Global LNG Markets & Pricing

Trainers

Ed Cox, Editor – Global LNG

Ed Cox is Editor of ICIS’ LNG portfolio and manages a global editorial team across Europe, the Americas and Asia. He has over 18 years of experience within the energy and petrochemical markets, working within different departments of ICIS. Ed has focused on managing the growth of the company’s European gas and LNG content. He has recently supported the development of ICIS’ China editorial team and their coverage, and is a regular commentator for ICIS in the British and global media giving a view on how upstream pricing and fundamentals impact end-user markets. Ed previously headed up the daily ICIS European gas report, ESGM, the industry’s benchmark report.

Ben Wetherall – Market Engagement Director, ICIS

Ben Wetherall is responsible for overseeing the company’s natural gas and LNG markets pricing benchmarks. He has contributed business-critical and sought-after insights by working closely with the LNG trading community to provide price reference points, and market intelligence which has supported the growth of trade. Ben has over a decade of extensive experience both in gas and LNG markets including but not limited to consultative and strategic projects where he provided commercial advice on upstream, pipeline and LNG projects in Europe, Russia and Asia.

Prior to joining ICIS, he worked as a country risk analyst and monitored over 10 elections in Europe and the CIS for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in the region.

Ed and Ben will lead the course, with a group of experienced ICIS LNG and gas Editors and Analysts also presenting individual sessions.

Tom Marzec-Manser – Head of Gas Analytics, ICIS

Tom Marzec-Manser is the Head of Gas Analytics and specialises in global natural gas fundamentals. Since the start of 2019 he has worked on the ICIS LNG Edge platform which provides pre-trade analysis to market participants, as well as granular LNG supply-demand forecasts. Prior to working on ICIS LNG Edge, Tom spent 11 years working within ICIS’ editorial division. The last four years of which he spent managing the daily flagship price benchmark report ESGM. Over the years, Tom has focused extensively on the liberalisation of wholesale gas trade in central and eastern Europe, as well as the market design and evolution of the British NBP. He is an active media commentator on Russian exports.