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Neil Murray |
Neil Murray has been working for Informa since September 2001. He originally trained as a lawyer, studying at the universities of Sussex and Grenoble (France), and then the College of Law, but gave it up to become a journalist. Prior to joining Foodnews, he spent 10 years as editor of a frozen foods industry title, and has also edited a logistics magazine, a commercial vehicle journal (for which he had to get his truck driver’s licence), a motorcycle industry title, and a market-leading consumer ski magazine. His core area of expertise on IEG Vu is the global market for fruit juices and concentrates. |
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Sandra Boga |
Sandra Boga has over 10 years of commodities reporting experience. She joined Informa in 2013, after spending 5 years as a senior reporter in the steel commodities sector based both in London and São Paulo. Her specialist area at IEG Vu is currently the cocoa market, however, other areas of expertise include sugar, coffee and grains. Sandra created the template for Market Reports across the grains, oilseeds and softs sectors at IEG Vu, which cover price analysis, supply, demand and outlooks. Sandra regularly covers key global events across Europe, Latin America and Asia, providing in-depth, extensive coverage and live tweets for her followers. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. |
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Julian Gale |
Julian has been a specialist commodities reporter with Informa since 2001, covering many of the key agricultural commodities. He currently reports on the global dried fruit and nut, spices and exotics market sectors for IEG Vu. Major broadcasters, including the BBC, have called on him a number of times to provide expert comment on the markets in radio interviews. He has extensive experience in business journalism, having previously worked for trade magazine publisher and exhibitions organiser Miller Freeman. He is a BA Honours graduate in Radio, Film and Television. |
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Max Green |
Max writes on a range of issues affecting the meat and livestock industry for IEG Policy and IEG Vu. He began overseeing Agra Europe’s coverage of the sector in 2010 after eight years editing other Informa titles. He previously lived and studied in South America and has worked on specialised meat and animal feed newsletters for Brazil’s Informa Economics FNP and Germany-based FO Licht. He has two Masters degrees – one from the University of London and the other from Brunel University. As well as market trends, he likes to explore the intersection between trade, politics and regulations on animal health and welfare. He most often writes about developments in the EU, but really enjoys uncovering news from further afield, especially Latin America, Asia and Russia. |
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Gary HowardGary.Howard@ihsmarkit.com |
Gary covers global news in the grains and oilseeds markets from London, covering topics from policy through to production and trade. Prior to joining IEG Vu in 2017, Gary covered the maritime industry as News Editor for sister title Lloyd’s List, co-ordinating an international team of journalists. Gary’s time as News Editor came after 6 years as a journalist, covering all aspects of the maritime industry, during which time his work on international sanctions and their effect on shipping in the Crimea was recognised with an industry award. He brings his knowledge of maritime trade and the wider maritime industry to the agricultural world, keeping an eye on the supply and demand balances in agricultural commodities and the shipping world. Before joining Informa in 2015, Gary worked as a news reporter and correspondent for Seatrade Maritime News, and has experience controlling editorial input for conferences and events. A keen weightlifter and video gamer, Gary is an occasional contributor of video game reviews and industry analysis pieces to online publications. |
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Estela Cuesta |
Estela is IEG Vu’s specialist reporter on canned foods, covering the markets for a range of products including canned fruits, vegetables, fish and meat. Originally hailing from the small town of Pastrana in central Spain, Estela studied at the Complutense University of Madrid and worked as a local news reporter before moving to London in 2012. Her interests include photography, video editing and international relations. |
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Jana Sutenko |
Jana Sutenko joined the IEG Vu team in September 2017 as a News Analyst. Her primary areas of expertise are the dairy markets and processed commodities channels. Originally from Lithuania, Jana speaks a number of languages fluently, allowing her to have a special insight in the agri-food markets of eastern Europe, Russia and the EU. She has a BA in International Journalism and an MA in International Relations from universities in Liverpool and London, UK and has produced content on a range of subjects across a variety of multimedia platforms. |
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Jose Gutierrez |
Jose Gutierrez joined the IEG Vu team in September 2017 as a News Analyst covering the dried fruit, nuts and spices sectors. Originally hailing from the city of Seville in southern Spain, Jose studied at the Universities of Seville, Barcelona and Roskilde (Denmark) and worked as a journalist specializing in international trade and supply chain for the European Commission, Spanish Ministry of Trade and several magazines for over a decade, in Madrid, Barcelona and London. |
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Cristina Nanni |
Cristina Nanni joined the Informa editorial team in 2016 as a specialist reporter focusing on tomato-based products, frozen fruit, and vegetables. In this role she monitors and analyses the main commodities in these sectors, identifying market trends and their possible impacts on producers and buyers. |
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Roger Bernard |
Roger Bernard analyzes policy developments on agriculture, trade, energy, transportation, taxes and US economic and monetary policy for IEG Policy, and more widely for IEG Informa Economics. As a Policy Analyst, he provides clients and subscribers with accurate, concise and timely analysis of events and policies to help them make market and business decisions. |
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Richard Morrison |
Richard Morrison is based out of the Informa Economics Washington, D.C. office, where he contributes to IEG Policy and other Informa Economics products and client services. He maintains a keen interest in the intersection of politics and economics, a passion of his since before college. Since joining Informa, Richard has written extensively on the effect that government policy and market dynamics have on the agriculture and food sectors – in the US and globally. Being a Millennial, Richard leads the Washington news team in monitoring and developing items for social media. He is a native of rural central Virginia and received his bachelor’s degree in economics from George Mason University. |
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Hope Lee |
Hope Lee has over 15 years of market intelligence experience. She brings her analytical skills for corporate strategy, consumer market and technology research to the agricultural reporting. She specialises in a wide range of topics including hot drinks, soft drinks, technology, organics and sustainability. Prior to Agribusiness, Hope worked for a number of leading market research agency, writing market reports, analyzing corporate performance, data manipulation, forecasting and identifying growth opportunities and white spaces for major multinational companies. At Agribusiness, Hope covers processed commodities in Asia Pacific, providing insightful analysis on China. She is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. She has a BA from China’s Shenzhen University - major in Literature and minor in Law; MA in Information Management (Publishing) from Thames Valley University, London. |
John Buckley |
John is a long-time analyst of agricultural and soft commodities markets worldwide. He is a former Editor of The Public Ledger, an Informa publication | |
Mainbayar Badarch |
Mainbayar Badarch writes on the latest developments in the Mongolian processed food industry. He graduated from the National University of Mongolia, majoring in finance and economics in 2001, and worked as a consultant at the Mongolian Ministry of Finance from 2011-14. | |
Obafemi Oredein |
Obafemi Oredein is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and contributes to IEG Vu, specialising in the West African cocoa sector. | |
Shirish Nadkarni |
Shirish Nadkarni is a freelance contributor to IEG Vu. He writes extensively about the Indian markets for a wide range of commodities. | |
Chris Lyddon |
Chris Lyddon is a freelance contributor to IEG Vu. He is a UK-based agri-business reporter who focuses on key developments in the important German dairy sector, as well as issues related to Brexit. | |
Bob Edlin |
New Zealand-based Bob is a seasoned agri-business journalist who writes extensively on dairy sector politics, economics, trade and science. | |
Louis Harkell |
Louis is an accomplished agri-business journalist with a deep understanding of the Chinese dairy market. | |
Andrew Ciclitira |
Andrew Ciclitira writes for IEG Vu on the dried fruits markets. He is the the Managing Director of Demos Ciclitira, one of the leading UK importers and distributors of dried fruits. | |
Eugene Vorotnikov |
Eugene is a freelance journalist writing for IEG Policy and IEG Vu. He covers multiple agri-food sectors and has a deep knowledge of the markets and the agri-politics of Russia and the CIS countries. |
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Vladimir Pekic |
Vladimir Pekic is a freelance journalist who writes for both IEG Policy and IEG Vu. He has many years’ experience covering a wide range of agri-food and commodity topics across Europe and Latin America. |
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