9th Asian Petrochemicals Markets Conference

Renato T. Goebel holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Escola de Engenharia Maua (EEM), postgraduate in Administration at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) in Brazil and an MBA from Marshall School of Business – USC in USA together with Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China. He worked in several multinational companies such as Embraer, Klabin and Votorantim group. Started his carrier in Brazil in the procurement and supply chain area, moving to China on 2007 to open Votorantim International’s office in Shanghai. He joined Braskem in 2016 as Asia Commercial Manager for the Chemical business unit, based in Singapore. Under his leadership, Asia market relevance and importance grew inside Braskem and currently is looking for opportunities through strategic projects to strengthen the company’s presence in Asia. He is Braskem´s head of Asia Market for Chemicals since May 2018 and supporting the Feedstock and Chemicals Recycle teams since 2020.

Elif has 13 years of global experience in China, US, Turkey and Germany. Prior to her current experience with polycarbonate engineering plastics, she worked in PwC Istanbul as a consultant & auditor for banking and capital markets industry, took various roles in Bayer China, as well as in Covestro. She is currently located in Covestro polycarbonates global headquarters office in Shanghai. Elif holds a master degree of International Business from Cologne University in Germany and can speak Chinese.

Stephen has over 42 years of experience in the oil and gas, refining and petrochemical business in a number of roles. He originally started his working life for a Schlumberger company as a mud logger, in oil and gas exploration and production before moving on to the selling of refining process chemical aids for Nalco Chemical. He worked for 3 years Jubail Saudi Arabia in the refining and petrochemical complexes. After joining Evonik he worked for 8 years in the Sales and Marketing of C4 products in Europe and North America, and for 9 years in the Global Projects group. He is now working as a Feedstock and Petrochemical Technologies Manager for Evonik Performance Materials. This involves all aspects of base chemical feedstocks and technologies for the production of feedstocks, olefins and aromatics and his experience is used across the company. Stephen is a regular speaker at conferences and has a unique insight into oil and gas production, refining, and olefins production.

Kamlesh Parwani enjoys dual role within EQUATE Petrochemicals , that of a Global Marketing and a Regional Commercial Director. A Petrochemical Engineer and Masters in Marketing by qualification, Mr. Parwani has had an illustrious career with Dow Chemical from 2005 to 2011 managing their Licensing Technology Business for the MEIP Region and various Global Marketing assignments in the Personal Care, Food and Pharmaceutical industry before joining MEGlobal in 2011.

MEGlobal is a wholly owned subsidiary of EQUATE and a world leader in manufacturing and marketing of EG globally supplying more than 4 Million tons across the world. With over two decades of managing and working with teams of diverse cultures and geographies, Kamlesh ‘s managerial skills and customer centricity has been widely recognized worldwide.

Mathew George is Head of Petrochemicals Exports at Indian Oil Corporation in Mumbai. An Indian Oil veteran of 30 years, he is a mechanical engineer from the University of Kerala and has an MBA in finance from XLRI. He has a postgraduate diploma in brand management from Ashridge Business School in the UK. He is an alumnus of the Calvert School Baltimore in the US and India’s Lawrence School, and is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a member of the Aeronautical Society of India.

Mathew has held a number of key assignments at Indian Oil, including heading the polymer marketing group, heading the lubricants group at subsidiary company Lanka IOC in Colombo, and assignments spread across many locations in the lubricants and aviation departments. In the field of Petrochemicals, he has handles polymers, PX, PTA, benzene, LAB, glycols, and butadiene business. A well-known supply chain and ERP/CRM expert and analyst, he also has core experience in ship chartering for chemicals and petroleum.

Mathew has been a regular speaker at international conferences in the areas of petrochemicals feedstocks, polymers, ERP, CRM, detergents and benzene. He has also been a guest faculty at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, taking the course Business in a World Without Borders – Bridging the Cultural and Linguistic Divide.

John Archer leads feedstocks business development for INEOS Trading & Shipping, including Ethane and LPG. INEOS led the development of US ethane exports to supply its European gas crackers plus 3rd parties with its highly recognisable fleet of “Dragon” vessels. Our network continues to expand with a planned new world-scale ethane cracker in Antwerp. John is based in Switzerland with 20yrs experience in the chemical industry, prior to joining INEOS he held various commercial roles at Procter & Gamble Chemicals. INEOS Trading & Shipping supplies petrochemical feedstocks to INEOS plants and 3rd party customers worldwide.

Tae-Yoon Kim is a senior energy analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) based in Paris. Working in the Energy Supply and Investment Outlook Division, he leads the IEA’s analysis on oil refining, trade and petrochemicals in its flagship publication, the World Energy Outlook (WEO). The WEO is recognised as one of the world’s most authoritative sources for long-term strategic analysis of global energy trends. Prior to joining the IEA, he dealt with a wide range of issues around infrastructure finance in developing economies at the World Bank. He also assumed a senior manager role at Accenture's energy practice, specializing in corporate strategy, new business development and M&A. Tae-Yoon holds a Master's degree from Columbia University with a concentration in Global Energy Management and Policy.

She has over 20 years of experience in both Thailand and International Polymer Sales. Her present roles include initiating and implementing petrochemical marketing strategies , logistic management, customer satisfaction enhancement, and petrochemical product management. The petrochemical product includes, Polyolefin ; PP , Compound PP , HDPE and Styrenic ABS, SAN, EPS , PS .

Her career in petrochemical business has been started and focused on International Polymer business and extended to Thailand, covering various applications; Packaging, Hygiene, Appliance, automotive, and marketing strategies at the present. She also supports different projects for IRPC on any newly expansion, product development both commodity and specialty products, and product portfolio management.

Mr. Patrick Henry C. Go is the President and Chief Executive Officer of JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation and JG Summit Olefins Corporation, collectively known as JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG). JGSPG is the largest petrochemicals investment in the Philippines and is wholly owned by one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines, JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGSHI). Mr. Go has over two decades of experience in the petrochemicals business, having joined JGSPG in 1997, after spending the first seven years of his career with JG Summit’s textiles business. In JGSPG, he has served various functions within the areas of operations, logistics, procurement and sales, prior to moving on to his present role in 2015.

Currently, Mr. Go is overseeing the completion of the ongoing expansion of the JG Summit Petrochemical Complex, which will include new aromatics and C4’s extraction units and increase olefins and polymers production capacities. He also holds several positions within the other businesses of the JG Summit conglomerate, including for the food and beverage company and its packaging businesses, for the real estate and property development company, and for the commercial banking services. Also the Chairman of the Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines, Mr. Go is a staunch advocate for the continued growth and development of the local petrochemicals and industrial manufacturing sectors.

Tony runs Macquarie’s energy sales & origination business for Greater China, with extensive background in oil and petrochemical markets. Tony has spent over 12 years in the commodities sector with a strong focus on providing corporate hedging and risk management solutions in the energy space. He has also been involved in a few strategic structured finance transactions in the region. He has previously held energy marketing roles at Morgan Stanley and Barclays Bank.

Over the past 25 years, Mr. Chatterton has worked at the executive level across the energy, shipping, transportation, renewables and chemical sectors, where he has been responsible for creating strategy, fundraising, restructuring, crisis management and operations for both startups and multinationals. Prior to joining MI as COO, Mr. Chatterton managed the energy assets for a vertically integrated, leading European family office with an annual turnover of USD 5 bln and core interests in gas, fertilizer & chemical production.

Chris has led numerous funding rounds for energy and agricultural projects with many successful exits, to include three public offerings in addition to numerous cross-border private placements and is active in the start-up space as a mentor and founder. Mr. Chatterton is fluent in Russian and holds an EMBA from HEC Paris.

Mark is the founder, owner and managing director of Methanol Market Services Asia Pte Ltd, (MMSA) a company providing market and techno-commercial advisory services to the global methanol and associated petrochemicals industry. In this role, Mark manages a global team of experienced market consultants in developing several multi- and single-client analyses of the methanol and derivatives markets.

Mark began his career in 1985 with Shell Development Company in Houston, TX where he obtained several US and international patents. In 1990, he became a Market Development Manager for Shell Chemical Company. In 1996, he joined the global petrochemical consultancy CMAI, where he was Managing Director of Asian operations after establishing its office in Singapore in 1998. Mark also contributed to CMAI’s methanol practice while in Singapore. In 2004, Mark founded MMSA. MMSA is the only global methanol consultancy headquartered in Asia, dedicated to solving the commercial and technical issues of its clients, and offering several multiclient products, including the world-renowned Methanol and Derivatives Analysis, China Methanol Monthly Analysis, and Methanol Weekly Analysis. Increasingly, the use of methanol in energy applications has broadened the firm’s expertise in gasoline, methanol to olefins, dimethyl ether, diesel, and biofuels markets across the world.

Jeroen Verhoeven, Vice President Production Partner Management at Neste Renewable Polymers and Chemicals: Jeroen is highly driven by the purpose of building a healthier future for our children. With his team he builds strong partnerships and aligns value chains to bring sustainable solutions to the Chemicals and Polymers market. Jeroen started his career at DSM and held several leadership positions at GE Bayer Silicones, Momentive and Hexion. Jeroen holds an MSc degree in Mechanical engineering and Management Science and completed the executive Global ONEMBA.

Jeff is President and CEO of Novomer. Jeff most recently served as President and CEO for Sirrus, Inc., the leading developer of methylene malonate technology. At Sirrus, he led a successful sale process to Nippon Shokubai and managed engineering, intellectual property, and commercial activities. Uhrig also served as vice president of corporate development at Elevance Renewable Sciences and was vice president in the clean technology investment banking group at Piper Jaffray & Co.

Jeff holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and an MBA and Master of Engineering Management with Distinction from the Kellogg School of Management and the McCormick School of Applied Sciences at Northwestern University, respectively.

Yogesh Mehta (59) CEO Petrochem Middle East has a lot to smile about. Petrochem is the largest chemical distributor in the Middle East and Africa and 11th in the world. With offices worldwide and state-of-the-art chemical storage terminals in the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The company grew from strength to strength, and it’s now a billion-dollar company that exports more than 1,000,000 metric tonnes (MT) of products worldwide, with revenues in excess of US$ 1.4 billion in 2018.

With more than 26 years of experience in the Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical industry, Rajesh has been involved in various functions in Project Design Engineering & Execution, Operations, and Acquisitions. He has been with Reliance Industries for nearly 20 years initially at Jamnagar Refinery in its Fluidised Catalytic Cracker (FCC) Unit during the commissioning & operation stage. Subsequently, he moved to Petrochemical Businesses in Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) and is currently heading the (Olefins) Cracker Business. He also has brief exposure to upstream energy business and execution of Merger and Acquisition deals in Oil & Gas and Mining Business in Latin America.

Mr. Janardhanan Ramanujalu (JR) is Vice President & Regional Head for SABIC South Asia, Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) since 2012. In his current role, he leads the region of South Asia comprising the Indian Sub-continent, South East Asian countries and ANZ. He also leads SABIC Boards in India, South East Asia and SABIC Asia Pacific Board as Chairman. A native of India, JR is based in Gurugram/Delhi NCR and responsible for the growth of SABIC through close partnerships and collaboration with industry, government and other stakeholders across South Asia, ASEAN & ANZ. In addition, he is the focal point for business development activities for SABIC in South Asia Region as well as governance of all legal entities in the region.

10 years in commercial management and 5+ years working in financial markets with 3 years specifically focused global methanol flows and futures market development. SCB are the first responders in a variety of new futures markets and have been the market leader for methanol futures Europe. Last year we made an entry into the Asian methanol market via our Singapore offices which are currently involved in a variety of Energy and agricultural markets already. This is a smooth transition as we currently already work with the world’s largest buyers seller’s and traders of methanol.

William Prajogo is Associate Director and Product Manager for Petrochemicals, Freight and Electricity at SGX. He is responsible for the development of commodities derivative products, from market research, product design to industry education, driving the products’ adoption and sustained growth. He was also part of several digital platform projects, such as the online electricity procurement platform as well as the OTC trade registration system. William holds degrees in electrical engineering and business.

Started his career as a production engineer in Sipchem, involved with the operational teams who executed the commissioning and the expansion project for both the Sipchem Chemicals Company (SCC) and the International Diol Company (IDC). AlOhali then assumed a leadership role in the Strategy and Business Development department initiating the corporate strategy, new business development and M&A while leading cross functional teams of Legal, Finance, Marketing and Technical members. AlOhali is now Manager of the Strategy and Business Development department.. AlOhali also sits on several boards in the private industry sector. A chemical engineer graduate from Oregon State University (2010) and a holder of a master’s degree in business administration from University of Portland (2012) and has also completed numerous certifications and programs including Certified Investment Financing Professional (CIFP).

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan is the Global Head for Petrochemicals Trading for Total and oversees teams in Singapore, Shanghai, Geneva, and Houston. He started as a Technical Service Engineer in Singapore and, after multiple roles, moved to the USA to manage Styrene and Aromatics businesses for the Americas. He later moved to Hong Kong to start up the Petrochemical marketing and trading activity for Asia in 2012. He has been with the company for 24 years and is now based in Singapore, managing the global trading activities and price risk management for Petrochemicals.