Euan Mann - Director
Euan Mann has extensive experience in soft commodities, having worked and consulted for producers, merchants, end-users, and investors within the sector.
As an analyst at ED&F Man, he helped to establish coffee crop forecasting operations in Vietnam and Brazil, in addition to working with field teams based in the cocoa areas of West Africa. When ED&F Man bought Volcafe in 2003, Euan became the Senior Coffee Analyst for the combined group. In 2006, he moved to a more commercial role, helping to set up ED&F Man Derivatives Advisors (MDA), a financial services business offering options-based strategies to end-users and investors in the commodities sector.
In 2010, he founded Complete Commodity Solutions (CCS) to explore independent opportunities in soft commodities analysis. Initially, he was contracted exclusively to Cadbury Plc as Head of Global Commodity Analysis, advising on group hedging strategy.
Upon completion of this contract, CCS began to expand its client base to include commodity merchants, food producers, and commodity hedge funds. This breadth of experience gives him a unique perspective.
Euan is also a member of the ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks, an observer at the ICO Statistics Committee, and regularly speaks at industry conferences. He has consulted as an expert to The World Bank and to the commodities division of the NYSE Liffe Commodities Exchange.
As an analyst at ED&F Man, he helped to establish coffee crop forecasting operations in Vietnam and Brazil, in addition to working with field teams based in the cocoa areas of West Africa. When ED&F Man bought Volcafe in 2003, Euan became the Senior Coffee Analyst for the combined group. In 2006, he moved to a more commercial role, helping to set up ED&F Man Derivatives Advisors (MDA), a financial services business offering options-based strategies to end-users and investors in the commodities sector.
In 2010, he founded Complete Commodity Solutions (CCS) to explore independent opportunities in soft commodities analysis. Initially, he was contracted exclusively to Cadbury Plc as Head of Global Commodity Analysis, advising on group hedging strategy.
Upon completion of this contract, CCS began to expand its client base to include commodity merchants, food producers, and commodity hedge funds. This breadth of experience gives him a unique perspective.
Euan is also a member of the ICCO Expert Working Group on Stocks, an observer at the ICO Statistics Committee, and regularly speaks at industry conferences. He has consulted as an expert to The World Bank and to the commodities division of the NYSE Liffe Commodities Exchange.
Daniel Gibson - Soft Commodity Analyst
Daniel Gibson graduated from City University London in July 2013 with a first class BSc honours degree in economics.
An aptitude for data analysis, econometrics and financial economics resulted in Daniel’s nomination for City University’s academic prize and his selection to lead City University’s team in the London University Trading Challenge.
Joining CCS as an analyst in September 2013, Daniel has since developed expertise in weather and trade statistics analysis as well as price differential and stock data analysis. Daniel has also collaborated with the ICO on a project exploring the use of trade statistics.
An aptitude for data analysis, econometrics and financial economics resulted in Daniel’s nomination for City University’s academic prize and his selection to lead City University’s team in the London University Trading Challenge.
Joining CCS as an analyst in September 2013, Daniel has since developed expertise in weather and trade statistics analysis as well as price differential and stock data analysis. Daniel has also collaborated with the ICO on a project exploring the use of trade statistics.
Miguel Tress - Junior Soft Commodity Analyst
Miguel joined CCS in October 2016 as a junior analyst with a particular focus on the cocoa market. He previously worked within the risk management department of an airline company in Mexico, with specific focus on oil market analysis.
He holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He also spent one year on exchange at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing the CFA designation.
Having grown up in the state of Veracruz in Mexico, Miguel has a strong heritage in soft commodities, hailing from a family of coffee and sugarcane farmers.
He holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He also spent one year on exchange at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing the CFA designation.
Having grown up in the state of Veracruz in Mexico, Miguel has a strong heritage in soft commodities, hailing from a family of coffee and sugarcane farmers.
Dominique Maiolini Alvarenga - Coffee Research Analyst
Dominique started working with CCS in 2014, helping us to establish a proprietary survey estimating cherry-to-green-bean yields in order to better understand the impact of the severe drought seen earlier that year.
She is currently studying Business Management & Foreign Trade at the Central University of South Minas in Varginha and will continue to work with us as she furthers her education.
Dominique comes from a family rich in coffee heritage as farmers and warehouse-owners in the Sul de Minas region of Brazil.
She is currently studying Business Management & Foreign Trade at the Central University of South Minas in Varginha and will continue to work with us as she furthers her education.
Dominique comes from a family rich in coffee heritage as farmers and warehouse-owners in the Sul de Minas region of Brazil.