Mr. Manning, Executive Director, is responsible for directing many of the IHS Markit long-range studies covering crude oil, refined products, and natural gas liquids (NGLs), which investigate future trends in the industry. As a consultant he has directed a number of single client as well as multiclient studies on supply, demand, pricing, and marketing of petrochemicals, refined products, NGLs, crude oil, and natural gas. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Manning was at Purvin & Gertz for 32 years before its acquisition by IHS Markit. Previously he was at Pace Consulting for 18 years. He began his career at Monsanto in Texas City, Texas. Mr. Manning holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from the University of Houston. He is based in the Houston office.