Kpler at FT Commodities Global Summit

Gillian joined Kpler in September 2024 and leads our global LNG and natural gas service across Flows and Insight. She has worked in the commodity industry for the past 15 years with roles spanning research, trading and consulting. She has focused on the gas and LNG markets for the past 11 years, initially working as a hedge trader for the LNG desk at Gazprom Marketing & Trading and later leading the Natural Gas team for Energy Solutions at McKinsey & Company serving clients on strategic and commercial topics globally. Gillian is based in London and holds a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from École Polytechnique and an MSci in Physics from Imperial College.

Siavosh heads the Agriculture and Dry Bulk Commodities division at Kpler. Since 2022, he has expanded the company's intelligence footprint into agricultural products, metals and minerals and fertilizers. Prior to Kpler, Siavosh founded a platform that brought unprecedented pricing transparency to international agricultural markets. He subsequently developed data integration solutions for commodity businesses, enabling primary processors to optimize margins through systems that transformed proprietary trading data into actionable intelligence.‍

Dave is Kpler’s SVP Markets and Data, helping drive the company’s growth and ensuring top-tier data quality and client relationships since joining Kpler in 2019. He began his career as an analyst in the energy sector and later led Argus Media’s editorial team in the Middle East. He holds degrees from Georgetown University and the American University of Beirut.

Scott is a technology leader with a proven track record of building and scaling globally distributed engineering teams. Over two decades, he has evolved from academia and entrepreneurship to executive leadership, driving innovation in data intelligence and commodity markets. Before joining Kpler in 2022, Scott was VP of Engineering at Wood Mackenzie, where he led development of Lens, their data and analytics platform. At Kpler, he has rapidly scaled the engineering team and built systems processing billions of real-time data points daily, enhancing data-driven decision-making for global markets. With deep expertise in AI, big data, and scalable systems, Scott leverages technology to drive customer-centric solutions in commodity trading.

Franck Fischer leads Kpler’s Oil and Chemicals business unit and brings over 30 years of trading and energy market experience. He has worked in physical and financial trading at firms like Totsa, Gunvor, and Rothschild, across global hubs (London, New York, Geneva, Singapore, Moscow). Since joining Kpler in 2021, Franck has led the development of the company’s S&D product and now oversees strategic client engagement, ensuring delivery of the best data, tools, and insights.