Global Acrylonitrile Forum

1 – 2 November 2023 . Swissôtel The Stamford . Singapore

 

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Global Acrylonitrile Forum Speakers

Zengwei Yin

Principal Research Analyst Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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David Onyekpe

Sr. Research Analyst Global Olefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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Dawn Leow

Associate Director, Nylon Fiber and Feedstocks Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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Simon Neudeck

Head of Commerical Activities Trillium Renewable Chemicals

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Jim Shen

Asia Regional Sales Manager INEOS Nitriles

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William Chen, Ph.D

Executive Director, Asia Olefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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Ashish Pujari

Vice President, Asia Aromatics | Global Polyurethane Feedstocks | Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks | Polyester Stream Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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Kevin Longworth

Executive Director, Global Acrylonitrile Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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Mike Park

Director, APAC Ethylene & Propylene Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

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Zengwei Yin

Zengwei Yin Principal Research Analyst Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Zengwei Yin, Principal research analyst, currently working on Propylene and Acrylonitrile market in China to provide analytical support.

Before joining Chemical Market Analytics, Zengwei has worked 6 years for Schlumberger in UK 

as an integrated fluids and solids engineer, where he has completed many exploration and development projects for international oil companies such as BP, Shell, Total and CNOOC international. Prior to joining Schlumberger, Zengwei had also worked one year as a senior consultant for RuiXinZhiCheng Management Consulting Company in Beijing.

Zengwei is graduated from Tsinghua University in Chemical Engineering and completed his master degree in PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum E&D, major in Oil-Gas Well Engineering.

David Onyekpe

David Onyekpe Sr. Research Analyst Global Olefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

David Onyekpe is a Senior research analyst in the Global Olefins group at Chemical Market Analytics. He is responsible for coverage of the acrylonitrile value chain and cotton. 

Mr. Onyekpe has been with Chemical Market Analytics since 2016, where he has provided business information assisting clients in diverse projects. Prior to joining Chemical Market Analytics, David worked at the World Energy Council, where he assessed the impact of policies, in addition to opportunities and limitations that underpin some cross-cutting technologies within the energy Industry. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University College London.

Dawn Leow

Dawn Leow Associate Director, Nylon Fiber and Feedstocks Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Dawn Leow is an associate director covering Nylon Fibers & Feedstocks for the APAC region at Chemical Market Analytics (CMA). Before joining CMA, Ms. Leow worked for over 10 years in technical engineering roles primarily within the San Francisco Bay Area biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry, specializing in capital project management and budgetary and scheduling monitoring and controls involving new equipment introductions, installations and upgrades, commissioning, and qualifications. She has also worked in roles involving scientific research and marketing intelligence. Ms. Leow holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Science in accountancy and an MBA focusing on data analytics from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

Simon Neudeck

Simon Neudeck Head of Commerical Activities Trillium Renewable Chemicals

Simon Neudeck is heading the commercial activities of Trillium Renewable Chemicals with the focus on raw material procurement and product marketing. He joined Trillium in the summer of 2022.

Simon has been part of the chemical industry since 2004. He spent most of his career at a German chemical marketing company with over a decade in leadership roles. His experience ranges from the distribution of specialities to trading of commodity products. In recent years, Simon focused on decarbonization strategies and initiatives.

Simon holds a bachelor´s degree in Business Administration and Foreign Trade

Jim Shen

Jim Shen Asia Regional Sales Manager INEOS Nitriles

Jim graduated from Shanghai JiaoTong University, Bachelor degree for Polymer Material as well as Electronic Technology. Jim’s current role is Asia Regional Sales Manager for INEOS Nitriles. Jim previously held various of commercial roles in his career since year 1997, including Sales Manager with ExxonMobil Polyolefins, Market Manager with INEOS O&P and Licensing manager with INEOS Technologies.

William Chen, Ph.D

William Chen, Ph.D Executive Director, Asia Olefins Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

William Chen is Executive Director at Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company.

He has expertise in industrial experience, including R&D, sales, and professional consulting services. He leads Asia Olefins business with research responsibilities for providing insight into the dynamics associated with the ethylene, propylene, C4 & derivatives value chain markets. Provide thought leadership on the markets relating to supply, demand, price, and economics, as well as competitive dynamics and changing industry structural elements. Write analyses for Weekly, Monthly, and Annual reports (Market Advisory Services and World Analyses). William also Leads the Asia Olefins business for strategic growth as well as provides ongoing commercial management. Focus on nurturing relationships with clients and deepening services as part of clients’ commercial and strategic decision-making processes. Nurture relationships with clients, including SOEs, POEs, and MNCs to deepen services as part of clients’ commercial and strategic decision-making processes. Within Chemical Market Analytics, William also has been involved in many petrochemical consulting projects and multiple client studies, including China Coal Chemical Study, Global Propane Dehydrogenation Research, and Refinery-cracker/aromatic complex feasibility study.

Prior to Chemical Market Analytics, William worked for ChemChina. At the company, William started as a chemical engineer in the Lanzhou fiber plant, in Northwest China. Then, he moved back to Beijing to focus on downstream application development. In the last two years with ChemChina, William took charge of sales and marketing responsibility in NE Asia.

William earned Ph.D from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and majored in Polymer Chemistry and Physics. William is based in Beijing China.

Ashish Pujari

Ashish Pujari Vice President, Asia Aromatics | Global Polyurethane Feedstocks | Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks | Polyester Stream Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Ashish Pujari serves as Vice President of Aromatics and Fibres in the Chemicals team at Chemical Market Analytics in Singapore.

Mr. Pujari has responsibility for the Asian Aromatics business and Global Fibres and Feedstocks business and is the service leader for subscription services covering the global Polyester, and the Asian Aromatics value chain. He also provides commercial leadership to the Polyurethanes Service within the Base chemicals group. Apart from the regular market and outlook updates, Mr. Pujari also leads initiatives in creating and updating the long-term outlook for the polyester value chain. He has also been involved in numerous consulting studies since joining the firm. Prior to joining Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) in 2009, Mr. Pujari gained 15 years of experience with Reliance Industries Limited in India. He started his career as a project and operations engineer and was involved in the startup and commissioning of the Hazira complex on the west coast of India. He shifted to the commercial role in mid-1998 and worked as a business analyst for Reliance’s executive management before shifting to a sales and marketing role, handling Fibers Intermediates. Mr. Pujari holds a B.E. in chemical and polymer engineering from Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India, and completed his Executive MBA, at the Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore, India.

 

Kevin Longworth

Kevin Longworth Executive Director, Global Acrylonitrile Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Kevin Longworth is the Executive Director for Global Acrylonitrile at Chemical Market Analytics.

Kevin qualified as a process engineer in 1999 and subsequently worked in the plastics industry for several years in South Africa and the UK.

In 2009, Mr. Longworth leaped at the opportunity to transition into the world of petrochemicals consulting and since then his career has moved from strength to strength as he has gained experience in a multitude of areas. During his more than a decade-long journey in the petrochemicals arena, he has gained a deep insight into how this complex and volatile industry ticks. After spending several years as a consultant to the plastics industry he then took on the role of global research and analysis director for the acrylonitrile market service in March 2020. He works with a broad range of clients across the acrylonitrile value chain and his clients include major producers, consumers, and traders/distributors. The nature of his work allows him a unique global perspective of the acrylonitrile industry across all regions.

 

Mike Park

Mike Park Director, APAC Ethylene & Propylene Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Mike Park is Director for Asia light Olefins and propylene derivatives at Chemical Market Analytics. 

Mr. Park is responsible for covering Asia light olefins and propylene derivatives including acrylic acid, acrylates, SAP, MMA, oxo alcohols, and plasticizers. He has been contributing to various market advisory services and world analyses for hundreds of global clients since 2017. His distinguished career has spanned 15 years in the petrochemical and chemical industries. Before joining Chemical Market Analytics, Mr. Park worked at LG Chem in Korea for 10 years responsible for sales and marketing propylene derivatives.

Mike is based in Singapore.