World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Ilya Byzov
Head of Research
Sucafina


Ilya is the Head of Research and Quantative Trading at Sucafina. With 17 years of experience in commodities and 14 in coffee, Ilya's main role is to understand global coffee supply and global coffee demand. This information is fed into models that forecast global coffee prices and guide the company's trading decisions. With the initial aim of forecasting coffee acreage globally, Ilya has been working with geospatial technology since 2019. Ilya has been helping to guide Sucafina's policy on deforestation and supply chain traceability since 2021, relying on his educational background of Environmental Studies. In 2023, this role has been expanded to include guidance on fulfilling requirements for the upcoming EUDR legislation. Ilya's passion for trees and coffee place him in a unique position to speak on the challenges facing our industy and possible solutions to those challenges.

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