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Meet the Team Behind Commodity Insights
Empowering Global Commodity News
Discover the dedicated professionals driving the news division of Commodity Board India, where market intelligence meets strategic reporting.
Our India Office
Our India office is the powerhouse behind Commodity Board's news division, delivering timely and accurate market insights. With a focus on agricultural commodities, our team ensures that stakeholders across Europe and Asia receive the latest updates and analyses, fostering informed decision-making and strategic growth.
Our Team
The dedicated journalists, strategists, and analysts behind every report.
Harsh Trivedi
Shapes the editorial voice and content framework for market intelligence coverage.
Victoria Smith
Manages digital presence, audience growth, and multimedia production.
Hitesh Verma
Coordinates press outreach, stakeholder relations, and communications strategy.
Will Mueller
Builds data pipelines and price-tracking models for agri commodity markets.
Charvi Joshi
Reports on-the-ground developments from key agricultural production regions.
The Team in Europe
Strategy, technology and editorial expertise – the minds behind Commodity Board Europe.
Michael Gütlich
Founder and Managing Director of Commodity Board Europe GmbH. Over 32 years of experience in international commodity trading, market analysis and the digitalisation of trading processes. Responsible for the strategic development of CMB News, CMBroker and Commodity Board Europe.
Dawid Sochacki
Co-founder of Commodity Board Europe GmbH and the technical mind behind its digital infrastructure. Over 20 years of experience in software architecture, platform engineering and the development of scalable web applications. Responsible for the architecture and development of CMBroker, CMB News and the Commodity Board Europe platform. Drives the integration of AI-powered workflows into commodity trading – from automated market analysis to intelligent data processing at scale. Focused on turning complex trading operations into fast, resilient and future-ready digital systems.
Franz Kern
Head of Research & Market Analysis. Over 23 years of experience in international commodity trading. Responsible for the standardisation, categorisation and structuring of commodity data across the Commodity Board platforms. Leads the research department, analyses international markets and coordinates the production of market reports for European and global commodity trading.
Hermann Kaiser
Managing Director of Commodity Board Polska sp. z o.o., responsible for market research, business development and trading activities in Poland. Supports the expansion of the Commodity Board network across Central and Eastern Europe.
Halina Lorek
Responsible for managing producers, suppliers and trading partners in Poland. Supports the building and maintenance of the Polish supplier network, market analysis and the development of new business relationships. Central point of contact for the Polish market.
Fiodor Semidetnov
Fiodor Semidetnov supports Commodity Board Europe as a partner in Ukraine. He produces weekly market reports and analyses on the Ukrainian markets for oilseeds, grain and maize. Drawing on his local market expertise, he provides valuable insights into price trends, harvest forecasts, export activities and the current framework conditions of Ukrainian agricultural trade. His reports help our members, clients and trading partners to better understand developments in one of Europe's most important agricultural exporting countries and make well-informed trading decisions.
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