About the speakers
Samantha Hartke
Commodity Owner
Samantha Hartke, a veteran in commodity management, boasts substantial expertise in energy analysis and product management. In her role at Energy Aspects as Head of NGLs, she analysed global natural gas liquids markets. Previously, at PetroChem Wire, Samantha provided high-quality analysis of North American NGLs and olefins. Her expertise also extends to leading the commercial and operational aspects of IHS Chemical’s daily business information service.
James Noel-Beswick
Commodity Owner - Distillate
Philip Jones-Lux
Commodity Owner - Gasoline
Philip Jones-Lux is Commodity Owner for Sparta. Having worked with organisations such as JBC Energy and RP Global, Philip is a seasoned energy market analyst with expertise across the oil barrel and power markets.
Jorge Molinero
Commodity Owner - Naphtha
Michael Ryan
Commodity Owner - Freight
Michael Ryan, our Freight Commodity Owner at Sparta, brings over a decade of experience in the energy trading sector. His career started and flourished at Trafigura managing risk across products and regions before becoming Head of Risk for subsidiary Puma Energy. Michael then joined the Trafigura commercial team trading clean and gas freight while successfully growing the physical fleet through strategic dealmaking.