Insights
The Centrality of Metals Talent: Q2 Market Review Preview
A preview of HC Group's Q2 Market Review - from the latest metals hiring trends, to BESS roles in demand.
Diversity Champion: Novera Khan, Founder and CEO of EmBER Advisory LLC and co-founder of HC Group’s Thought Partners
Commodities Diversity Champion
Talent Insights
HC Group's latest talent insights on the global commodities industry.
Explore our original talent trends and data analysis and quarterly Market Reviews that reveal the hiring patterns and key People Moves in the global commodities sector.
Listen to the latest episodes of the HC Commodities Podcast; read our exclusive interviews with Commodities Leaders about their strategies.
Discover our award-nominated series, Commodities Diversity Champion, where senior professionals from diverse backgrounds share their career challenges, solutions, and advice for aspiring professionals.
Latest Talent Trends
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HC Talent Intelligence: The Evolving Career Ladder of Operations Talent
We investigate the rise of Operations Talent and how this function is evolving into a pillar of the trading lifecycle.
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Midstream Talent Pipelines: Redesigning Leadership for Margin, Timing, and Volatility
We explore how U.S. midstream firms are redefining leadership talent pipelines for speed, integration, and agility.
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Metals Trading Recruitment: Navigating Talent Gaps
We explore how evolving talent gaps in metals trading are driving fresh, tech-led solutions to recruitment challenges.
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HC Talent Intelligence: The Boomerang Effect
We investigate the commodity traders returning to their original industries: the so-called 'Boomerang Effect'.
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HC Talent Intelligence: The New Talent Map in 2025
Our charts show the latest talent flows in commodities, and the global hubs driving hiring activity.
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Navigating Commodities Compensation: Introducing Our Q1 Market Review 2025
A preview of HC Group's Q1 Market Review - from key compensation trends to balancing parenthood and a trading career.
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HC Talent Intelligence: Increased Salary Expectations in Commodity Trading
Explore our charts revealing the growing gap between established compensation benchmarks and candidate expectations.
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HC Talent Intelligence: Tomorrow's Traders in Commodity Markets
Explore our charts revealing the evolving commodity trading landscape.
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Navigating Lower Volatility: Introducing HC Group's Annual Review 2024-25
Our latest Annual Review analyses the key trends in energy and commodities talent in 2024, and themes to watch in 2025.
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HC Talent Intelligence: Gender Diversity in Commodity Trading
Explore our charts revealing the challenges and opportunities for gender diversity in commodity trading.
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The Next Uranium Talent Trends: New Skills for Emerging Opportunities
We explore the latest talent trends and emerging opportunities in the uranium sector, from compliance to trading.
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HC Talent Intelligence: Reward Trends Reshaping Commodity Trading Compensation
Explore our charts revealing the hidden talent trends reshaping commodity sector compensation strategies.
Insights
New Biofuels Talent Strategies Amid Renewable Diesel Market Evolution
The renewable diesel regulatory and market changes that are reshaping recruitment strategies in the biofuels community.
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The UAE's Emergence as a Commodity Trading Hub: Outlook and Implications
HC Group's Head of MENA examines the UAE outlook and the implications for established commodity trading centres.
Latest HC Commodities Podcasts
Podcast
Lithium’s Hard Year with Caspar Rawles
Our guest is Caspar Rawles, Chief Operating Officer at Benchmark.
Podcast
Building Commodity Supply Chains in Trump’s America with Peter Stahley
Our guest is Peter Stahley, Senior Vice President at Cassidy & Associates.
Podcast
Equity Investing in Commodities with Matt Zabloski
Our guest is Matt Zabloski, founder and chief investment officer of Delbrook Capital Advisors.
Podcast
Energy & AI with the IEA’s Thomas Spencer and Siddarth Singh
Our guests are Thomas Spencer and Siddarth Singh, authors of IEA's latest paper 'Energy and AI'.
Podcast
The Commodities Trilemma with Clay Seigle
Our guest is Clay Seigle, Senior Fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program.
Podcast
The HC Commodities Podcast Live Event: Navigating Uncertainty - Trends and Risks in Commodity Trade
Our panellists were Stuart Lawson, Khushroo Pochkhanawalla, Matthew Chamberlain, Marieke Franssen and William Tully.
Podcast
Credit Risk in Uncertain Times with Jan-Peter Onstwedder
Our guest is Jan-Peter Onstwedder, former commodity risk lead at global banks, now an Enco Insight Partner.
Podcast
Renewable Natural Gas Now with Ben Kruger & Warren Feather
Our guests are Warren Feather, Board Advisor at Roeslein, and Ben Kruger, SVP of Renewables at Roeslein.
Podcast
The Oil Market: OPEC+, Tariffs and Recession with Matt Smith
Our guest today is Matt Smith, the Lead Energy Analyst for the US at Kpler, a leading data and analytics company.
Podcast
America's Critical Minerals Dilemma with Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes
Our guest is mining entrepreneur Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes, ex-Deputy Director for Batteries at US DOE.
Podcast
The Trump Administration’s Global Energy & Commodities Policy with Robert Johnston
Our guest is Robert Johnson, Senior Research Director at the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
Podcast
Tariffs, Metals and Force Majeure with Guy Winter
Our guest is Guy Winter, partner at Fasken, the global law firm, in their Global Mining Group.
Podcast
Navigating Trump 2.0: Part 2 - Trading Cognitive Dissonance with Nick Kumleben
Our guest is Nick Kumleben, energy and commodities director at Greenmantle. (Part 2)
Podcast
Navigating Trump 2.0: Part 1 - Signal vs Noise with Nick Kumleben
Our guest is Nick Kumleben, energy and commodities director at Greenmantle. (Part 1)
Podcast
Challenging Energy Narratives with Jarand Rystad
Our guest is Jarand Rystad, CEO and founder of Rystad Energy, an independent research and energy intelligence company.
Latest Leadership Thoughts
Leadership Thoughts
Damian Stewart: Navigating Complexity and Competition
HC Group's Managing Partner, Damian Stewart, highlights the strategic role of pay in today’s trading landscape.
Leadership Thoughts
Paul Chapman: Insights from the FT’s Commodities Global Summit 2025
HC Group's Managing Partner, Paul Chapman, reflects on key themes from the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne.
Leadership Thoughts
Mimi Chahal: New Commodities Trading Skillsets
HC Talent Intelligence's Director, Mimi Chahal, shares her insights on the changing skills needed by commodity traders.
Leadership Thoughts
Paul Chapman: Is the 'Hiring Season' Over in Commodities?
HC Group's Managing Partner, Paul Chapman, reflects on changing hiring seasonality within the commodities sector.
Leadership Thoughts
Brian Rusch: The Need to Define Risk and Middle Office Roles in Commodities
Energy Trading Risk Manager Brian Rusch explains why formalising risk and middle office roles is essential.
Leadership Thoughts
India’s Power, Renewables, and Carbon Markets: Talent Challenges and Solutions
Ashwani Dudeja from ACME Group discusses India's energy sector transformation, policy environment and talent landscape.
Leadership Thoughts
Navigating Changing Commodities Talent Demand
The energy transition and digitization is reshaping commodity trading, demanding new talent amidst scarcity.
Leadership Thoughts
Oil and Gas Companies Should Come Clean
Vikas Mittal and Sonam Singh argue that oil and gas companies need to clarify their sustainability strategies.
Leadership Thoughts
In Conversation with Savvas Manousos, Co-Founder, HC Thought Partners
The respected energy trading leader and founding HC Thought Partner reflects on his time at Spain's Cepsa
Leadership Thoughts
In Conversation With…Jonathan Perkins, CEO of Mabanaft
Jonathan Perkins, CEO of Mabanaft speaks to Anoush Kefayati
In Conversation With
In Conversation With… Georges Tijbosch, CEO of MiQ
Georges Tijbosch, CEO of MiQ (Methane Intelligence) talks to Fatima Sadouki, Senior Writer for HC Group.
Leadership Thoughts
In Conversation With….Vineet Kohli, CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation RtM
Damian Stewart, Managing Partner at HC Group, talks to Vineet Kohli, CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation RtM
Leadership Thoughts
In Conversation With…. Adrian Enright, CEO of carbon offset provider TEM
“After every COP there is progress, however big or small.”
Leadership Thoughts
Hanan Bakr, ESG banking expert: “Cooperation cannot be successful if companies or governments are not clear on ESG standards”
Diversity needs to be taken seriously enough to address inclusion and belonging.
In Conversation With
In Conversation With… Gina Fyffe, CEO of Integra Petrochemicals
“You’ve got to take your ego out of the equation”
