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Put simply, our people build our research - gathering and assessing information from a variety of sources, including talking directly to industry operators on the ground around the world. 

They rigorously evaluate and verify the data at every stage, helping us to be independent and objective. This creates a robust core for our platforms, valuations, analysis and advice. More importantly, it ensures seamless integration with how you work.

Our people drive this approach. Passionate about the industry, our global team is made up of industry specialists whose knowledge and relationships make the research you receive stands apart. 

Always ready to talk, we are on hand to answer our customers' questions on any aspect of our work. 

Meet some of our experts

Krystal Alvarez, Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain, Wood Mackenzie

Krystal Alvarez

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Supply Chain

Krystal focuses on our portfolio of subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and marine construction products

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Amanda Bandeira , Senior Research Analyst, Latin America Upstream, Wood Mackenzie

Amanda Bandeira

Senior Research Analyst, Latin America Upstream

Amanda is an expert in valuing individual upstream onshore and offshore assets in the Latin America region.

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Mark Broadbent, Research Director, North America Oils, Wood Mackenzie

Mark Broadbent

Research Director, North America Oils

Mark leads our North America oils team in analysing crude and product markets.

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Ixchel Castro, Vice President, Head of Gas & LNG Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Ixchel Castro

Vice President, Head of Gas & LNG Markets

Ixchel leads our research on downstream markets in North and Latin America.

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Akif Chaudhry, Director, Corporate Research, Wood Mackenzie

Akif Chaudhry

Director, Corporate Research

Akif focuses on strategy, benchmarking and valuation analysis related to power and renewables within company portfolios.

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Matthew Chadwick, Senior Vice President, Head of Oils and Chemicals,  Wood Mackenzie

Matthew Chadwick

Senior Vice President, Head of Oils and Chemicals

Matthew is an expert in analysing strategic and commercial issues for petchems and related businesses.

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Steve Chappell, Vice President, Head of Subsurface Research, Wood Mackenzie

Steve Chappell

Vice President, Head of Subsurface Research

With more than 30 years' of global experience, Steve leads the delivery of world-class exploration research.

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John Coleman, Principal Analyst, North American Crude Markets, Wood Mackenzie

John Coleman

Principal Analyst, North American Crude Markets

John leads our North American Crude Markets Service, delivering regular market outlooks and analysis

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Maria Peacock, Research Director, US Lower 48, Wood Mackenzie

Maria Peacock

Research Director, US Lower 48

Maria develops thought leadership, data analytics and products focused on the US Lower 48.

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Kelly Cui, Research Director, Petrochemicals, Wood Mackenzie

Kelly Cui

Research Director, Petrochemicals

Kelly is an expert in the coal-to-olefins (CTO) and methanol-to-olefins (MTO) sector.

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Chris DaCosta, Research Manager, CAISO Desk, Short-term Analytics, Wood Mackenzie

Chris DaCosta

Research Manager, CAISO Desk, Short-term Analytics

Chris is a power industry expert with a focus on the dynamic western US region.

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Ying Dai, Principal Consultant, Metals & Mining, Wood Mackenzie

Ying Dai

Principal Consultant, Metals & Mining

Ying specialises in zinc research, with a particular focus on the Chinese market and smelter costing analysis.

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Quentin De Carvalho, Head of Nylon / Polyamide, Wood Mackenzie

Quentin De Carvalho

Head of Nylon / Polyamide

Quentin has over 30 years’ experience in the chemical industry with a focus on polyamide nylon.

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Chenyuan Diao,  Principal Analyst - APAC (excl China) Wind and Energy Storage Research, Wood Mackenzie

Chenyuan Diao

Principal Analyst - APAC (excl China) Wind and Energy Storage Research

Chenyuan is an expert in renewables covering Asia Pacific excluding China

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Dan Eager, Research Director, Europe Power & Renewables, Wood Mackenzie

Dan Eager

Research Director, Europe Power & Renewables

Dan is a specialist in power market investment and dispatch modelling.

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Amanda Fairfax, Senior Analyst, Downstream Oil, Short-term Analytics, Wood Mackenzie

Amanda Fairfax

Senior Analyst, Downstream Oil, Short-term Analytics

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Patrick Finn Senior Analyst, North America Power Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Patrick Finn

Senior Analyst, North America Power Markets

Patrick focuses primarily on the PJM market, as well as short-term analysis and transmission.

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Simon Flowers, Chairman, Chief Analyst, Wood Mackenzie

Simon Flowers

Chairman, Chief Analyst

Simon is our Chief Analyst; he provides thought leadership on the trends and innovations shaping the energy industry.

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Adrian Gardner, Principal Analyst, Nickel Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Adrian Gardner

Principal Analyst, Nickel Markets

Adrian is a principal research analyst with our Nickel Metal Service, providing a global view of the industry.

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Edgardo Gelsomino, Research Director, Aluminium​, Wood Mackenzie

Edgardo Gelsomino

Research Director, Aluminium​

Edgardo has over 30 years' experience conducting research and advising stakeholders across the aluminium industry

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Zheng Han, Consultant, Power & Renewables Research, Wood Mackenzie

Zheng Han

Consultant, Power & Renewables Research

Zheng provides analysis covering China’s wind market

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Linda Htein, Head of Emissions Research, Wood Mackenzie

Linda Htein

Head of Emissions Research

Linda leads our global emissions research across an array of sectors in the energy and natural resources industries.

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Adam Jordan, Product Director – Power Analytics, Short-term Analytics, Wood Mackenzie

Adam Jordan

Product Director – Power Analytics, Short-term Analytics

Adam is product director for PowerIQ and PowerBuyer Analytics, delivering daily insight and analysis.

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Martin Kelly, Global Head, Curated Service, Energy & Natural Resources Research, Wood Mackenzie

Martin Kelly

Global Head, Curated Service, Energy & Natural Resources Research

Martin oversees our Curated Service offering, working across our energy and natural resource coverage

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Victor Laurent

Head of Power Solutions

Victor brings a decade of experience in European power and renewables markets to his role.

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Jonathan Leng, Principal Analyst, Zinc Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Jonathan Leng

Principal Analyst, Zinc Markets

Jonathan brings an in-depth perspective to his analysis of zinc markets.

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Clay Lightfoot, Director, Americas Gas Research, Wood Mackenzie

Clay Lightfoot

Director, Americas Gas Research

Clay has more than a decade of energy industry experience and a particular expertise in political and regulatory issues.

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Emma Liu, Senior Consultant and Research Analyst, Fibres, Wood Mackenzie

Emma Liu

Senior Consultant and Research Analyst, Fibres

Emma focuses on the Asian fibres market, where she closely follows prices and dynamics. 

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Olivia Loa, Research Analyst, Global Chemicals, Wood Mackenzie

Olivia Loa

Research Analyst, Global Chemicals

Olivia has experience across the energy value chain, from upstream oil and gas to chemicals and renewables.

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Arthur Luo, Consultant, Chemicals, Wood Mackenzie

Arthur Luo

Consultant, Chemicals

Arthur joined our Shanghai office in 2017 as an analyst covering the polyester chain in East Asia.

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Derryn Maade

Head of Metals and Mining

Derryn leads a team of analysts providing insight into steel, iron ore, metallurgical and thermal coal.

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Cicero Machado, Senior Manager of Bulks Assets​, Wood Mackenzie

Cicero Machado

Senior Manager of Bulks Assets​

Cicero leads our global asset coverage of coal, iron ore and steel.

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Craig McMahon, Senior Vice President, Head of Upstream Research & President of Wood Mackenzie Americas ,  Wood Mackenzie

Craig McMahon

Senior Vice President, Head of Upstream Research & President of Wood Mackenzie Americas

Craig's remit is to grow the Wood Mackenzie brand in the US and Canada and support clients across the region.

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Joe Midgley, Executive Vice President, Head of Upstream, Corporate and Carbon Solutions, Wood Mackenzie

Joe Midgley

Executive Vice President, Head of Upstream, Corporate and Carbon Solutions

Joe helps clients by bringing together Wood Mackenzie's deep industry knowledge and world class advice.

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Erik Mielke, Senior Vice President, Corporate Research, Wood Mackenzie

Erik Mielke

Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

Erik manages our corporate service, leading data-driven analysis and insight into strategies, performance and outlook.

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Andrew Mitchell, Associate, Consulting - M&M, Wood Mackenzie

Andrew Mitchell

Associate, Consulting - M&M

Specialising in nickel for over 20 years, Andrew has a deep understanding of the metals and mining industry.

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Iain Mowat, Principal Analyst, EMEARC Refining and Oil Product Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Iain Mowat

Principal Analyst, EMEARC Refining and Oil Product Markets

Iain brings extensive knowledge of global energy markets to his analysis of energy and petroleum demand.

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Sean Mulshaw, Research Director, Nickel Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Sean Mulshaw

Research Director, Nickel Markets

Sean is an expert in global nickel, stainless steel and molybdenum markets.

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Femi Oso, Director, Head of Middle East & Africa Upstream Research, Wood Mackenzie

Femi Oso

Director, Head of Middle East & Africa Upstream Research

Femi leads a team of 30 analysts covering energy markets and corporate activity in Africa.

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Harry Paton, Senior Research Analyst, Oil Supply, Wood Mackenzie

Harry Paton

Senior Research Analyst, Oil Supply

Harry is a member of four oil supply research team. His focus is developing oil price models and benchmarking assets.

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Andrew Pearson, Head of Gas and LNG, Wood Mackenzie

Andrew Pearson

Head of Gas and LNG

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Allyson Pellicci, Senior Research Manager, Global Gas Modelling, Wood Mackenzie

Allyson Pellicci

Senior Research Manager, Global Gas Modelling

Allyson brings 15 years of industry experience to her role on our Global Gas Modelling team

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Jodi Quinnell

Manager, Crude Oil Analytics and Forecasting, Short-term Analytics

Jodi has over a decade of energy market experience and in-depth understanding of the North American crude oil market.

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Ryan Saxton, Director, Head of Oil Data, Short-term Analytics, Wood Mackenzie

Ryan Saxton

Director, Head of Oil Data, Short-term Analytics

Ryan oversees a team dedicated to monitoring oil transportation, storage and refining.

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Stephanie Scollard, Product Analyst, Subsurface, Wood Mackenzie

Stephanie Scollard

Product Analyst, Subsurface

Stephanie is a subsurface product analyst focused on Lower 48 well and production data.

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Hazel Seftor, Senior Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply, Wood Mackenzie

Hazel Seftor

Senior Research Analyst, Global Oil Supply

Hazel is a senior research analyst with our oil supply team, covering the Middle East and North Africa.

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Jake Sharp, Lead Product Specialist, Wood Mackenzie

Jake Sharp

Lead Product Specialist

Jake is a lead product specialist in the Customer Organization team.

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Benjamin Shattuck, Vice President, Head of Investor Service, Wood Mackenzie

Benjamin Shattuck

Vice President, Head of Investor Service

Benjamin leads our US upstream analysis and specialises in the Lower 48.

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Caitlin Shaw, Research Director, Upstream Supply Chain, Wood Mackenzie

Caitlin Shaw

Research Director, Upstream Supply Chain

Caitlin Shaw is a research director of upstream supply chain.

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Jonathan Sultoon, Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice, Wood Mackenzie

Jonathan Sultoon

Head of Markets & Transitions, Energy Transition Practice

Jonathan has over 20 years’ experience leading analysis for global energy markets

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Kevin Swann, Senior Research Analyst, Upstream, Wood Mackenzie

Kevin Swann

Senior Research Analyst, Upstream

Kevin is an expert in UK upstream research and has extensive experience working across the sector.

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Gavin Thompson, Vice Chairman, Energy – Europe, Middle East & Africa, Wood Mackenzie

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman, Energy – Europe, Middle East & Africa

Gavin oversees our Europe, Middle East and Africa research.

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Norman Valentine, Director, Head of Corporate Research - Power & Renewables, Wood Mackenzie

Norman Valentine

Director, Head of Corporate Research - Power & Renewables

Norman leads our corporate research on power and renewables companies, with an emphasis on the offshore wind sector.

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Emma Weng, Research Associate, Equity Insight, Short-Term Analytics, Wood Mackenzie

Emma Weng

Research Associate, Equity Insight, Short-Term Analytics

Emma models and analyses the US EV market, focusing on production levels, company efficiencies and creative efforts.

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Dylan White, Director, North American Crude Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Dylan White

Director, North American Crude Markets

Dylan leverages cutting-edge data to offer real-time insight into the oil industry.

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James Whiteside, Director, Head of Corporate Research - Metals & Mining, Wood Mackenzie

James Whiteside

Director, Head of Corporate Research - Metals & Mining

With 15 years of experience in the metals and mining industry, James leads our corperate coverage.

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Julie Wilson, Research Director, Subsurface, Wood Mackenzie

Julie Wilson

Research Director, Subsurface

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Meng Xu, Senior Product Manager, Global Fiscal Research, Wood Mackenzie

Meng Xu

Senior Product Manager, Global Fiscal Research

Meng is an international petroleum economist. She owns WoodMac's fiscal modelling.

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Xianhui Zhang,  Upstream Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie

Xianhui Zhang

Upstream Research Analyst

Xianhui is an analyst in our Upstream Research team and focuses on China and Eastern Asia.

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Timur Zilbershteyn

Principal Analyst, Chemicals and Polymers

Timur is a principal analyst with more than 20 years of experience in chemicals research.

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