Julian McGill

Dr Julian McGill is the Managing Director and Founder of Glenauk Economics. Glenauk is an advisory firm focusing on the economics of crops, agricultural commodities and their value chains.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Dr McGill''s main focus is on palm oil and the lauric oils as well as their many downstream derivatives in food, specialty fats, feed, biofuels and oleochemicals.

A globally recognized authority on the economics of the oil palm, Dr McGill also has a longstanding interest in yield intensification in tropical oil crops. He is a member of the Incorporated Society of Planters and council member of the Malaysian Estate Owners Association (MEOA). Dr McGill is also on the advisory board of the Sustainable Coconut Partnership.

Prior to founding Glenauk Economics, Dr McGill started his career with LMC International where he established the Kuala Lumpur office.

Dr McGill holds an M.A. (Honours) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and completed his PhD at the University of Oxford.

Abdul Rasheed Janmohammed

Abdul Rasheed Janmohammed, the Chief Executive Officer of Westbury Group, holds a Commerce degree and a Masters in Law. He leads several key businesses, including Mapak Edible Oils, Mapak Qasim Bulkers, FWQ Enterprises, Dalda Foods, and Bulk Management Pakistan.

Rasheed is a prominent figure in various trade associations, currently serving as the President of the Bin Qasim Association of Trade & Industry (BQATI) and the Association of Port Terminal Operators (APTO), and as the Chairman of the Pakistan Shippers’ Council of FPCCI. His past roles include Chairman of the Pakistan Edible Oil Refiners Association (PEORA) and Executive Committee Member of FPCCI, REAP, and APSEA. He was also a member of the Prime Minister''s Task Force for the supply of Palm Oil from Indonesia in 2022.

In addition to his professional endeavors, Rasheed is active in social causes as a member of the Managing Committee at Kharadar General Hospital, a member of the Rotary Club of Karachi, and a trustee of the Janmohammad Dawood Trust. He is a regular speaker at international edible oil conferences across Asia and is the Chief Executive of the Pakistan Edible Oil Conference (PEOC).

Thomas Mielke

Thomas Mielke is Executive Director of ISTA Mielke GmbH in Hamburg (Germany), OIL WORLD, a leading research organization that provides global supply, demand and price analyses, statistics and forecasts for all the major oilseeds, vegetable oils & animal fats and oilmeals as well as for biodiesel and other products with clients in 100 countries.
 
Two times a week a market report is also released in Mandarin. Thomas Mielke joined the OIL WORLD team in the mid-1970s, after studying economics. He is a member of the Programme Advisory Committee of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. In 2014 Thomas Mielke received a Lifetime Excellent Award of the Malaysian industry in recognition of his contributions and commitments.

OIL WORLD was founded in 1958 and it is recognized worldwide for its independent, authoritative and unbiased information. The WEEKLY and daily FLASH reports can be obtained from the Internet at www.oilworld.de.

Dorab E Mistry

Dorab Mistry was born in India in 1953 and graduated from Bombay University in Commerce in 1973. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1976, having won the President''s Gold Medal.

He started his career at GODREJ, one of India''s leading industrial groups, in 1976. Since 1977 Dorab was based in London handling the vegetable oil buying and trading portfolio for GODREJ. The company''s wide ranging interests in vegetable oil processing, animal feeds, oleo chemicals, alcohols, soaps, toiletries, foods and plantations gave him a unique perspective of the world vegetable oil scenario.

Since 1996, Dorab has been a regular speaker on vegetable oil Price Outlook and is regarded as a leading analyst of price behaviour. He also writes and speaks regularly on the Indian economic scene. Dorab has served as India''''s representative on the managing committee of the International Association of Seed Crushers and was its Vice President from 2006 to 2008.

In June 2013, Dorab Mistry was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours List.

From April 2015, Dorab has re-located to Singapore.