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World-renowned Soft Commodities expert, Judy Ganes
About Judy Ganes
Founder and President, J Ganes Consulting, LLCJudy Ganes is a world-renowned commodities and futures analyst with deep experience providing unique, expert analysis to the food and agricultural industries. Her hard-won reputation for excellence and client service is built on leveraging a unique ability to gather and make sense of complex data in historical and current contexts — and in clearly and concisely articulating her findings and insightful opinions into cogent, actionable reports.
Prior to launching J Ganes Consulting in 2001, Judy was Director of News and Research at InterCommercial Markets, having initially built her career at Merrill Lynch and Shearson Lehman, as Senior Softs Analysts for their institutional and retail clients.
A Valued Advisor to Companies and CorporationsIn addition to her Exclusive Market Reports and providing Advisory services to numerous corporations, organizations and investment groups, Judy contributes articles to industry publications such as Coffee and Cocoa International as well as commissioned studies.
Judy regularly addresses standing room-only crowds at global industry conferences, conducts educational seminars on futures and options, and has been interviewed and quoted countless times in major print, online and broadcast media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, MSNBC, Barron’s, Bloomberg.com, Financial Times, Futures Industry Magazine, Forbes, The Economist, Fox News and NBC’s’ Today Show.
Serving Industry Boards and AssociationsJudy is serving a 3-year term as Senior Advisor to the Asian Coffee Association and is a Director on the Board of The Palau Coffee Company. She has been called as expert witness on multiple legal cases due to her impartial deep knowledge on commodity markets and trading. In addition, Judy served on the Board of Advisors to CocoaCompassion, with a mission to provide farmers with more sustainable livelihoods, and Colombia-based Fenocia. She is a past president of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA). Judy is a contributing member of several financial and research industry associations including the Gerson Lehrman Groups Council, Elliott Associates and Coleman Research Group.
Contact Judy Ganes to discuss your needs for any of our specialized services.
Prior to launching J Ganes Consulting in 2001, Judy was Director of News and Research at InterCommercial Markets, having initially built her career at Merrill Lynch and Shearson Lehman, as Senior Softs Analysts for their institutional and retail clients.
A Valued Advisor to Companies and CorporationsIn addition to her Exclusive Market Reports and providing Advisory services to numerous corporations, organizations and investment groups, Judy contributes articles to industry publications such as Coffee and Cocoa International as well as commissioned studies.
Judy regularly addresses standing room-only crowds at global industry conferences, conducts educational seminars on futures and options, and has been interviewed and quoted countless times in major print, online and broadcast media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, MSNBC, Barron’s, Bloomberg.com, Financial Times, Futures Industry Magazine, Forbes, The Economist, Fox News and NBC’s’ Today Show.
Serving Industry Boards and AssociationsJudy is serving a 3-year term as Senior Advisor to the Asian Coffee Association and is a Director on the Board of The Palau Coffee Company. She has been called as expert witness on multiple legal cases due to her impartial deep knowledge on commodity markets and trading. In addition, Judy served on the Board of Advisors to CocoaCompassion, with a mission to provide farmers with more sustainable livelihoods, and Colombia-based Fenocia. She is a past president of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA). Judy is a contributing member of several financial and research industry associations including the Gerson Lehrman Groups Council, Elliott Associates and Coleman Research Group.
Contact Judy Ganes to discuss your needs for any of our specialized services.