Featured Energy Expert

Marcel Boonaert
Global Director Portfolio Management 

Marcel has been in the energy industry for almost 25 years with experience in Pricing, Forecasting, Asset Optimisation, Risk Management, and Trading. Recent roles include leading Shell’s entry into the UK, Dutch and German markets by developing operational requirements to monetise supply and PPA contracts. Marcel has strong hands-on experience in operations as well as quantitative modelling and technical strategy development using tools such as python, TradeSignal, and SQL as well as various ETRM systems. Marcel has also gained leadership skills having led trading and operational teams at Wingas and EDF.

John Brottemsmo
Senior Market Analyst (EMEA)

John Brottemsmo is World Kinect Energy Services’ Senior Market Analyst in Europe. His background includes research in energy and environmental economics at the Norwegian School of Business, Head Analyst at Norway’s 6th largest power producer, and Senior Analyst at Norway’s 2nd largest power supplier. His primary focus is on European power and gas markets and how these are influenced by the underlying fundamental drivers. In this respect, the markets for oil, coal, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are of primary importance. 
In addition to providing market intelligence on these topics on a daily and weekly basis his views regarding these commodities are published semi-annually in Kinect Energy’s seasonal Outlook.

Featured Energy Experts

Andy Huenefeld
Director, Energy Price Risk (North America)

Andy has been in the energy industry for 14 years, with a focus on North American natural gas and power markets. At World Kinect Energy Services since 2015, Andy helps clients navigate market volatility and unpredictability by designing and managing custom risk management strategies. Andy utilizes in-depth fundamental and technical analysis to identify distinct market risks and opportunities that inform the custom-tailored advice given to clients.
Andy also manages and maintains World Kinect Energy Services’ suite of client-facing market intelligence publications and is an experienced public speaker, presenting on complex energy market-related topics at a variety of conferences and trade shows across the country as well as via webinars and other virtual meeting settings.

Jude Clemente
Manager, Energy Price Risk (North America)

Jude has been in the energy industry for over 15 years, with a focus on North American natural gas and power markets. Jude helps clients navigate market volatility and unpredictability by designing and managing custom risk management strategies. Jude specializes in gas and power fundamentals and looks at how energy policy is shaping up around North America to impact pricing. The integration of the global gas market is of particular interest and how that will increasingly affect North American energy markets.  

More generally, Jude’s research, data analysis, presenting, and writing sit at the intersection of energy supply, energy demand, and energy pricing. Beyond gas and power, focal points include North American and international trends in liquid fuels, LNG, coal, renewables, and GHG reduction plans. His is graphic-based market intelligence for energy pricing in North America but also in Europe and Asia. 

Marcel Boonaert
Global Director Portfolio Management 

Marcel has been in the energy industry for almost 25 years with experience in Pricing, Forecasting, Asset Optimisation, Risk Management, and Trading. Recent roles include leading Shell’s entry into the UK, Dutch and German markets by developing operational requirements to monetise supply and PPA contracts. Marcel has strong hands-on experience in operations as well as quantitative modelling and technical strategy development using tools such as python, TradeSignal, and SQL as well as various ETRM systems. Marcel has also gained leadership skills having led trading and operational teams at Wingas and EDF.

Featured Energy Expert

Rafael Cobo
Manager, Australia Energy Operations 

Rafael brings nearly 10 years of experience working with international Energy Markets. He has led teams responsible for energy procurement for clients from the mining and other energy-intensive sectors in Europe, bringing wholesale market participation and financial hedging to new sectors. He heads the price risk management team in Australia, responsible for both Australian and New Zealand clients. 

He is also responsible for the operations team in Australia, including procurement, budgeting, and data analysis pieces for our ANZ clients. His analytical skills have allowed him to take ownership of complex projects and improvements to our internal systems and processes.

Marcel Boonaert
Global Director Portfolio Management 

Marcel has been in the energy industry for almost 25 years with experience in Pricing, Forecasting, Asset Optimisation, Risk Management, and Trading. Recent roles include leading Shell’s entry into the UK, Dutch and German markets by developing operational requirements to monetise supply and PPA contracts. Marcel has strong hands-on experience in operations as well as quantitative modelling and technical strategy development using tools such as python, TradeSignal, and SQL as well as various ETRM systems. Marcel has also gained leadership skills having led trading and operational teams at Wingas and EDF.

Ian Burkheimer
Sr Manager - Sustainability Advisory, Asia Pacific 

Ian Burkheimer is the Lead for Sustainability Advisory in the Asia Pacific Region for World Kinect Energy Services, as well as the Japan office. With 15 years’ natural gas, renewable electricity and energy consulting experience, Ian provides sustainability and energy services for clients across Asia Pacific (APAC). His experience has included advising on renewable power procurement and placement of renewable energy in Japan, the Philippines, Chile, as well as for Asia-based clients with operations in North America and Europe.  He has also advised utilities, industrial clients and government on alternative energy supply chains and carbon impacts. Ian is currently the Co-chair of the American Chamber of Commerce Japan (ACCJ)'s Energy committee, where he works with international and Japanese members to advocate for improved processes for lower carbon energy in the country.

Callum Tsambalas
Senior Energy Analyst, Australia Energy Operations 

Joining World Kinect Energy Services from a major Australian energy gentailer, Callum is experienced in covering energy commodities markets and developing analytical tools to quantify supply, demand and price trends for the purpose of informing executive business decisions. Prior to joining the energy industry, Callum was trained as a market risk consultant by a leading Big 4 firm, and so couples these skillsets in his role as Senior Energy Analyst to effectively manage and mitigate energy price risks for World Kinect Energy Services’ APAC clients.