Stratamarkets Appoints Gareth Carpenter Editorial Director

Stratamarkets, the leading provider of price benchmarks and market intelligence for the global almond market, has named Gareth Carpenter as its newest Editorial Director with responsibility for market coverage in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Gareth has 15 years of experience in commodity market coverage. Prior to joining Stratamarkets, he served as associate editorial director, European power and gas and international coal, at S&P Global Platts. In that role, he specialized in physical and financial derivatives reporting and product development.

Gareth reported on the pharmaceutical, healthcare and insurance industries before joining Platts. He is based in The Netherlands.

“The addition of Gareth to our team will greatly improve our price and market news coverage of trading activity in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, which are key export markets for almond producers,” said Michael Easterbrook, managing director of Stratamarkets. “Gareth brings valuable experience covering commodity markets and we’re excited to have him join our team.”