Spring Webinar 2024: The Search for Trades

Samantha Hartke

Commodity Owner

Samantha Hartke, a veteran in commodity management, boasts substantial expertise in energy analysis and product management. In her role at Energy Aspects as Head of NGLs, she analysed global natural gas liquids markets. Previously, at PetroChem Wire, Samantha provided high-quality analysis of North American NGLs and olefins. Her expertise also extends to leading the commercial and operational aspects of IHS Chemical’s daily business information service.

James Noel-Beswick

Commodity Owner - Distillate

James Noel-Beswick is Commodity Owner for Distillate at Sparta. Before joining Sparta, James worked as an analyst for the likes of BP and Shell, and leads our continued development of the distillate product vertical.

Philip Jones-Lux

Commodity Owner - Gasoline

Philip Jones-Lux is Commodity Owner for Sparta. Having worked with organisations such as JBC Energy and RP Global, Philip is a seasoned energy market analyst with expertise across the oil barrel and power markets.

Jorge Molinero

Commodity Owner - Naphtha

Jorge Molinero is Commodity Owner for Naphtha and LPG at Sparta. Starting his career as a financial analyst with BBVA, Jorge quickly transitioned to market intelligence within the energy sector, spending 4 years as a naphtha analyst with Repsol before joining Sparta in early 2023.

Michael Ryan

Commodity Owner - Freight

Michael Ryan, our Freight Commodity Owner at Sparta, brings over a decade of experience in the energy trading sector. His career started and flourished at Trafigura managing risk across products and regions before becoming Head of Risk for subsidiary Puma Energy. Michael then joined the Trafigura commercial team trading clean and gas freight while successfully growing the physical fleet through strategic dealmaking.