Our people

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

Unlike most other commodities, cobalt is primarily a by-product – with 60% derived from copper and 38% from nickel – so how will changes in those markets change the picture for cobalt in the coming months following a year of price weakness and oversupply in 2024?

Argentina’s soybean sowing area estimate for the 2024-25 crop was raised by 0.6%, to 17.9 million hectares, while the wheat output was projected at 17.6 million tonnes, the country’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (SagyP) monthly report showed on Thursday November 21.

Prices for imported flat-rolled steel into the US were largely stable on Wednesday November 20, with market participants reporting thin trading and long lead times deterring them from engaging in the foreign markets.

Copper recycling will become increasingly critical as the world transitions to cleaner energy systems, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a special report published early this week.

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers have been reaching upstream to producers, beyond their agreements with their battery manufacturing partners, to secure North American supply for their production, battery materials and technology company Novonix’s chief executive officer Chris Burns told Fastmarkets

Insteel Wire Products Company announced it will cease operations at its factory in Warren, Ohio, next week.

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