Brian Scheid is a New York-based senior reporter, global markets with S&P Global Market Intelligence covering financial markets, monetary policy and US macroeconomics.  Full Bio

Brian Scheid is a New York-based senior reporter, global markets with S&P Global Market Intelligence covering financial markets, monetary policy and US macroeconomics. Prior to joining Market Intelligence in March 2020, he worked for S&P Global Platts since 2010 where he covered multiple beats, including futures and swaps trading, Dodd-Frank financial reform efforts, Congress, the White House and multiple federal agencies. He last covered US crude oil policy and co-hosted Platts Capitol Crude, a weekly podcast. Previously, he worked for daily newspapers in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Scheid is a graduate of Boston College. Minimize

Chris Rogers manages the Supply Chain Research team within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Chris Rogers manages the Supply Chain Research team within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Chris's team produces data-driven supply chain research based on S&P Global Market Intelligence's Supply Chain Console platform. The team's reports cover corporate supply chain decision-making, the implications of government policy and the interface between physical and financial supply chain risks. The research product leverages S&P Global Market Intelligence's data and analytics across the supply chain, international trade, economics, risk management and financial products groups.

Chris is also responsible for coordinating supply chain coverage across S&P Global's various insight groups and represents the firm in presentations, demos, trainings and webinars with customers and other external stakeholders. Before joining S&P Global, Chris was a supply chain analyst for 10 years and an energy analyst for 15 years at a range of information services, financial and logistics firms.

Chris has a BSc in Development Economics & Operational Research from the University of Lancaster. Minimize

Eric Haxthausen serves as USTDA’s Senior Advisor for Climate, Partnerships and Innovation. In this role, he provides strategic leadership to USTDA’s Global Partnership for Climate-Smart Infrastructure, launched by President Biden in April 2021 to help companies create U.S. jobs and build a zero-carbon climate-resilient future through the export of U.S. goods, technologies and services to emerging economies. Mr. Haxthausen also serves as USTDA’s Chief Sustainability Officer. Full Bio

Eric Haxthausen serves as USTDA’s Senior Advisor for Climate, Partnerships and Innovation. In this role, he provides strategic leadership to USTDA’s Global Partnership for Climate-Smart Infrastructure, launched by President Biden in April 2021 to help companies create U.S. jobs and build a zero-carbon climate-resilient future through the export of U.S. goods, technologies and services to emerging economies. Mr. Haxthausen also serves as USTDA’s Chief Sustainability Officer.

Prior to joining USTDA, Mr. Haxthausen held a variety of positions in the U.S. government and the non-governmental sector and as a private consultant. From 2013 to 2020, he served as a senior advisor on climate change at USAID, where his responsibilities included multilateral engagement, climate finance, and climate security. Previously, Mr. Haxthausen was Director of U.S. Climate Change Policy at The Nature Conservancy, where he led the Conservancy’s engagement on U.S. climate legislation and other climate-related policy matters. As a member of the steering committee of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of leading U.S. companies and environmental organizations, he played a key role in negotiating USCAP’s blueprint for climate action, which ultimately became the foundation for the comprehensive climate legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009. Earlier, Mr. Haxthausen managed Environmental Defense Fund’s work on federal fuel economy standards, contributing to a restructuring of U.S. fuel economy standards and a requirement that initiated the U.S. government’s systematic consideration of the social cost of carbon in regulatory decisions. He also served for four years in the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he led interagency reviews of environmental regulations that achieved landmark reductions in air pollution from major industrial sectors. His past consulting work has included advising government agencies, trade associations, energy companies, and environmental and conservation organizations on climate and environmental policy, strategy, and economic analysis.

Mr. Haxthausen holds an M.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.P.P. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics from Columbia University. Minimize

James McMahon founded The Climate Service with the vision that every economic decision on Earth should incorporate climate change. The company’s risk analytics software as a service gives investors and corporate managers the financial information they need to incorporate climate-related risk into their decisions. Full Bio

James McMahon founded The Climate Service with the vision that every economic decision on Earth should incorporate climate change. The company’s risk analytics software as a service gives investors and corporate managers the financial information they need to incorporate climate-related risk into their decisions.

McMahon began his career in global change by studying physics at Harvard University, and atmospheric chemistry at MIT under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Mario Molina.
McMahon went on to accumulate 10 years experience inside a multinational corporation, including managing Coca-Cola’s consumer marketing technology group. He then led three small technology firms as COO and CEO. He served for 6 years as Senior Advisor to the Director of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. He was CEO of The Collider – a groundbreaking nonprofit innovation center for climate solutions.  Minimize

Bringing more than a decade of experience in researching and analyzing container shipping and logistics, Mark leads editorial coverage at the JOC, encompassing JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Bringing more than a decade of experience in researching and analyzing container shipping and logistics, Mark leads editorial coverage at the JOC, encompassing JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Szakonyi oversees the magazine's 100-plus special reports a year, including the Annual Review and Outlook and Top 100 Importers and Exporters issues. In addition to supporting all JOC events, including TPM, TPM Asia, and the Inland Distribution Conference, he is chairman of the annual Canada Trade Conference. His analysis and work have been quoted in mainstream news media including the BBC, The Economist, NPR, and USA Today. Before joining JOC in July 2011, Mark worked for eight years as a journalist at various daily newspapers and weekly business publications, where he covered logistics, economic development, defense, and public safety. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Political Science from Elmhurst College, United States, and a Master's degree with a focus on investigative reporting at the University of Missouri, United States. Minimize

Stephanie Segal is a senior fellow of the CSIS Economics Program, where her research interests include economic competitiveness, U.S.-China economic relations, and the role of international financial institutions in the global economy. Full Bio

Stephanie Segal is a senior fellow of the CSIS Economics Program, where her research interests include economic competitiveness, U.S.-China economic relations, and the role of international financial institutions in the global economy. Until 2017, Ms. Segal served as codirector of the East Asia Office at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Prior to Treasury, she was senior economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she covered a range of emerging market and advanced country economies. Earlier in her career, Ms. Segal served as an economist in the Western Hemisphere, South and Southeast Asia, and International Monetary Policy offices at Treasury; as an adviser to the U.S. director at the IMF; and as an analyst and associate in mergers & acquisitions at J.P. Morgan in New York. She earned her master's degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Minimize

Zain Tariq is a senior analyst for the FIG Research offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has covered the banking space for over eight years including regulatory changes, financial trends, branch footprints, M&A, and more. Full Bio

Zain Tariq is a senior analyst for the FIG Research offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has covered the banking space for over eight years including regulatory changes, financial trends, branch footprints, M&A, and more. In addition to producing data-driven content analyzing historical trends, current environment, and outlook, Zain has hosted multiple webinars, spoken at events, and moderated discussions on various trends in the banking industry. Zain won a silver regional Azbee award in 2020 issued by the American Society of Business Publication for best investigative journalism. Prior to joining S&P, Zain collected experience as a finance officer and accountant for multiple organizations.

Zain completed his ACCA in 2018. In addition to the ACCA, he completed BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University in 2011 and MSc in Finance from BPP Business School in 2013. Minimize