Christian Chavassieu is the Managing Partner of CelCo and has over 20 years’ experience in the cellulose industry.

Previously he served as Sales and Marketing Director for Sateri (Bracell). He has also held positions with Buckeye Technologies Inc.(now part of Georgia Pacific) as Senior Vice President of the Wood Pulp Division and with Chavassieu & Cie SA, a pulp and paper trading company based in France, as President.

Christian also worked for Apple Computer and Schlumberger, in various finance executive positions.

Christian holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Columbia University in New York.

Simon Barnes is a partner in Shoosmiths' antitrust practice. He has extensive experience advising on competition law compliance, merger control, competition investigations and litigation. As well as working with businesses to develop and implement effective compliance programmes for their staff, Simon regularly provides advice on the competition law considerations arising from clients' day-to-day commercial arrangements. Simon deals with the

competition authorities (in particular, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority) on behalf of companies under investigation, merging companies and

complainants. He has advised in relation to cases before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg, as well as on competition investigations in a number of other jurisdictions, in Europe and elsewhere, including in so-called "dawn raids" by competition authorities. Simon's experience extends across a broad range of industries including food and beverages, industrials, clothing, consumer electricals, video games, retail, wholesale and retail banking, insurance, infrastructure and transport.

Professor Andrea Boltho was educated in Italy and at the Universities of London (LSE), Paris and Oxford. From 1966 to 1977 he was with the OECD’s Department of Economics and Statistics and in 1973-74 Japan Foundation Fellow at the Research Institute of the Economic Planning Agency, Tokyo. Then from 1977 to 2007, Professor Boltho was a Fellow and Tutor in Economics at Magdalen College, University of Oxford and he has been an Emeritus Fellow since 2008.

At various stages, Professor Boltho has been a consultant to the World Bank, the OECD and member of the Academic Council of the IFO Institute, Munich, as well as Visiting Professor in various European universities. 

He has been a Member of the Board of Finmeccanica, is a Director of Oxford Economics and has lectured on world and European economic developments to various private sector corporations, including ABB, Anglo American, Arthur Andersen, FIAT, Ericsson, Generali, IBM, KPMG, Pirelli, Siemens, Stora Enso, Volvo, etc.

Christian Chavassieu is the Managing Partner of CelCo and has over 20 years’ experience in the cellulose industry.

Previously he served as Sales and Marketing Director for Sateri (Bracell). He has also held positions with Buckeye Technologies Inc.(now part of Georgia Pacific) as Senior Vice President of the Wood Pulp Division and with Chavassieu & Cie SA, a pulp and paper trading company based in France, as President.

Christian also worked for Apple Computer and Schlumberger, in various finance executive positions.

Christian holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Columbia University in New York.

Kevin Ding is the chief analyst at CCFGroup. He has been engaged in viscose fiber industry research for more than 15 years and is responsible for the research on mutual influence

between cotton textile raw materials and macro economy. Kevin has successfully forecasted the appearance of major market changes for several times. He has organized the largest worldwide

Cellulose Fiber Industry Forum for 16 years and delivered speeches on CelCo’s “Investing in Cellulose” conference in London for 11 years. He is also appointed as consultant by several

enterprises and the independent director of one listed company. Since 2017, he has been striving to combine industry informatization and commerce service and currently delivers tailored

financial service for viscose the fiber supply chain.

CCFGroup viscose information covers 100% of global viscose industry and 95% of dissolving wood pulp industry. Some indexes have been taken as reference for contract settlement.

During the final ruling of anti-dumping cases, CCFGroup’s DWP index is the only reference index in the arbitral awards.

Barnaby Page is editorial director of Tamarind Intelligence, the publisher of ECigIntelligence, TobaccoIntelligence and CannIntelligence - market-leading sources of independent data and analysis for the global nicotine and cannabis industries. As a journalist he has been covering the nicotine sector since the company was founded in 2014, with a particular focus on regulatory issues; in his current role he manages Tamarind’s editorial and reporting teams, producing a wide range of content. Among many other major topics, he has written extensively on the evolution of regulatory frameworks such as the US PMTA system for tobacco products and the EU Tobacco Products Directive; the changes in public and policy-maker perception of novel nicotine over the years; and the political context of nicotine policy. He frequently participates in conferences covering nicotine products from both a business and a public health perspective and contributes to many industry publications besides Tamarind’s own. Before coming into this field, Barnaby spent 30 years as a reporter and editor for newspapers, magazines and online services, specializing in technology and business. He is based near London.

Wenbin Huang, is the Deputy General Manager (sustainability) and leads the sustainability initiatives at the Sateri. Huang has previously worked with top global organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, FSC etc, contributing significantly to international sustainable development. His expertise encompasses forestry, pulp, paper, and fibers sustainability, as well as deep knowledge in natural resource management, green procurement, transitioning industries to low-carbon practices, and circular economy .

Senior Principal, Bioindustry Operations

Rob Shaw joined PEFC International in 2023 and currently is the Head of Standards and Integrity. A forestry graduate from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Rob brings over 30 years of experience in international certification. Before he served as a non-executive director at PEFC UK and was the Technical Manager for the forestry team at Soil Association Certification, where he played a key role in driving digital transformation.

Rob also holds an Executive MBA from the University of Edinburgh. As an experienced Forest and Chain of Custody Auditor and Trainer, he has conducted audits across a diverse range of regions, including Japan, South Africa, Chile, Latvia, and Romania.