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Mark your calendars and save the date for the most anticipated event in the energy industry – APPEC 2026, hosted by S&P Global Commodity Insights!
We are excited to announce that the 42nd Annual APPEC Conference will take place from September 7th to 10th.
APPEC 2026 promises to deliver another exceptional experience filled with thought-provoking discussions, expert insights, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Join us as we gather to explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the global energy landscape.
What to Expect:
Themes on the Horizon:
APPEC 2026 will address critical themes influencing the energy industry, including:
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Republic Of Singapore
S&P Global Energy
President, S&P Global Energy
Dave Ernsberger is President of S&P Global Energy and a member of S&P Global’s Executive Leadership Team.
Most recently, Mr. Ernsberger was Head of Market Reporting and Trading Solutions at S&P Global Energy. In that role, he was responsible for managing Platts commodity price benchmarks worldwide, including market reporting, news coverage and exchange relationships, from well-established markets like oil and gas through to emerging market environments like new Energy Transition commodities and recycled materials.
Prior to that, Mr. Ernsberger served in a variety of roles at Platts, including Head of Oil Content; Editorial Director for Asia (based in Singapore), and Houston Bureau Chief. He joined Platts in 1996 as a metals reporter in London, and launched coverage of Europe’s then-deregulating gas and electricity markets in 1999.
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Ernsberger holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and politics from Warwick University, England, and a master's degree in international relations from Southampton University, England.
MARUBENI ASIA POWER SINGAPORE
Executive Vice President
SUMMIT POWER INTERNATIONAL
Director
PETRONAS
Vice President, Refining, Marketing & Trading
KAPSARC
Research Fellow, Transportation and Infrastructure
J.P. MORGAN
Global Head of NRG Payments Advisory
BAPCO ENERGIES
Group Chief Strategy Officer
S&P Global Energy
Head of China Content
S&P Global Energy
Director, Inorganics
CLIMATE BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL
CEO
TATA NYK SHIPPING
Managing Director
ASTER GROUP & PT CHANDRA ASRI PACIFIC
Group CFO/ Deputy CEO
ZEMA GLOBAL DATA
CEO
FORTESCUE
Head of Green Shipping
S&P Global Energy
Vice President, Chemicals, Derivatives, Plastics & Materials
EQUINOR
SVP Marketing & Supply
GENZERO
Director
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, C4s & Elastomers APAC
GENZERO
Investment Director
S&P Global Energy
Senior VP and Chief Energy Strategist
NYK SHIPMANAGEMENT
Managing Director & COO
INDIAN OIL CORPORATION
Director Finance
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, Petrochemical Feedstocks
Based in Singapore, April Tan focuses on crude, petrochemical feedstocks (naphtha), and refined products markets for Asia and the Middle East. April has roughly 15 years of experience in the energy and petrochemical industry. She was previously with the Chemicals Consulting team, where she contributed to bespoke single-client project deliverables. April was particularly involved in providing market and commercial in-depth evaluations on engagements utilizing various analytical tools/methods (including cost curves, supply/demand and pricing models, chemical product cost structure evaluations, financial/cash flow models) from S&P Global Energy, as well as supporting core market research requirements. She first joined the company as part of Chemical Market Associates, Inc., which is now part of S&P Global, as a research associate in the Polyolefins and Chlor-Alkali & Vinyls team. She started her career as a process specialist with the defunct Chemical Process Technology Centre (CPTC).
April holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with honors from the National University of Singapore.
IBM CONSULTING
Strategic Engagements Leader, Asia-Pacific
ASEAN ALLIANCE ON CARBON MARKETS (AACM)
Co-Deputy Lead
PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP BERHAD
Chief Commercial Officer
DOW
Asia Pacific Commercial Vice President for Packaging and Specialty Plastics
NAVIS CAPITAL PARTNERS
Senior Director, ESG Portfolio Operations
S&P Global Energy
Director, Head of Liquid Bulk
CHEVRON
President, International Products
BANK OF AMERICA
Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Transition
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Head of Asia Content
GLANDER INTERNATIONAL BUNKERING
CEO
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director - Agribusiness Consulting
S&P Global Energy
Global Head of Carbon Pricing
Global Head of Carbon Pricing
PETRONAS
VP and Group CSO
S&P Global Energy
Global Team Lead Biofuels
CISCO
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Japan and China
GLOBAL CENTRE FOR GREEN FUELS
Managing Director
IBIA
Bunker Director, Starbulk & Chair
UNOC
Head of Commercial and Business Development
PERTAMINA HULU ENERGI
Director of Investment and Business Development
POLLINATION
Managing Director
OCEAN RECOVERY ALLIANCE
Founder/Managing Director
FATHOPES ENERGY
Chief Operations Officer
APEIRON BIOENERGY
Chief Strategy & Investment Officer
CLIMATE IMPACT X
Chief Commercial Officer
MAERSK OIL TRADING, MAERSK
CEO & Vice President, Head of Energy Markets
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Senior Manager Sustainability, Environment
S&P Global Energy
Regional Head – APAC, Oil, Midstream and Downstream Consulting
S&P Global Energy
Senior Analyst Petrochemicals
ASIA SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL ASSOCIATION (ASAFA)
CEO & Founder
LILA GLOBAL
Head of SNP
SINOPEC ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (EDRI)
Vice President
FGE
Chairman Emeritus
S&P Global Energy
Global Director, Clean Refined Products
GUNVOR GROUP
Global Head of Research & Analysis
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF JAPAN INC.
Managing Executive Director
ASIA SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL ASSOCIATION (ASAFA)
Founder & Chief Sustainability Officer
TOTALENERGIES TRADING ASIA
General Manager - Petrochemicals Trading
S&P Global Energy
Chemical Insights APAC Lead
Garrie joined S&P Global Energy as Vice President Business Development, Asia, Oil Markets/Midstream/Downstream/Chemicals in Hong Kong in 2020.
Prior to S&P Global, Garrie spent 11 years with BASF, holding various management positions in Singapore and Hong Kong, before retiring as Vice President, Polyamides & Precursors in 2018.
Garrie joined CMAI in Singapore as Director - Asia Olefins Studies in 2005 and was Managing Director of CMAI Asia when he left in 2007.
Before CMAI, Garrie undertook a 6-month project for Methanex Corporation in China.
Garrie began his industry career with Dow in 1983 and progressed through various marketing and business positions in Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore and Thailand. He was Commercial Director, Hydrocarbons & Energy, Asia Pacific when he left the company in 2004.
Garrie received an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering, both from Queen's University, in 1982 and 1980, respectively.
S&P Global Energy
Executive Director, Global Energy Transitions & Clean Tech Consulting
Gauri is Executive Director, in Energy Transition and Clean Tech Global Consulting team, and a Certified Independent Director by the Institute of Directors (IOD). She has 23 years of experience in the energy, applied economics, finance fields, with wide regional experience in the United States, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mumbai, New Delhi. Focus on ESG In the Energy Transitions and the integration of clean fuels in the energy spectrum and multi-sector mitigation strategies.
Her areas of specialization are Integration of New Energy sources to the Energy spectrum for companies and countries, Financial and Operational Competitor Benchmarking, Energy pricing, Market entry strategies and Energy policy development. She represents S&P Global in various industry bodies such as the US India Hydrogen & Gas Task Forces by the US India Strategic Partnership Forum.
Prior to joining S&P Global, Gauri was Commercial Advisor - Gas Policy & Regulatory Affairs at BP in India. She was the gas policy lead for a multi-disciplinary team-leading BP's energy reforms advocacy efforts in India. Prior to joining BP, she was a Senior Consultant at PFC Energy (now part of S&P Global), leading PFC Energy's Integrated Energy business in India and Singapore.
Gauri started her career as a Research Associate at the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, analyzing macro-economic policy issues for the Indian economy and her paper with DK Joshi on "India's Macro-Stabilization Policy in 1990s: A Review and Assessment" was published in the book, "The Indian State in Transition."
BANGCHAK CORPORATION PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
Senior Executive Vice President, Sustainability Management and Corporate Communications
GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES
CEO, Nature Based Solutions and Biochar, Carbon & Renewables
PRIME INFRA
President & CEO
S&P Global Energy
Head of Oil & Fuels Long-term Research
With 15 years of international experience in energy market research, she leads the global oil supply and Latin crude oil markets services at S&P Global Energy. Before joining S&P Global, Ha worked as a consultant and researcher for Purvin & Gertz. She has worked on several refining market studies, merger and acquisition support, replacement cost projects, crude oil valuations, due diligence support and LP modeling.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Houston, United States.
CNOOC ENERGY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE
Vice President
PETRONAS
Head, Commercial Business Division
THE WORLD BANK
Senior Gas Specialist
AIRBUS
Head of International Cooperation & Sustainability
TUAS POWER
Senior Vice President, Fuel Management
INTERCONTINENTAL ENERGY
Head of Corporate Operations
S&P Global Energy
Market Specialist, Energy Transition
3DEGREES GROUP
APAC Lead – Origination, Environmental Commodities
S&P Global Energy
MARUBENI ASIA POWER SINGAPORE
Director APAC, Carbon Markets Infrastructure
ADB
Regional Director
HENGLI PETROCHEMICAL INTERNATIONAL
CEO
TRAFIGURA
Low-carbon fuels Business Developer
PETROCHINA INTERNATIONAL
Head, Carbon and Renewables
LANZATECH
Chief Executive Officer
TRANS MOUNTAIN
Chief Administrative Officer
S&P Global Energy
Global Head of Power and Renewables Research
S&P Global Energy
Global Head of Crude Oil Market Research
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director
MARQUIS
Managing Director
S&P Global Energy
Global Director, Crude and Fuel Oil
S&P Global Energy
Director of Olefins & Derivatives
S&P Global Energy
Director, Climate and Sustainability Solutions
Kaori leads the research in Energy and Climate Scenarios within APAC. Her expertise include in-depth knowledge of energy policies, gas, power and renewable infrastructure development and future outlooks within APAC markets. Her responsibilities include global sustainability research, contribution to long-term forecasts, and analyses of renewable and transition technology trends. Prior to joining S&P Global, she advised Japanese utilities, chemical, and exploration companies on their future strategy in a technical consultancy. Her breadth of expertise extends from upstream, coal, and metals commodity to the downstream power, climate change and energy transition sector. Earlier in her career, she was involved in environmental impact assessments, overseeing soil and groundwater investigations, and designing groundwater remediation models in Japan.
Fluent in Japanese and English, Ms. Tachibana holds a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, Canada.
STANDARD CHARTERED
Director, Energy Transition
TOTALENERGIES
Vice President Country Delegate Asia Pacific
ASAHI GROUP
Global Sustainability Lead – Climate Change
UNIMOT
Chief Strategist
SEASCALE ENERGY
Head of Marine Fuels Procurement, East
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, Aromatics
S&P Global Energy
Director Aromatics
Katie supports single-client consulting engagements for market, pricing and investment studies, as well as assisting clients in business performance analysis and strategy related projects. Prior to her current role, Katie served for five years in S&P Global's insights group, leading aromatics feedstock analysis in the EMEA region, including coverage of benzene and feedstocks, mixed xylenes, toluene, orthoxylene and phthalic anhydride. She contributed to publications including European aromatics, world analysis benzene, and toluene and xylenes, special studies and speaking at industry conferences. She has more than seventeen years of experience in the petroleum industry covering, business strategy and planning, sourcing, trading and risk management, commercial performance and market analysis. Prior to joining the company in 2014, Katie spent eleven years with BP where she worked as a petrochemicals trader and product manager in the styrenics and paraxylene businesses. Her earlier career included commercial roles in refining and trading operations and in downstream oil businesses.
Katie holds a Master of Arts from Queens' College, Cambridge, UK.
SINGAPORE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ASSOCIATION
Director
IATA
Head of Sustainability
HSBC
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Government Affairs, ASEAN
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Global Director, LNG
GLOBAL CENTRE FOR GREEN FUELS
Partnership and Programs Manager
ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE
Director - Trade Development and Strategy
S&P Global Energy
Senior Vice President and Head of Oil, Fuel and Chemicals Research
EDP RENEWABLES APAC
CFO
SINGAPORE LNG CORPORATION
CEO
RONGSHENG PETROCHEMICAL
Global Head of Trading
LANZATECH
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
STANDARD CHARTERED
Director Carbon Markets Development
S&P Global Energy
VP, Head of Conferences, Training and Strategic Media
Lyn has deep insight into the overall structure and business of the global chemical industry, gained through many years of interaction at the highest levels, and is a long- term commentator on industry activity. This includes corporate response to external trends, such as global market cycles driving restructuring, M&A, ESG, Diversity, Innovation, and other considerations for business success.
At S&P Global, Lyn is responsible for the Business Information and Same Day Analysis services, developing and managing a suite of products including Company Strategies and Performance, plus Midstream Essentials global energy infrastructure database, and Assets capacity database for global chemicals and agrichemicals. In addition, she is Publisher of Chemical Week daily news and information service, and heads global Events for the Oil, Midstream, Downstream, and Chemical business.
She has a degree in Politics and Economics from the University of Manchester, and briefly studied at the Sorbonne, Paris. Her career includes working for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in Vienna at a time of opening borders and markets between East and West Europe. She travelled extensively to China when the country was opening to commerce and western chemical companies were establishing a chemical manufacturing footprint, and closely followed and reported on similar activity across the Mideast. Lyn is well known for her skills in moderating exclusive Roundtables for C-Suite executives.
HMEL
Vice President - Strategy & Feedstock Supply Group
S&P Global Energy
Director, Specialty Chemicals
Bringing more than 17 years of in-depth industry experience in surface finishing, automotive, petrochemical and refining industries, he joined the Chemicals team in 2014. Previously, Dr. Guan held various positions at Lacks Enterprises in Michigan, Louisiana State University in the United States, and Total in China working in research and development, product management, and business development. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from China University of Petroleum, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
PHILLIPS 66
Senior Vice President, Commercial
S&P Global Energy
Senior Research Analyst, Clean Energy Technologies
QANTAS
Executive Manager, Sustainable Aviation Fuel
ADB
Director, Infrastructure Finance Division 1, Private Sector Operations
VALE
Head of Chartering, Contracts and Operations, APAC ME
SUNCABLE INTERNATIONAL
Interim CEO & COO
CATHAY PACIFIC
SAF Supply Assurance Manager
TERVIVA
Chief Executive Officer
S&P Global Energy
Executive Director, Upstream Solutions
MURA TECHNOLOGY
Director - Development & Financing, Asia
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director
MARITIME ENERGY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (MESD)
Research Fellow
VENA GROUP
CEO
S&P Global Energy
Head of Sustainability Account Management, APAC
GIBSON SHIPBROKERS
Managing Director
S&P Global Energy
Senior Editor
BERGE BULK
Technical Director
MB ENERGY
Managing Director
ECOCERAS
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
S&P Global Ratings
Global Chief Economist
S&P Global Energy
Director, Olefin & Olefin Derivatives, Northeast Asia
ENERGY INSTITUTE
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Anglo American
Executive Head of Marketing
CDPQ ASIA PACIFIC
Operating Partner
NICKEL INSTITUTE
Director, Market Development
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Associate Editorial Director, Shipping
S&P Global Energy
Senior Director, Client Development APAC
S&P Global Energy
Director, Head of Dry Bulk Freight and Commodities Research
Pranay is a Director of Research & Analysis within the Fuels, Chemicals, and Resource Solutions department at S&P Global Energy. His primary focus is on dry bulk commodities and shipping, and he is responsible for coordinating the analysis of global dry bulk commodities markets. This includes developing global and regional supply and demand balances, short- to medium-term forecasts, cost projections, and asset ownership league tables. Pranay also provides scenario analysis and supports Multiclient Studies to his team.
Prior to joining S&P Global Energy, Pranay worked as a senior trading analyst covering dry bulk commodities and freight at Mercuria Energy Trading. He also analyzed global LNG and LPG markets at Drewry Shipping Consultants.
Pranay has a Postgraduate Management degree in Finance and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Singapore branch. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Narottam Morarjee Institute of Shipping.
TOYOTA ASIA
Executive Vice President
S&P Global Energy
Vice President - Head of Downstream Research - Asia, Middle East, Africa and CIS
S&P Global Energy
Managing Editor, Asia Pacific Dry Bulk Shipping & Freight
S&P Global Energy
Head of India Content
S&P Global Energy
Vice President, Global Head of Shipping Analytics and Research
Rahul leads an integrated commodity analytics product management, data science and research team. As a business head, he is responsible for driving new product growth for our analytics products Commodities at Sea and Freight Analytics. A subject matter expert in the maritime industry and financial markets, Rahul is a thought leader with proven credentials in market analysis forecasting, shipping economics and commodity market developments. He is a regular speaker at major conferences and client events globally, and is frequently interviewed by both print and visual media. Most recently, he was at Bloomberg Intelligence and earlier headed Drewry Financial Research Services Ltd. He has also worked as senior equities analyst at RS Platou Markets and Nomura.
Rahul holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering from BITS, Pilani and a Postgraduate in Management from IMI, New Delhi, India.
WILMAR INTERNATIONAL
Assistant General Manager, Oleochemicals & Biofuels
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Head, Group Sustainability
TOTALENERGIES
Senior Vice President Trading & Shipping
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
SVP, Head of Cracker
SHELL AVIATION
President
REPSOL
Low Carbon Fuels, BD
S&P Global Energy
Vice President Oil, Fuels and Chemicals Research
MALAYSIA CARBON MARKET ASSOCIATION (MCMA)
President
MACQUARIE GROUP
Chief Economist and Head of Net Zero
S&P Global Energy
Head of Established Benchmarks
Emarat Maritime
CEO
NINETY ONE
Managing Director
PETCO TRADING LABUAN COMPANY
Global Book Lead (Products)
CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION (CEFC)
Executive Director - Alternative Fuels
TRAFIGURA
Chief Economist
GAIL (INDIA)
Chairman and Managing director
S&P Global Energy
Global Head, Chemical Consulting
He leads a team of over 70 consultants and has dedicated the last 30 years to solving his client’s ever-evolving challenges.
Sanjay’s expertise ranges from strategy development and feasibility studies to competitive analysis, improving business performance, energy transition, mergers and acquisitions, and due diligence.
For Sanjay, flexibility is crucial as is working across multiple continents and time-zones. His diverse client base spans ministries, policy makers, chemical producers, to giant multi-national corporations.
What motivates Sanjay most is understanding his clients’ worlds and helping them connect the dots. Excited by innovative tech solutions and the positive impact they can make, Sanjay believes the chemical industry is a major enabler of the energy transition. Sanjay has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Nagpur, India, and has an MBA in Finance.
WARTSILA
Director of Decarbonization Solutions
S&P Global Energy
Senior Editor, Asia Shipping Market Data
Sameer C. Mohindru is a senior editor with S&P Global Platts, based in Singapore and covering the tanker shipping markets for the last six years. He has almost two decades of experience covering a wide range of commodities across Asia-Pacific. He has also edited two books of essays on India’s socio-economy. Prior to joining Platts, Sameer was a reporter with Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal covering all major agricultural commodities in the region.
BULK MARINE
CEO
HALDIA PETROCHEMICALS LTD
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
SINGFUELS
Managing Director
RIGHTSHIP
Chief Commercial Officer
FUELNG
General Manager
KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Managing Director, International Marketing
S&P Global Energy
Director, Polymers, APAC
Shaohua currently serves as Director of S&P Global Energy Chemical Consulting Services based in Singapore responsible for leading and managing single-client studies. He joined S&P Global Energy Chemicals in April 2020 based in Singapore and has more than 20 years of experience in petrochemical and specialty chemical industry. Majority of that time was spent with A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore), Huntsman Performance Products, Shell Chemicals and Eastman Chemical in various commercial and strategy roles - R&D, business development, product management, marketing, sales and intelligence.
Shaohua's current consulting focus areas include conducting market assessment and competitive analysis on petrochemicals and specialty chemicals, formulating go-to-market strategies, feasibility evaluations of projects, structuring and reviews of feedstock supply & product portfolio.
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, A PART OF BLACKROCK
Partner Emerging Market Fund
S&P Global Energy
Head of AltView, Crude and Refined Products
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, Principal Dry Bulk Shipping Research Analyst
EQUINOR
VP and Global Head of Crude Trading
AET
Global Director, Strategy, Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management
S&P Global Energy
Global Head, Biofuels Pricing
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, Methanol & Derivatives, APAC
Head of Regional Sustainability
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Editorial Lead LNG/ET
GENTARI
CEO
SOCAR TRADING
Acting CTO
MITSUI O.S.K. LINES
Representative Director, President and CEO
MALAYSIA BIODIESEL ASSOCIATION
President
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director
PETROCHINA INTERNATIONAL
Deputy General Manager of Natural Gas Department
J.P. MORGAN
Global Head of Natural Resources Group
UNEP-CCC
Advisor - Climate and Energy
VANDA INSIGHTS
Founder
ENGIE
Country Head, Southeast Asia
S&P Global Energy
Head of Market Reporting and Trading Solutions
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Head of SEA Mining Advisory
AFRICAN ENERGY CHAMBER
Senior Vice President
S&P Global Energy
Associate Director, APAC Power and Renewables
FATHOPES ENERGY
Chief Executive Officer
MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (MPA)
Director, Maritime Decarbonisation & Net-Zero Pathways
PACIFIC CARRIERS
CEO
VERRA
Regional Representative, Asia and the Pacific
S&P Global Energy
Principal Analyst
STANDARD CHARTERED
Director Transition Finance
MOL
Head of Carbon Removal Team
S&P Global Energy
Director, Head of Asia Gas Research
APPEC connects senior-level experts, decision-makers and solution providers across the global and Asian energy industry.
Our attendees and speakers gather to develop strategies, make valuable contacts and seek solutions to their pressing issues in this remarkable time. With these goals in mind, our agenda is strategically designed with multiple networking opportunities and interactive sessions to facilitate the highest levels of access and engagement.
Sponsorship offers you proven opportunities to:
APPEC offers a variety of standard and tailor-made sponsorship opportunities to fit your marketing and business-to-business needs and your budget.
For more information on the full range of opportunities available and what we can do for your business, please contact:
Sheryl Tan
+65 6216 1191
sheryl.tan@spglobal.com