BEN SCRIBER, Director of NGLs and Petrochemicals, joined OPIS in 2015 and leads spot NGL and petrochemicals price assessments and news. He has over 20 years of experience in the North American NGL industry. Prior to joining OPIS, he was a retail and wholesale supply manager for AmeriGas, the largest propane retailer in North America. Ben serves on the board of the LPG Charity Fund and the Petrochemical Feedstock Association of the Americas.
ANNA MATHERNE MALDONADO joined PetroChem Wire in March 2022 as Associate Director covering the daily aromatics markets and PCW’s Refinery Focus report. Her background spans nearly 20 years in industry, editing and writing for trade publications, and focusing on public relations and marketing at Dow Chemical and GAC Shipping and Logistics. She also previously worked at ICIS covering methanol and acetyls.
DAVID BARRY is PetroChem Wire’s Associate Director – PE, PP and PS. David is based in Marietta, Georgia and has more than a decade of experience covering the polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene markets. Prior to joining PetroChem Wire in 2011, he covered various commodity markets for ICIS. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Rice University, and master’s degrees in chemistry from the University of California and science journalism from Texas A&M University.
ROB SHERIDAN is an Associate Director at OPIS based in London. As part of his role, he leads global recycled plastics coverage outside of North America. Rob has been a financial, commodity and oil journalist for over 18 years. Prior to joining OPIS, he worked for Reuters, Euromoney, Platts, and Bloomberg in London and China, and as a senior oil and tanker analyst for London-based shipping brokerage Braemar ACM.
KATHY HALL is Vice President of Business Development at OPIS. She founded PetroChem Wire in 2007 and was previously its Executive Editor. Prior to starting PetroChem Wire and joining OPIS, Kathy spent more than 10 years as a commodity markets reporter, editor and manager at Platts.