Speakers

Fiona Boyd 
Director
Acuity Commodities 

Fiona Boyd, based in Houston, Texas, has covered the global sulphur and sulphuric acid markets since 2008 with a specialized focus on the North American market. Her expertise was developed under the mentorship of her father, Dr Robert Boyd. She has conducted numerous consultancy projects and regularly presents to clients and at industry events.
 

Freda Gordon
Director
Acuity Commodities 

Freda Gordon, based in London, UK, complements the Acuity team with a focus on short- to medium-term market analysis in the global sulphur and sulphuric acid markets, which she has dedicated her career to analysing since 2010. She honed her experience and analytical skills editing several key price assessment publications and giving papers at international conferences.

Anna Fleming 
Project Manager
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

In her role as Project Manager at Benchmark Minerals, Anna delivers strategic consultancy projects for clients across the lithium-ion battery supply chain. In particular, she specializes in economic analysis and forecasting of global battery raw materials markets and good governance in the mining sector. Anna holds a MA in Economics with Environmental Studies from The University of Edinburgh and is based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Serena Piazzo 
Dry Bulk Research & Advisory
IFCHOR Galbraiths

Serena earned her Master’s in Maritime and Ports Economics and Management at the University of Genoa and has worked in the past for the Italian Centre of Excellence on Logistics, Transport and Infrastructures on the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the city of Genoa. 
Her passion for Bulk Shipping started at the University. In these years, while completing studies, Serena starts to work as Junior Panamax Shipbroker for the Mavega Group: after six months she starts up the group’s Research Department. 
Serena joined IFCHOR in May 2021 as Research Analyst for the group’s experienced dry broking desk. 
She is currently in charge of providing up to the minute dry market intelligence to both internal and external stakeholders, with main focus on agricultural commodities. As an integral part of the Research team, Serena prepares reports, gives clients presentations & works in parallel on projects related to other desks.

Allan Pickett 
Head of Analysis | Fertecon
S&P Global Commodity Insights

Allan Pickett is Head of Analysis for fertilizers at Fertecon, part of the Agribusiness team within Commodity Insights at S&P Global. He has worked in the fertilizer and chemical industries since 1984, first in sales and marketing roles with Monsanto, and then in the business intelligence sector from 1996. Between 2010 and 2014 he ran his own consulting company assisting exploration and development companies with potash and phosphate resource projects. In 2015 he joined Fertecon where he now leads Fertecon’s team of analysts responsible for producing S&P Global’s short- and long-term forecasts for fertilizer markets. Allan has extensive work experience both in fertilizer markets and in the industrial markets linked to key fertilizer intermediates, with phosphates, sulphur and potash of particular interest.

Dr. Moncef Hadhri 
Chief Economist
CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council)

Dr Moncef Hadhri is chief economist at the European Chemical Industry Council, or Cefic, in Brussels, Belgium. Serving in Cefic’s Industrial Policy Department, Dr. Hadhri provides analysis of key factors driving the competitiveness of the chemicals industry in the European Union. Since joining Cefic in 1998, he contributed to the publication of a number of reports on the chemicals industry. Dr. Hadhri began his career as teacher of econometrics and microeconomics from 1991-1998 at UCL Mons (Belgium). He  received a master’s degree in management from Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEG), a master’s in econometrics and a doctorate in applied economics from Free University of Brussels (ULB, Belgium).