BLACK SEA OIL TRADE 2025

Sergey Feofilov  – Director General of UkrAgroConsult, Ph.D. in Economics.
Founder of UkrAgroConsult – the first Ukrainian consulting agency specialized in agricultural sector of the Black Sea region (marking its 30-year anniversary in 2024).

Sergey Feofilov has vast expertise in analysis of agricultural market of the Black Sea region and Eastern Europe. He has broad international contacts in trading, banking and investment spheres, is a recognized expert and speaker at the major international agri conferences.

UkrAgroConsult serves global agribusiness operators from 50+ countries worldwide, delivering quality market information and analysis for effective decision making. The company provides analytical reports on grain and oilseed markets, in-depth agri market research, investment consulting, business planning, is an organizer of the major international conferences on grains and oilseeds.

Company’s services are trusted by the leading international agricultural producers, traders, agri holdings and farms, processors, investors, banks etc. UkrAgroConsult cooperates with the major global and intergovernmental organizations in agricultural sector.

UkrAgroConsult annually holds major international agri conferences in the Black Sea region and Europe, in particular such events as BLACK SEA GRAIN, BLACK SEA OIL TRADE, EURO GRAIN HUB Exchange & Forum and other.

Mr. Matt Ammermann is a commodity risk management consultant in the Eastern Europe/Black Sea region with the StoneX Financial Inc- FCM Division.

Working at the forefront of risk management in one of the fastest and largest growing agricultural markets in the world, his team provides risk management solutions to help improve and control margins and the impact of commodity prices to a business’s operation. For the past decade plus, Mr. Ammermann has been working in the region with producers, traders, exporters, crushers, millers, and consumers from all commodity groups helping to educate and guide them on how to effectively manage their price risk. StoneX also offers in-depth market intelligence, which provides tremendous value in the volatile commodity markets. Growing up on a farm and active in its operations, Mr. Ammermann understands the markets are changing; companies that actively manage their price risk will be in a better position to grow and adapt to these market changes.

The FCM Division of StoneX Financial Inc. provides full service, 24-hour futures and options brokerage, advisory, clearing and execution services on all major commodity exchanges worldwide. The company adds value for clients across a variety of financial markets by helping them to systematically identify and quantify exposures to commodity price risks. StoneX Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: SNEX) is a Fortune-500 financial services firm with a nearly 100-year history, StoneX’s 1,200 employees serve clients from 40 offices in 15 countries.

Victoria has almost 20 years of experience in the agriculture trade industry, focusing on quality and safety of commodities. As a Global Sales Manager with SGS, she is in charge of supporting clients’ requirements when it comes to inspection and testing of international agri shipments.

Anton Zhemerdieiev has extensive experience in various areas of agriculture: public administration (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ministry of Agrarian Industry and Food), international trade (CHS), infrastructure (Maxigrain terminal) and production (Astarta, TAS Agro).

He has successful experience in managing trade in grains, oilseeds and processed products, port transshipment, oilseed processing and road/rail/sea logistics.

He graduated from the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics (two master’s degrees in Commodity Research and Commercial Business and Commercial Law).

Dinesh has 10+ years in the edible oil industry (Kernel, Wilmar, IFFCO), with experience in both Ukraine and the GCC.

Since 2023, running an independent business — a leading exporter of refined oil to the Middle East.

Commodity Broker at Prospex-Agro Company and has been working on the market of Oils and Oilseeds since 2017. Her main field of interest is the Chinese destination, however, she is an active participant of trading to MENA and European destinations as well. Vlada’s main goal is to keep clients updated and informed on the latest market changes, and make the interaction between Parties smooth and comfortable.