# Episode 26 with Denis Zaica Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/strong-source-6696850/episode-26-with-denis-zaica Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/strong-source-6696850/episode-26-with-denis-zaica.md Podcast: [Strong Source](https://stenobird.com/podcast/strong-source-6696850) Published: 2025-06-27T09:50:07+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/strong-source/2090220 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/285574/2090220/strong-source/2025_06_26_13_14_50_92b28d2b-09ad-45a2-b9b8-4fd1b4bc18ac.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/strong-source-6696850/episodes/episode-26-with-denis-zaica Duration seconds: 4058 ## Resource In this episode, we welcome Denis Zaica, Chief Trading Officer at FincoEnergies and former Commercial Director of Biodiesel at Cargill. Denis shares his remarkable journey from Moldova to leading global commodity trading operations, beginning with cocoa trading at Cargill and now spearheading biofuel strategies at Finco. We discuss his transition from agriculture to energy, the role of trading in the energy transition, and how biofuels are influenced by global market dynamics—including current geopolitical tensions. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/strong-source-6696850/episodes/episode-26-with-denis-zaica/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/strong-source-6696850/episode-26-with-denis-zaica.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.