Petrochemicals - Part I & II & Asian Polyolefins
Shanghai Schedule
13th - 15th October 2008, Shanghai
John Richardson
Director
ICIS INSIGHT ASIA
John Richardson has been a journalist for 20 years. He started his career with a weekly newspaper in London before freelancing for the UK national press and for a local evening newspaper. He has also worked for local and national UK TV and radio stations, including the BBC.
John moved to Singapore in 1997 to become deputy of Asian Chemical News and was promoted to editor in June 2005. ACN was merged with European Chemical News to form a new magazine, ICIS Chemical Business in January this year.
John was also responsible from 2001-2005 for the Asian output of ICIS news - the online news service.
His current position with ICIS is as director of a newly-launched business, ICIS Insight Asia.
Malini Hariharan
Country Manager
ICIS INDIA
Malini has conducted training events and seminars in Singapore, India, New York, Buenos Aires and Houston and has spoken at many industry conferences.
She started her career with Indian Petrochemicals Corp (IPCL) and was involved in the marketing of polymers and chemicals.
Mark Berggren
Managing Director
MMSA
Mark Berggren is the Founder and Managing Director of MMSA. Mr. Berggren has more than 21 years of experience in the petrochemical industry. He also has experience in providing project support services such as strategic plan development, mergers and acquisitions management, programme development, and technical and market support for project finance procurement to Asian clients on petrochemicals, including methanol and key derivatives, olefins and polyolefins, styrenics, rubbers, ethylene glycol, and polyesters.
From 1985 through 1996, Mr. Berggren worked at Shell Chemical. He was responsible for establishing the Asian consulting practice of an international petrochemical consultancy in Singapore in 1998.
Mr. Berggren holds a BS in Chemical Engineering (cum laude) from Princeton University.
