Precious Metals Forum: Impact of the Transitioning Energy Landscape and the USA Inflation Reduction Act

Jeff Christian

Managing Director

CPM Group

Jeff Christian is considered one of the most knowledgeable experts on precious metals markets, commodities in general, and financial engineering using options for hedging and investing purposes. He is the author of Commodities Rising (2006), and is a well-known analyst and advisor in the precious metals and commodities markets. He has been active in the industry since the 1970s and has expertise in a range of commodity markets, including precious metals, energy, base metals, and agriculture. He founded the CPM Group in 1986, which was spun off from Goldman Sachs & Co and its trading arm, J. Aron & Company. He has advised many of the world’s largest corporations and institutional investors on managing their commodities price and market exposures, as well as providing advisory services to the World Bank, United Nations, International Monetary Fund, and numerous governments.

Bart Melek

Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy

TD Securities

Bart Melek has well over fifteen years' experience analyzing global precious metals, base metals, energy, and financial markets, as well as North American and global economies. He has worked closely with commodity and equity trading desks in Toronto, New York, Chicago, London and Singapore, and has several forecasting distinctions to his credit. He contributes to the TD Securities strategic view by providing commentary on commodity markets and how they relate to the sectoral and economic outlook. His forecasts are a part of the global consensus. Bart is also a sought after media source for many leading print publications and business television programs including Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, BNN, The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, AFP, BBC, The Wall Street Journal and Barron's.

Wilma Swarts

Director of PGMs

Metals Focus

Wilma Swarts heads PGM research at Metals Focus, and has over 15 years’ experience in PGM sales and marketing. She is the current chair of the Women in PGM network, and served as chair of the South African Platinum Incubator for 3 years. She also served on Furuya Metals board for 8 years and was a director of the World Platinum Investment Council and the Platinum Jewellery Development Association.

Todd Sibilla

Commodity Applications Specialist

Bloomberg

Todd Sibilla is a Commodity Applications Specialist for Bloomberg LP in New York. In this capacity he lectures at multiple industry events including BLOOMBERG Base, Precious and Battery Metals Webinar series through 2022, Client conferences in Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Mexico City and Monterrey, MX. He has been a featured speaker in the past at the BMO Metals and Mining Conference, CPM Gold Yearbook release, Society Of Mining Metallurgy and Exploration NYC conferences, Peru Universidad Esan, Universidad Peruana (UPC) and regional domestic USA Universities. Additional noteworthy events include the United Nations Renewable Energy Conference, the AFP Canada Annual Conference, CFA events, and Bloomberg Symposiums. He has expertise in all aspects of global financial markets and is a risk and hedging model specialist. Todd has a patent with Bloomberg for electronic trading technology.

Jenny Chase

Solar Analyst

BloombergNEF

Jenny Chase is the lead analyst with BloombergNEF’s solar team. She joined BNEF mid-2005, launched the solar team in early 2006, and ran the team from Bloomberg's Zurich office until late 2022. She then stepped down from management and continues to write about and analyze the solar industry as part of the team. Jenny is the author of a book, Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon, published by World Scientific Publishing with a second edition in 2023. She holds a BA in Physical Sciences and an MSci in Physics from the University of Cambridge, England, and breeds award-winning West of England geese. She is on X as @solar_chase and Mastodon as @solar_chase@mastodon.green.