A New World Order: Why Oil Prices Went Negative and Will It Happen Again?

PAUL HORSNELL

Head of Commodities Research

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

Paul is the Global Head of Commodities Research and is based in London. His team covers the key metals and energy markets, with analysts based in Singapore, New York and London. He joined Standard Chartered in 2013. Paul was previously Head of Commodities Research at Barclays, and Head of Energy Research at JPMorgan. Prior to becoming a financial analyst, he was a researcher at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies for 10 years, where he authored books on the Brent oil market and on Asian energy markets. Paul holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford University.

Jorge Montepeque

President

General Index

Jorge worked for most of his career at Platts developing indexes such as Dated Brent, Dubai, Singapore gasoil, and many other products including LNG (JKM) and indexes for iron ore. He also developed methodologies and set up e-Window, a trading platform for physical commodities and financial derivatives. He also worked for the oil industry, first for the Venezuelan national company and most recently for ENI, Italy's major oil and gas producer.

Saad Rahim

Chief Economist and Global Head of Research

Trafigura

Saad is the Chief Economist and Global Head of Research for Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry. He is responsible for the company’s views on markets and macroeconomics, including the outlook for oil and metals markets, commodity prices, equity and credit markets, and political risk.

Before joining Trafigura he was Chief Economist at BG Group responsible for the Group’s views on oil, gas and LNG markets, advising senior management on markets, macroeconomics and global risk. Prior to this he was Deputy Chief Economist at Chevron Corporation responsible for the corporation's forecasts and analysis on macroeconomics, geopolitics and energy prices. He also focuses on global energy trends, including National Oil Companies, OPEC policy, carbon initiatives and consumer and producer country policies.

Prior to joining Chevron, Saad was an international energy advisor with PFC Energy in Washington, managing their macroeconomic forecasting, country risk services, and geopolitical analysis focused on the Middle East and Asia.

Saad is widely-quoted and published in major media outlets. He holds BA degrees in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University, and attended the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies for advanced degree work in International Economics and Global Energy.

Alix Steel

Anchor

Bloomberg L.P.

Alix Steel co-anchors “Bloomberg Markets: Americas” from 10am-11am and “Bloomberg Markets: European Close” from 11am-12pm. Steel also anchors the weekly show “Bloomberg Commodities Edge,” a thirty minute program dedicated to the biggest names and news in the commodity world.