LSEG Insight Series Australia
Date: 13 August 2026, Thursday
Time: 9:30am to 1:30pm
Venue: InterContinental, Sydney
LSEG Insight Series Australia
Date: 13 August 2026, Thursday
Time: 9:30am to 1:30pm
Venue: InterContinental, Sydney
LSEG Insight Series Australia
Date: 13 August 2026, Thursday
Time: 9am to 2pm
Venue: InterContinental, Sydney
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Shameek Ghosh
Senior Research Specialist, Biofuels & Petrochemicals, LSEG
With an impressive Energy background ranging from Jim Jordan & Associates to Platts, to Thomson Reuters and now LSEG - Shameek is a Energy guru. Publishing from a US Clean Product Daily Swaps Pricing report daily and a weekly Ethanol Report to several monthly US Petrochemical Trade Date and global reports.
Shameek Ghosh
Senior Research Specialist, Biofuels, LSEG
Tom Walsh
Director of Agriculture & Weather Research, LSEG
As Director of the Agriculture & Weather Research team within LSEG's Commodities Research team, Tom leads a global team of specialists, analysts, meteorologists and weather experts who provide critical insights in the agriculture market, including supply and demand-based forecasts, agricultural flows, import and export analysis, and price assessments. His team also forecasts short-term weather and long-range climate patterns along with their impacts on agriculture and energy markets. The teams’ content are available within LSEG’s Eikon and Workspace platforms, as well as various data feed products. Tom has been with the team for 14 years, and has a B.S. in Meteorology, and M.S. in Geography/Climatology, both from Northern Illinois University.
Tom Walsh
Director of Weather & Climate Research, LSEG
Drew Manecke
Principal Research Analyst Power, LSEG
Drew has spent over a decade in the power industry, specializing in energy trading, origination, analytics, and portfolio management. He has held key roles at SB Energy, Shell, Enverus, Renewable Energy Systems (RES), and the Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services (ACES). Throughout his career, Drew has been passionate about solving complex problems, improving efficiency, and developing processes to enhance accuracy and reliability.
He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Wittenberg University. A devoted Python enthusiast, Drew firmly believes that there’s no problem the language can’t help solve, whether in business or just for fun.
Drew lives in Houston with his wife and their two daughters, seven-year-old Nora and three-year-old Mila, who keep him on his toes. In his free time, he enjoys skiing and biking, though he admits that skiing is much harder to come by in Houston than cycling.
Saheed Olayiwola
Senior Data Scientist, LSEG
Saheed Olayiwola is a Senior Data Scientist with LSEG and a versatile professional certified engineer (USA) with more than 10 years of industrial, management, and economic analysis for business development. I have worked with different petroleum modelling software and have strong familiarity with MATLAB, python, VBA, Machine Learning and deep learning, and other management software. I have presented and published several publications in different conferences and reputable journals on modelling, economic and price modelling, fracturing, PVT, and petroleum recovery. I joined the North America Natural Gas team of LSEG as a Quantitative analyst since April 2022 working on updating supply and demand models for NA gas storage. Forecasting the future demand and supply to predict the future storage.
Previously, I have worked with the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore (ADCO) Operations (now ADNOC Onshore) for 3 years as a reservoir engineer. In addition, I have also worked as researcher and post-doc research for different organizations (University of Wyoming, ADNOC Research Center (petroleum Institute), Khalifa University (Petroleum Institute)). I have Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming, USA, in August 2020, an MSc. from the Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Petroleum Institute), UAE, in Dec 2013, and BSc. From the University of Benin, Nigeria, in Nov 2008.
Aishwarya Gogoi
Research Manager, Carbon, LSEG
Aishwarya Gogoi serves as the Research Manager for Carbon at LSEG Commodities Research. She manages the research team responsible for environmental markets in North America and global voluntary carbon markets, with a focus on developing research content and analytics for LSEG products. Aishwarya is involved in market supply and demand analysis, price forecasting, and providing support to customers interpreting data from LSEG D&A.
Aishwarya joined LSEG in 2019 after serving as Senior Refined Products Analyst in LSEG Oil Research & Forecasts, Americas. She brings oil and gas industry expertise and holds a B.Tech from PDEU, India, and an MSc from the University of Houston, both in Petroleum Engineering.
Aleksandr Shkurin
Manager, Oil Research, LSEG
Alexander leads a research team specializing in commodity markets, including oil, petroleum products, and petrochemicals. His team focuses on in-depth analysis of supply and demand balances, pricing, taxation, transportation economics, and consulting. With a strong background in data analysis, marketing, and project management, Alexander has extensive experience building analytical teams and developing complex products within global organizations. He has been with the team for 14 years, and has a master’s degree in engineering and technology and is passionate about transforming data into actionable insights that drive strategic decisions and growth.
Rishi Rajanala
Research Specialist, Oil Americas, LSEG
Rishi Rajanala is a Research Specialist at LSEG, specializing in the US crude and fuel oil markets. He develops data-driven insights on trade flows, inventories, and pricing, and builds forecasting models that integrate fundamentals with advanced analytics.
He previously advised oil and refined product clients on hedging and risk management at Aegis Hedging and holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
Anupam Kishore
APAC Sales Lead, Analytics and AI Solutions
LSEG
Anupam Kishore
APAC Sales Lead, Analytics and AI Solutions
Christopher Kent
Assistant Governor (Financial Markets)
RBA
Christopher Kent is the Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), a position he has held since December 2016. In this role, he is responsible for the oversight of the RBA's operations in the domestic and global financial markets, including the management of Australia's foreign reserves. He regularly briefs the Reserve Bank Board on developments in financial markets and participates as the RBA's representative on the BIS Markets Committee and the BIS Committee on Global Financial Stability. Christopher chairs the Australian Foreign Exchange Committee and is the Chair of Note Printing Australia.
David Day
Group Head of Sales, APAC
LSEG
David Day is the Group Head of Sales, APAC for London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). He
was formerly a Group Director and Head of North Asia for LSEG.
Prior to joining Refinitiv, David was a Managing Director in the APAC financial services business
of IHS Markit. Previously, he was Head of APAC and Managing Director for financial services
solutions provider Ipreo. David has held strategy, business development and investment banking
roles at various firms including Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.
David holds an MBA from the Kellogg‐HKUST Executive MBA Program, an MS in Financial
Technology from HKUST and a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is
currently pursuing an MS in Law from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
David is based in Singapore.
Marsha Lee
Managing Director, Head of Calastone Australia and New Zealand
Calastone
Marsha Lee is the Managing Director, Head of Calastone Australia and New Zealand and is responsible in nurturing a strong and collaborative client relationship in the region. This is in addition to growing our footprint in AUNZ and driving into new segments of the market.
With more than 20 years of experience in the securities and managed funds industry, Marsha has a broad understanding of various segments of the Australian market.
Prior to Calastone, Marsha held a range of roles in custody securities and funds settlements and relationship management with current focus in fintech.
Michael Skinner
Managing Director, CIO and Founder
Blackwattle
Michael Skinner is the Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, and Founder of Blackwattle Investment Partners, with over two decades of experience across engineering and investment.
Prior to founding Blackwattle, Michael was responsible for close to $2 billion across a range of Australian equity strategies. He also teaches as a senior academic at the University of New South Wales and the University of Adelaide, and has held board positions across sport, charity, community, and education.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering, a Graduate Diploma of Law, a Master of Business Administration, and a Master of Law.
Stuart Eliot
Director
NMMT Limited
Stuart leads AMP Investments’ Portfolio Design & Management team, overseeing strategic and dynamic asset allocation across around $80 billion in assets. Since joining AMP in 2022, Stuart has redefined the firm’s Dynamic Asset Allocation program, focusing on a robust risk framework and a signal-driven investment approach which includes AMP’s historic bitcoin allocation.
Stuart is a director of NMMT Limited, sits on the AMPI Investment Committee, chairs several sub-committees, and acts as investment adviser to the AMP Foundation Board.
Prior to AMP, Stuart held senior roles at Pendal Group and leading investment banks, with a strong focus on multi-asset investing and responsible investment strategies. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Studies) from Macquarie University.
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