Instructors of
Bob Fryklund
Vice President and Chief Strategist Upstream Energy
Bob Fryklund is the Chief Upstream Strategist at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Bob has 43 years experience working for majors, independents, and consultancies, with more than half of that in executive leadership roles. He focuses on advising companies, boards and leadership teams on areas that lead to high impact value creation – portfolio’s , IPO’s, restructuring, M&A.
He is globally recognized expert on Upstream and won the AAPG Presidents award for his Thought Leadership. A frequent keynote speaker for both public and private events, he is also a well known moderator and media source.
Bob gives back to the industry via mentoring women leaders and he also sits on multiple industry boards- ARPEL, AAPG CAB, AAPG Trustee Associate. He holds an AB in Geology from Hamilton College and resides in Houston, Texas.
Rodrigo Vaz
Director Upstream Research
Rodrigo is currently Director of Latin America in the S&P Global Commodity Insights Upstream Research business. He has 22+ years of experience in the Energy Industry.
Prior to joining S&P Global (f.k.a IHS Markit) in 2011, Rodrigo was Manager at Accenture Management Consulting responsible for BD and project management at the O&G business line for 8 years. Prior to Accenture, he worked on the Brazilian Nuclear Quality Institute (IBQN) for 4 years, responsible for consulting projects and quality auditing at Nuclear Energy sector in Brazil.
Rodrigo holds a graduation degree in Civil / Industrial Engineering from the PUC-RJ University, an MBA in Management from FGV-RJ University and a Post-Graduation in Energy Industry Economics from COPPEAD/UFRJ University. His background also includes international certifications from PMI and APICS institutes
Felipe Perez
Americas Director and Strategist Midstream & Downstream Energy
Felipe Perez is LATAM Downstream Strategist and Director of Oil Markets, Midstream & Downstream for the Americas with IHS Markit based in Los Angeles, California. He has 15 years of experience in consulting in the oil and gas industries, mainly in downstream sector. He joined IHS Markit in 2017.
His primary focus is on assisting clients with performance improvement and strategic initiatives. His expertise is on PADD 5 and North America and Latin America fuels markets connectivity.
Prior to joining IHS Markit- SP Global, Felipe worked as a Senior Consultant and Business Development Executive at KBC covering major Latin America clients.
Felipe holds a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil and an M.Sc. in Refinery Design and Operation from University of Manchester, England. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English
Debnil Chowdhury
Vice President, Americas Head of Refining and Marketing
Debnil leads the team of analysts responsible for short and long-term downstream refined product supply, demand, and margin outlooks for North and Latin America. Since joining S&P Global in 2012, he initially led the North American natural gas liquids team where he created the company's proprietary long-term ethane analytics price, supply, and demand forecast model. The model can be utilized to quantitatively link and provide insight on ethane supply/demand to long-term pricing and is utilized by clients to make large capital decisions for petrochemical assets globally.
In his current role in refining, Debnil and his team focus on refined product market forecasting and price forecasting. He led the Light and Heavy Naphtha service creating the proprietary refining, NGL, petrochemical supply, demand, and price forecasting models for the service. Recently, Debnil was instrumental in the development of views of supply, demand, and refinery rationalization during the COVID-19 crisis and continues on-going work to aid clients to navigate market fluctuations due to the virus.
In addition to his research responsibilities, Debnil has been involved in several consulting projects for refined product market, pricing, and new market entry strategy studies for clients in the U.S Gulf Coast, Eastern U.S., Atlantic Basin, Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, CIS, Africa, Middle East, and Asian markets. Additionally, he has worked closely with private equity and upstream clients to perform project feasibility studies for various oil and gas assets. Debnil has evaluated potential merger, acquisition, and divestiture opportunities. His work included screening of potential assets, specific facility evaluations, and due diligence activities.
Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a Senior Market Analyst for Valero where he provided strategic planning and market analysis support for downstream, renewable, and retail assets globally. Debnil also worked as a Process Engineer for KBR, Bechtel, and the US government where he worked with clients domestically and globally to develop new refining, chemical, and nuclear technologies. Debnil holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and Certificate in International Affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a MS in Predictive Analytics and Data Science from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Rice University.
David Crisostomo
Director Latin America Gas & Power
Mr.David Crisostomo is a Director for the Latin America Climate and Sustainability team at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
He is an expert in the Mexican gas and power markets with prior experience in Andean power markets as well. His research and analysis include gas and electricity market fundamentals, modelling, regulatory framework analysis and implications for business opportunities. Mr. Crisostomo’s research has included natural gas transportation studies, distributed power potential in Mexico and Latin America, power generation and transmission investment opportunities, asset valuations, and the analysis of operational and investment strategies for utilities, financial institutions and other market participants.
Before joining IHS Markit (S&P Global Commodity Insights) in 2011, he was at Iberdrola Spain, where he developed a power dispatch tool for the Spanish market, and prior to Iberdrola, he worked at ABB.
Sebastián Maag
Principal Consultant Gas, LNG, & Low Carbon Gas Consulting
Sebastián is a global professional with expertise in business advisory, policy and strategy. Passionate about helping clients solve key business issues, manage risk and engage external stakeholders. Sebastián has led and participated in consulting projects across the global gas value chain - from E&P activity and LNG infrastructure buildout in the Americas, to petrochemicals and industrial decarbonization in Brussels (EU-wide). He is based in Mexico City and has native fluency in Spanish, business proficiency in Portuguese.
Prior to joining S&P Global’s Commodity Insights division, Sebastián was a Director at FTI Consulting. He held multiple roles in Washington, DC, Mexico City and Brussels, leading strategic initiatives and cross-border client projects under the Energy and Natural Resources Practice. Sebastián has also collaborated with policymakers, business leaders and leading academics in producing research publications and organizing policy discussions at renowned policy think tanks like The Atlantic Council and the Inter-American Dialogue.
Sebastián holds a double Bachelors Degree in Economics and International Affairs, with a minor in Business Administration, from The George Washington University – which included one-year studies in Hong Kong University's Faculty of Business and Economics.
