Argus appoints Maria Hooper to its board of directors

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Jun 28, 2024, 03:47 ET

LONDON, June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has appointed Maria Hooper to its board of directors.

Maria has extensive energy expertise having spent over 15 years in a variety of senior leadership roles at ConocoPhillips (COP) and Phillips 66 (P66). This included acting as a trusted advisor to the P66 executive leadership team and its Board of Directors on global markets and future-focused growth aligned with enterprise ESG opportunities resulting in the development of new lines of business focused on renewable energy and power and natural gas trading.

As SVP Commercial, Maria led the company's commercial team in key locations around the world including US, Canada, UK and Singapore. She was responsible for revenues in excess of $1 billion and the successful commercial integration of new corporate assets. Maria also led the company's global oil trading business from both Houston and London.

Prior to her time at P66, Maria also held engineering and trading roles at companies including ANR Pipeline, Apache Corporation and Producers Energy Trading.

Argus Media chairman and chief executive Adrian Binks said: "We are delighted to welcome Maria to our board. She has a demonstrated ability to provide strategic market focused advice to build successful global businesses that harnesses both traditional hydrocarbon and future fuels. Maria's expertise will help Argus as we continue to expand our business around the world."

Argus contact information

London: Seana Lanigan
+44 20 7780 4200
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Houston: Matt Oatway
+1 713 968 0000
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Singapore: Tomoko Hashimoto
+65 6496 9960
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About Argus Media

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Headquartered in London with over 1,400 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world's principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy.

Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

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