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Stephen Geldart

Associate Director

Stephen joined CZ in 2008 and leads the Analysis Team, who provide leading-edge coverage of the sugar, ethanol, ingredients and packaging ma...

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Ana Zancaner

Analysis Manager

Ana graduated from Insper University Sao Paulo in 2013, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She joined CZ as an intern in...

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Sara Warden

Content & Partnerships Manager

Sara joined CZ in 2021 as a commodity journalist after a brief period covering commodities and leveraged finance at several London-based new...

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Suhrid Patel

Sugar & Emerging Fuels Manager

Suhrid joined CZ in 2025 and has been working with the agriculture and agribusiness sectors since 2006. Within the s...

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Ben Seed

Business Intelligence Manager

Ben joined CZ’s analysis team in 2016 on a year long internship before returning to the University of Bath to complete an Economics Degree...

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Lucas Blaxall

Editorial Analyst

Lucas joined CZ in August 2024 after graduating from Queen Mary University of London. He works on the advisory team, contributing to managin...

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Samia Ohiduzzaman

Market Analyst

Samia joined CZ in September 2023 as a Consulting Intern, shortly after graduating from SOAS University of London with a BSc in Economics. S...

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Gerard Horner

Gerard joined CZ’s analysis team in 2023 as an intern before returning to university to complete his degree in Renewable Energy Engineerin...

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Tabasoom Watak

Market Analyst

Tabasoom joined CZ in August 2022 as an Analyst Intern, shortly after graduating from King's College London in July with a BSc in Global Hea...

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Vincent O’Rourke

Trader and Market Analyst

Vincent began his career at CZ in 2016 as an analyst in the London Office, focusing on raw sugar flows and the Refineries in North Africa an...

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Carla Aranha

Communications Specialist

Carla joined CZ in 2022 having previously worked at Exame and Valor, leading economic media outlets in Brazil, where she developed projects ...

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Kimberly Montagner

Market Analysis

With +15 years of experience in Market Analysis for the Brazilian agribusiness sector, Kimberly holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economi...

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Nateetorn Petchphankul

Trader

Nate joined CZ (Thailand) in 2020. He graduated from Kasetsart University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture. Given his educat...

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Stephanie Rodriguez

Analyst

Stephanie graduated from Babson College in 2020, with a bachelor’s degree in Operations Management and Data Analytics. She joined CZ in 20...

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Leticia Pizzo

Analyst

Letícia joined CZ's analysis team in 2022, on a 1.5-year internship while finishing her bachelor’s degree in business administration. Sin...

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Jon Whybrow

Head of Flow Derivatives

Jon joined CZ in 1991, working in the Treasury department before moving to join the derivatives team in 1994. Over 30 years Jon has built up...

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Tom Soutter

Trader

Tom joined CZ in 2019 and is part of our Food Ingredients & Packaging Team. Tom's core focuses are on structuring supply chain services in t...

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Gareth Lamb

PET Analyst

Gareth joined CZ in 2021 and is CZ’s PET analyst and recycling specialist. As well as regularly reporting on key market trends and dynamic...

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Alberto Carmona

Business Executive

Alberto graduated at the University of Seville (Spain) and University of Paderborn (Germany) with a Bachelor in Economics and Business Admin...

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Jolyon Hobby

Wheat Analyst

Growing up on a Wiltshire farm sparked my passion for agriculture. With a BSc Hons in Agriculture and Land Management, I farmed for three ye...

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Antonis Karamalegkos

Journalist

Antonis Karamalegkos is a journalist with expertise in the shipping industry, specialising in diverse sectors such as the freight rate marke...

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Fred Gale

Agricultural Economist

Fred Gale is an independent agricultural economist specializing in China. He holds a PhD in Economics and published dozens of reports and ar...

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Emma-Jane Batey

Packaging Writer PR & Communications

Emma-Jane Batey is an independent writer and communications consultant specialising in sustainability for the global packaging manufacturing...

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Frank Zaworski

Journalist

Frank Zaworski is a freelance journalist specializing in agricultural production and marketing, petrochemicals, biofuels, and biotechnology....

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Nicko Debenham

Sustainability Advisor

Nicko brings more than 36 years of experience working on cocoa and other raw material value chains. He started his career in cocoa in Nigeri...

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Stephen Calcagno

Farmer

Stephen works in the Cairns region of Far North Queensland, Australia. Stephen grows sugarcane on his 450-hectare (1,112-acre) farm. Stephen...

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Wictor Oliveira

Wictor has extensive experience in the grain market, having worked as a soybean origination trader for COFCO and coordinated Bunge's grain a...

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Celso Moretti

Celso Moretti holds a degree in agronomy, an MBA, a master's degree, and a doctorate in food production. He served as head of Embrapa (Brazi...

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