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Meet the team at Fastmarkets

With more than 500 team members worldwide, we have price reporters on the ground, as well as analysts and editorial teams who are researching and reporting on shifting market dynamics for the commodity markets we serve.

Our team provides price data for thousands of proprietary prices, as well as forecasts, market intelligence and insights-rich events for market participants to network, trade and discuss the critical forces driving change.

Below you can read more about each of the members of our senior leadership team, or browse some of the recent insights and analyses from our talented group of price reporters, analysts and editorial teams working across the four markets we serve.

We believe in celebrating and enriching the diversity and wellbeing of our people. This drives more inclusive behavior, perspectives and better business outcomes.
Steve D’Souza, chief strategy and product officer, and chair of Fastmarkets’ Diversity & Inclusion group
Meet the leadership team

Kulwant Bhatia 

Chief technology officer

Steve D’Souza

Chief strategy and product officer 

Louise Noone

Chief human resources officer

Katie Brown

General counsel

Perrine Faye

Editorial director 

Catherine Oates

Managing director, events

Toby Burton

Chief financial officer

Daniel Klein

Executive vice president, analytics

Justin Wolfe

Interim general counsel 

Raju Daswani

Fastmarkets CEO

James Mansfield

Chief revenue officer

The board
Fastmarkets CEO
Chief financial and operating officer
Partner, Astorg
Director, Astorg
Fastmarkets non-executive board director
Investment manager, Astorg
Insights from our price reporters, analysts and editorial teams

Browse our insights and analysis across the four markets we serve from our experts in agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new generation energy

The USDA’s latest report shows that the US corn and soybean harvests have exceeded market expectations

The shift in China from nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) batteries, which mainly use lithium hydroxide, to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which use lithium carbonate, is leading to a wider price spread between the two materials, prompting producers there to shift from hydroxide to carbonate.

China’s electric vehicle (EV) and battery industry participants expect more uncertainty under a second Donald Trump presidency amid the president-elect’s intention to scale back the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and pursue expanded protectionist trade policies, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday November 7

The market for silicon anodes is likely to develop rapidly, independently of growth in the ex-China graphite supply chain, according to the chief executive officer of a leading silicon anode producer.

United States Antimony Corporation has been holding financing discussions with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) as it seeks to significantly expand the capacity of the country’s only antimony smelter, the company’s chairman and co-chief executive officer told Fastmarkets.

You can read a snippet of our weekly lumber report, featuring insights into the trends behind the continued increase in prices.

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