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.