Darren Stetzel

Darren Stetzel currently serves as the Director of Knowledge at the Cocoa Association of Asia, where responsibilities include sharing expertise to support the industry and promoting collaboration among the cocoa trade. With extensive experience at StoneX Group Inc. since August 2016, Darren holds the position of Senior Vice President — Head of Softs & Agricultural Commodities for Asia, previously serving as Vice President and Futures & OTC Broker. Prior to this, Darren was a Senior Pricing Analyst at S&P Global Platts, focusing on energy and sugar markets, and worked at Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal as an Equities & Energy Reporter. Darren's academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Middlesex and various financial regulation and derivatives qualifications from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and the Institute of Banking & Finance in Singapore.