Geopolitics and the Oil Market – ALPS/USCF – 5.14.20

Overview:
Title: Geopolitics and the Oil Market
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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Dr. Helima Croft, Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research at RBC Capital Markets, will discuss her analysis on the geo-economics surrounding the volatile oil market at present. With WTI trading in negative territory in late April, the historic OPEC+ production cuts beginning this month, along with continued COVID-19 demand destruction issues, Helima will elaborate on the framework of the oil market and energy, the key actors at play, and her thoughts on the path forward.

Speaker:
Helima Croft, PhD Helima Croft, PhD Managing Director, Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research Global Research RBC Capital Markets

Helima is a Managing Director and the Head of Global Commodity Strategy and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research at RBC Capital Markets. She specializes in geopolitics and energy, leading a team of commodity strategists that cover energy, metals and cross‐commodity investor activity. Helima is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a select group of individuals who advise, inform and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas. She also is a CNBC contributor, a member of the channel’s exclusive family of experts, is on the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Council, and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Helima joined RBC Capital Markets from Barclays, where she was a Managing Director and Head of North American Commodities Research. Prior to that, she worked in Lehman’s Business Intelligence group, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Central Intelligence Agency, where she focused on geopolitics and commodities. Helima has received many industry accolades throughout her career and received her PhD in economic history from Princeton in 2001.