Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts

Chris Midgley is head of analytics for S&P Global Platts, a division of S&P Global and the leading provider of information and benchmarks for the energy and commodities markets. Chris is a member of the Platts Executive Committee. Based in London, Chris leads and executes the strategy for analytics, which combines in-depth commodity and energy market knowledge, analysis and algorithms with fundamental data to support customers’ strategic decisions. With Chris’ expertise, S&P Global Platts Analytics is building a unique integrated energy markets view by combining the organic businesses developed within Platts and combining it with the legacy acquisitions, including PIRA Energy, RigData, Eclipse Energy, cFlow and Bentek Energy.

Chris brings over twenty-five years of oil industry experience, twenty years of which working with Shell, primarily in manufacturing, supply, trading, and strategy. Before joining Platts in September 2017, Chris headed up Shell’s Oil Markets Analysis division for four years, where he developed long-term outlooks to support the Group’s investment decisions and strategies and as Shell Trading’s chief economist providing short-term market views to inform trading positions. Chris has also been a director of a number of shipping and oil-related companies. He began his career with Exxon as a process engineer at its Fawley Refinery in the south of England. Chris is a chartered engineer with a degree in chemical engineering from Loughborough University.

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