David Hanna, General Manager Japan, VP Business Development North Asia, Argus
David Hanna is the General Manager of Japan at Argus and Vice President of Business Development for Northeast Asia. Based in Tokyo, he has over 20 years of experience in analysing the commodity markets. Mr. Hanna has a Master’s degree in International Relations from Yale University and a Bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Cornell University. He also spent a year as an exchange student at the Beijing Foreign Studies University from 1985-1986.

Bob “Hiroyuki” Takai, European Energy Exchange
Bob spent 40 years with Sumitomo Corp, a major Japanese trading house, in multiple leadership positions across the global commodities and financial industries, based in Tokyo, London and Washington DC. Upon returning from his most recent assignment in the US, he left Sumitomo to join the EEX Group to start its Tokyo office in July 2020 as Executive Advisor. Bob has extensive industry experience, having sat on the Executive Committee of the LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) in the 1990’s, and serving as the first Non-Executive Director of TOCOM (Tokyo Commodity Exchange) in the early 2000’s after its privatization. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Japan America Society of Washington DC, as well as an advisor to the FIAJ (Futures Industry Association of Japan). Bob holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kobe University.

Andrew Jones, Editor – Solid Fuels, Asia, Argus
Andrew Jones is the Editor for Solid Fuels in Asia. He joined Argus in 2009, based in the company’s Singapore office. His initial focus was on the Asia-Pacific dry bulk and tanker markets before switching to the coal desk, where he now focuses on price discovery, news and analysis of regional thermal coal and petroleum coke markets. Having previously worked at sea, Andrew started his journalism career in the UK before moving to Asia in 2006 as a correspondent with Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal, where he covered various regional commodities markets.

James Whistler, Global Head of Energy Derivatives, Simpson Spence & Young
James Whistler is an award-winning energy market professional, with almost two decades of experience in trading and broking. James has been involved in gas, power and cross-commodity markets across Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific, and currently leads a team focused on power, gas and environmental markets in Asia. James is the Global Head of Energy Derivatives at SSY Futures Ltd, part of the Simpson Spence Young group of companies. SSY is currently the leading broker in Japan power futures from its offices in Tokyo and Singapore.

Lee Rou Urn, Editor – LNG, Asia, Argus
Rou Urn leads a three-person LNG price assessment team based in Singapore, responsible for the publishing of Argus’ daily LNG price assessments and all news related to the LNG market. Prior to this, she spent five years covering the Asian steel market, focusing on steelmaking coal.