The Financial Times would like to thank the attendees of the first  FT Global Commodities Summit which took place from 23-25 April 2012 at the Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Summit brought together over 300 senior executives and top traders from around the world, to debate the key issues facing the commodities industry in the current global economic climate.

Speaker presentations are now uploaded please click on this link

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Speakers included

	Alex Beard Head of Oil Glencore		Simon Collins Director and Head of Dry Bulk Commodities Trafigura Beheer BV
	Richard Elman Chairman Noble Group		Ian Taylor CEO & President Vitol Group of Companies
	Torbjörn Törnqvist  Chairman & CEO Gunvor Group		Sunny Verghese Co-Founder,  Group Managing Director & CEO Olam International Limited

Pierre Barbé, President Trading & Shipping, TOTSA Total Oil Trading SA 
Alberto Calderon, Group Executive and Chief Executive Aluminium, Nickel and Corporate Development, BHP Billiton Limited
Jordi Costa, Vice President, Agribusiness, Sugar & Bioenergy, Bunge EMEA 
Daniel Jaeggi, Co-Founder and Group Vice President, Head of Global Trading,Mercuria Energy Group
Jacques-Olivier Thomann, Global Head of Structured Finance, BNP Paribas 
Christian Weyer, President, Enerfin SA
                                                                                                      
See full list of speakers