Commodities debate: Participants

Robert Brown (RB – chair) joined Watson Wyatt in 2002, having spent 18 years in the asset management industry. He is a senior investment consultant and chairman of Watson Wyatt’s global investment committee, the group responsible for the firm’s capital market assumptions and views. He also advises a small number of the firm’s largest clients and has a particular understanding of issues facing such schemes.

Frans de Wit (FW) started working for PGGM in 2000 after he finished his studies in financial economics at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands. At PGGM he moved from back-office derivatives to join the commodities desk in 2003. He is at present responsible for commodities allocation at PGGM.

Kevin Rodgers (KR) runs complex risk for GFFX and commodities globally at Deutsche Bank, having joined Deutsche in 1999 during the merger with Bankers Trust. Before his current role he was global head of energy trading and global head of FX options. At Bankers Trust he ran emerging markets structured products and traded FX options. Before joining Bankers Trust he worked at Merrill Lynch in FX.