Dan Basse, Founder & President, AgResource Company

For the second installment of our Setting Course series, we welcome Dan Basse, Founder and President of AgResource Company, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Dan to discuss what’s happening in the agricultural and grains markets – and to what extent climate change and decarbonization are creating an agricultural transition alongside […]

Jeff Currie, Partner Alumnus, Goldman Sachs

We kick off the new year with our new series, Setting Course, in which our guests will help orient us on what they see coming – and where we’ll be going in the new year. For the first installment of Setting Course, we welcome back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio Jeff Currie, Partner Alumnus, Goldman Sachs. […]

Svenja Telle, Director of Origination, Base Carbon

We wrap up our Commodities in Asia series this week with Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Svenja to discuss her recent experiences visiting an agroforestry project in India and COP28 in Dubai, as well as the contributions of local communities, carbon markets, and global policy […]

Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO, C-Quest Capital

This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO at C-Quest Capital, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Ken to discuss the energy transition as lifestyle transformation, as well as the catalytic and transformative role of carbon finance in the developing countries of Asia, Africa, […]

Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore

Our Commodities in Asia series rolls on this week with Peter Zaman. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and the environmental markets since 2004. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss what’s been happening in the carbon markets this year, how it’s […]

Nancy Seah, CEO, Abaxx Exchange

For this week’s installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome into the studio Nancy Seah, CEO of Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nancy to discuss the insights from her more than 25-year career in commodity risk management in Asia. Download full transcript → Hosted By

He Yiyong, Founder & CEO, LNG Easy

We continue exploring Commodities in Asia this week with He Yiyong, Founder & CEO of LNG Easy. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes He Yiyong into the studio to discuss the growing retail LNG markets of Asia – and how they differ from the natural gas markets of the U.S. and Europe. Download full transcript → […]

Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute

This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Lee Howell, Executive Director at the Villars Institute, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Lee to discuss the shifting tides in international affairs and the new geopolitical realities that are being created by the energy transition – and Asia’s place in […]

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