COVID-19 Impact: OPEC+ Warns of Oil Demand Risks
By
Helima Croft
Published September 25, 2020
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9 min read
Helima Croft, our Global Head of Commodity Strategy and MENA Research, sits down with BNN Bloomberg to discuss the latest developments from OPEC’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting on September 17, 2020. What impact would OPEC have on the market if there is a second wave of COVID-19 cases later this year, and how real are the concerns about negative oil demand forecasts?
Helima Croft
Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research
RBC Capital Markets
Helima is a Managing Director and the Head of Global Commodity Strategy and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research at RBC Capital Markets. She specializes in geopolitics and energy, leading a team of commodity strategists that cover energy, metals and cross-commodity investor activity. Helima is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a select group of individuals who advise, inform and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas. She also is a CNBC contributor, a member of the channel’s exclusive family of experts, is on the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Council, is a member of the Trilateral Commission, and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Helima joined RBC Capital Markets from Barclays, where she was a Managing Director and Head of North American Commodities Research. Prior to that, she worked in Lehman’s Business Intelligence group, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Central Intelligence Agency, where she focused on geopolitics and commodities. Helima has received many industry accolades throughout her career and received her PhD in economic history from Princeton in 2001.
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