positions at Lehman Brothers, Louis Capital Markets and Credit Suisse. Widely cited in the media, he is a contributor to journals such as Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, the New York Times, The Wall...

Gerhard Schubert is Head of Precious Metals at Emirates NBD, where he leads the bank’s global mandate in this key sector. Prior to this, Schubert was with Fortis Nederland, now ABN AMRO Nederland, as Global Head of Precious Metals. He joined Fortis Nederland following a brief stint at INTL Commodities, where he served as Head of Precious Metals...

Farouk Soussa is Citi’s Chief Economist for the Middle East, responsible for macro-surveillance of the GCC (gulf) and Levant (Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq) region. Farouk is based in Dubai and joined Citi from Standard & Poor’s where he was the head of Government Ratings for the Middle East and Africa (2004-2010). Farouk started his career at the Bank of ...

Dr. Jon Thorn is a founder/director of the India Capital Fund, which is amongst the longest-standing India only Funds with a 17-year track record of significant index and peer group out-performance. As recognition of its outperformance, in 2011, the fund was voted “Best India Fund of the Year” by Eurekahedge and Winner of the Excellence in...

Mr Alexander Troxler Aaroe is Investment Director of NEF Asset Management (NEF) in Oslo, Norway. NEF manages several funds focusing on energy and commodities. Before his current position, he was formerly CEO of Hasenbichler Asset Management, a hedge fund/managed futures firm based in London, Vienna and Bahamas. Before his career in the alternative ...

Malcolm Wall Morris, a commodity and derivatives expert with over 16 years experience in the physical commodity and exchange sectors, brings with him a wealth of strategic development skills and market knowledge. Before joining DMCC in November, 2009, Malcolm spent two years as CEO of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and...