Jackie Banks is a director in the North American Midstream and Refining team, within the Americas Financial Services, Infrastructure & Alternative Assets practice at S&P Global Ratings based in New York. Jackie covers a portfolio of mostly investment grade midstream and refining credits.

Jackie joined S&P in 2016 as an associate on the midstream and refining team. Jackie previously worked at Moody’s Investor Services in the Asset Management team covering closed-end funds, money market funds and traditional asset managers. Jackie has an M.B.A. from New York University, Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University.

Luisa Fuentes leads CIBC’s natural resources and energy transition efforts within Corporate Banking. Luisa has 22+ years of experience as a financial advisor, structuring lead and relationship manager in the midstream, renewables, power and mining sectors across the U.S., Canada and Latin America . Luisa holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston College and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Madeline Jowdy is head of the LNG consulting practice at S&P Global Commodities Insights, based in New York. She has spent over 20 years in the energy business, holding senior positions with management consultancy firm FTI; New York-based commodity research firm PIRA Energy Group and the analytics division of S&P Global Commodity Insights.

She specializes in market and policy advisory, strategy development, asset and company commercial due diligence, investment analysis, and carbon mitigation issues across the (LNG) value chain, including midstream and liquefaction, shipping and regasification in the Caribbean and Latin America. Ms. Jowdy is a frequent speaker on global gas issues at private client, investor meetings and conferences around the world on topics including global gas pricing mechanisms, US exports, Europe’s evolving role in global LNG markets, Asian demand drivers and the role of LNG as a transition fuel. Madeline holds a B.A. from American University in Washington, DC in Economics & International Relations. She completed a Master’s program in Middle Eastern Studies at Georgetown University, where she concentrated in energy economics.

Adila Mchich is a Director of Research and Product Development at the CME Group. She focuses on the fundamentals of energy markets. She has over 10 years of experience serving multiple roles in Market Research & Development, Risk Management, and Product Valuation at the CME Group. Ms. Mchich started her career as a Quantitative Analyst. Ms. Mchich has also authored a series of articles on derivatives and energy markets. She is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics and the United States Association for Energy Economics. She received her M.S. degree in Financial Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering.