Paco Rangel

BIO

Paco Rangel joined The Plaza Group in 2021 as Commercial Director for benzene and styrene. In his role, Paco reports to executive Vice President Jose Flores and will be responsible for all activities related to benzene and styrene, along with supporting the team on supply management for all products.
 
Paco began his professional career in 1998 as a process consultant for Accenture where he spent 3 years working on business process improvement projects for ExxonMobil Chemical at various locations in the US Gulf coast. In 2001 Paco joined the market consultancy DeWitt & Company where he spent 10 years working as a petrochemical analyst and aromatics consultant for 10. In 2011, he joined the energy consultancy Opportune where he spent 3 years working as a trading and risk management consultant in the areas of chemicals, midstream and natural gas liquids. In 2014, Paco returned as an aromatics market consultant after Argus Media Inc. had acquired DeWitt & Company back in 2012. Since then, Paco has led the global aromatics practice at Argus and has consulted global clients in the areas of price forecasting, supply and demand trends, cost modeling and contract negotiation specifically for benzene, pygas, toluene, xylenes, orthoxylene, paraxylene and styrene.

EDUCATION

Paco, a native of Mexico City, graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and holds an Masters in Business Administration from Tulane University.