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Cornelius Claeys
Manager, Biofuels
+32.49.44.33.247

Cornelius is responsible for the management of Stratas Advisors' biofuels practice, including the Global Biofuels Assessment and Global Biofuels Outlook services. His core expertise is in biofuel feedstocks, regulatory impact assessments and renewable diesel. Other topics on which he presented at international conferences include aviation biofuel production costs, the impact of road electrification on biofuel demand and follow-up legislation to the European Green Deal. Before joining Stratas Advisors, Cornelius worked in Saudi Arabia, where he conducted research on the economic effects of legislative reforms in the energy sector. He also has experience in the European Commission’s DG Trade, Brussels-based think tanks and international business media. Cornelius has a Degree in Applied Economics: Business Engineering and a Master in European Studies from the University of Leuven. Born in Belgium, he is fluent in Dutch, English, French and Spanish

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Austin Trotta
Senior Analyst, Biofuels
+1.203.919.2450

Austin specializes in providing research, analysis, and insight into the North American and Latin American markets for Stratas’ biofuels and alternative fuels services. The main topics his research covers include renewable diesel, renewable natural gas, ethanol, biodiesel and related feedstock markets. In addition, he works closely with Stratas’ Demand team to produce forecasted biofuel demand outlooks and to model low-carbon fuel policies and the feasibility of renewable diesel projects. Prior to joining Stratas, he worked at a Spanish bank in trade finance, facilitating international energy trading and infrastructure deals. Austin graduated from the College of William & Mary with a bachelor's degree in Finance and Hispanic Studies. In addition to his native English, Austin speaks fluent Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese.

	Cheryl Aw Yang Analyst, Biofuels +65.9824.5143
Based in Singapore, Cheryl's primary focus is on renewable transport fuels in the Asia Pacific. Cheryl graduated from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with a degree in Environmental Earth Systems Science (courses included Biostatistics, Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology and Computational Earth System Science). Cheryl is fluent in English and Chinese.