Our mission with the Strong Source podcast is to educate and inform, by creating a community where experts and guests from the entire commodity industry can share their unique perspectives. Martijn, ex-cacao trader, and Alexander, ex-dairy trader and founder of Vesper, have a deep-passion for this industry, which inspired them to start this venture: "We’ll be sharing our personal experiences, the valuable lessons we’ve learned along the way, and give you a glimpse of what to expect in our future episodes." This podcast is powered by Vesper, the leading commodity platform.
In this episode of Strong Source, we’re joined by Robin Maisonneuve, Head of Agricultural Commodities at Euronext and our first guest from an exchange. Robin explains why Euronext decided to try European dairy futures again after earlier attempts in 2010 and 2015, and how an exchange works from the inside, from how the clearing house keeps trust in the market to why the forward curve matters even for buyers who never trade.
4 Aug 2026
Episode 35 - with Jason McDonald
In this episode of Strong Source, we're joined by Jason McDonald, Director of Procurement & Commodity Risk Management at Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, where he oversees ingredient risk across grains, edible oils, sweeteners, cocoa and eggs. Jason explains what actually drew him into procurement: not the supplier relationships people assume define the job, but the commodity markets driving the costs underneath it. That curiosity is what led him into managing a crisis with no futures market to hedge against, avian flu and the U.S. egg supply. Throughout the conversation, Jason offers a grounded, practitioner's view on managing volatility, from linking supplier contracts to feed costs instead of spot egg prices, to exploring reformulation alternatives, including a pomegranate-based substitute the team tested when the cocoa market spiked.
3 Jul 2026
Episode 34 - with Harold de Boer
In this episode of Strong Source, we're joined by Harold de Boer, mathematician and one of the founders of Transtrend, the Rotterdam-based systematic investment manager that grew out of commodity trading house Nidera in the late 1980s. Raised on a dairy farm, Harold takes us from his first encounter with futures markets, through the feed producers supplying his father's farm, to running one of the most diversified trend-following programs in the industry. Throughout the conversation, Harold goes against the stream with refreshingly different views on trading and markets, from why commodities are not an asset class to why being non-conformistic is a necessity in the Transtrend way of trading.
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