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Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban is Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium.Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2020, Mr. Bin Kalban had served as an Alternate Board Member of EGA since May 2017. He also sits on the Board of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), EGA's bauxite mining subsidiary.

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Emilio Braghi is Executive Vice President, Novelis Inc., and President, Novelis Europe. In this role, which he assumed in September 2016, he oversees 10 European manufacturing facilities that recycle and manufacture aluminium for many markets, including automotive, aerospace, beverage cans, building, packaging, and transportation. 

Mr. Braghi previously was Vice President, Operations, Novelis North America. Before that, he served as Vice President, Sales and Operations for Novelis Asia, with responsibility for all commercial and manufacturing activities in the region. Prior to joining the Asia leadership team in March 2012 as Vice President, Operations, Mr. Braghi served as Vice President and General Manager to the Specialties value stream in Europe. From 2006 to 2012, he held various general management roles with Novelis Europe’s Litho and Painted Products value streams. 

Prior to the formation of Novelis, Mr. Braghi had been with Alcan since 1999, where he began as Sales Manager, Europe. 

Mr. Braghi graduated from Politecnico di Milano with a degree in engineering and industrial production technologies. 

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Renato Bacchi is Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. He leads the Company’s sales and trading, marketing, supply chain, commercial operations, procurement, and transformation and oversees the Company’s global energy assets and breakthrough technology programs. Renato is a member of the Alcoa Executive Team, which sets strategic direction for the Company.

Previously Renato was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer in January 2023, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer in February 2022, and Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Alcoa Corporation from November 2019 through January 2022. In addition to responsibility for global treasury activities, Renato also had accountability for Alcoa’s Corporate Development function, which included evaluating the best uses of the company’s capital, sourcing and executing transactions on acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.

From November 2016 to November 2019, Renato was Vice President and Treasurer.Prior to the separation of Alcoa Inc. into two separate companies in 2016, Renato was Assistant Treasurer of Alcoa. He had also previously served as a board member of AlcoaPrevi, the Alcoa employees’ pension fund in Brazil.

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Wenyu Yao is a senior metals strategist on Citi Research’s Commodities team based in London. Prior to joining Citi, Wenyu was a senior commodity strategist at ING bank, covering industrial and precious metals. She has also worked at Refinitiv, focusing on base metals markets and mining costs research. She began her career in Beijing at Antaike and the Chinese Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA).

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Ron joined China Hongqiao Group in January 2020, following 11 years as Secretary General of the International Aluminium Institute (London). Previous roles include Executive Director of the Australian Aluminium Council (2002 to 2008).

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Clement Silva is the Managing Director and Partner at OSRICH SA, a leading base metals trading and consultancy firm. He specializes in sourcing low-carbon metals and regulatory compliance, particularly the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Clement helps businesses navigate the complexities of decarbonization in the metals industry. Before OSRICH, he was an Investment Manager in a Hedge Fund, focusing on metal and carbon trading strategies. His regulatory expertise, gained from roles at the European Parliament and Swiss Stock Exchange, enhances his industry acumen. Clement holds a Bachelor's in Economics from the University of Lausanne and a Master's in Business and Economics from the University of Zurich.

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Jerome Lucaes is CEO of FAST FORWARD ZERO (FFZero). FFZero advises business leaders, investors and funds to transform to net zerocarbon, circular and fair models. Jerome is also a senior advisor for theInternational Aluminium Institute and for numerous companies across thevertical aluminium supply-chain (from mine to consumers)

30 years of experience in various industries, including 20 years in thealuminium sector (Pechiney downstream — now Constellium —, AlcanRio Tinto, Rusal).

Jerome spearheaded a few World Firsts which have been transformative inthe aluminium sector• The co-creation of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (in 2011 withfive other companies

He initiated the development of the first two global low carbonaluminium brands RENEWAL and ALLOW

He developed a few multi-tier partnerships from mine to consumers(with large brands like Budweiser, Ball, and Apple, to name a few).

He participated in the world’s first strategy to net zero carbon acrossthe mining and metal sector (announced in Jan 2021)

He initiated a few coalitions: the Aluminium for Climate Group hostedby the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2019, and Aluminium Forward2030, a coalition launched in 2023 by the International AluminiumInstitute (IAI).

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Dr. Armağan Vurdu is Secretary-General of Istanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters’ Association since 2015. Previously he held various managerial positions in public sector. He served as Counsellor in the Ministry of Economy; General Director of the Free Zones; President of Turkish World Working Group on Economic and Commercial Cooperation; General Manager of Economic Research and Assesment; Deputy General Manager of the European Union Directorate; Commercial Counsellor in the Turkish Embassy in London; Chief of Staff of the State Minister Responsible for Foreign Trade, Customs and Eximbank; Foreign Trade Expert in the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade. He is a lecturer at Istinye University and Istanbul Aydın University, and writes weekly columns in a reputable economy newspaper. He has a PhD in International Trade from Istanbul Commerce University and an MA degree in International Political Economy from Warwick University. He holds a BSc in Management from Middle East Technical University.

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Zaid is a principal analyst covering primary and secondary aluminium, value-added products, aluminium raw materials, and carbon products in North America and worldwide.

Prior to joining the aluminium analysis team, Zaid spent six years with CRU’s consulting division as head of aluminium consulting. Before CRU, he worked for several years at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in the UAE where he led the market research unit and held various positions within marketing and sales, corporate strategy, and finance. He previously worked in London for a number of commodity-focused firms as an analyst, including Thomson Reuters and Diapason Commodities Management, where he managed the precious and base metals research unit. He began his commodities research career in 2002 as an economist with AUPEC, an oil and gas consultancy firm.   Zaid holds an MA in Economic Science from the University of Aberdeen and an MSc in Economics from the University of Amsterdam. Zaid is fluent in Arabic and French.    

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Chief Executive Officer since September 2024; Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of ALUM since August 2019  

Mr. Cilianu graduated in Materials Science at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 1991, where he had also obtained the PhD Diploma in 2004 with the paper "Phenomenon magneto hydrodynamics for industrial molten electrolytes". Mr. Cilianu holds an EMBA from ASSEBUS & Washington University. He had published papers and presentations at different conferences in Romania and abroad. Mr. Cilianu is also the co-author of several inventions patents. Over the years, Marin Cilianu held various positions within ALRO and Vimetco Group, from which he helped developing the Group with different coordination missions and technical evaluations in Romania, China and Africa. He coordinated or was part of the team in charge with several important projects, such as electrolysis modernization, ALRO-ALPROM merger, investments project management for ALRO to become an aero supplier, project management in taking over the operations in Sierra Leone, modernization of ALUM Tulcea, CO2 emission management etc.

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Ramon has around 25 years of experience in sustainability-related positions at multinational companies such as Interface, Vodafone, Ericsson and now Ball Corporation.  He was Town Councillor at the age of 23 and has an MBA from Warwick Business School, an MSc in Quality and Environment and a college degree in organic chemistry, both from Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. 

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Nicholas Snowdon heads the metals and mining research at Mercuria Energy Trading. He brings 17 years of experience in the commodity trading industry previous that, most recently working at Goldman Sachs as a Managing Director, Head of Metals Research. Previously, he was with Deutsche Bank as Director, Base Metals and Bulks Strategist for 2 years. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Durham and a Master’s degree in Development Economics and Finance from the London University, School of Oriental and African Studies.

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Henry is a Senior Research Analyst for Trafigura, a leading commodities group. He is helping to shape the company’s views on metals, minerals and bulk markets and the economic outlook, with a particular focus on industrial metals. Prior to joining Trafigura in 2019, Henry worked for CRU as a Senior Analyst, both in London and Singapore, with a focus on aluminium and industrial power consumption. He started his career with S&P Global Platts as a Pricing Specialist, providing analytical breakdowns of pricing for steel, base metals and LNG.   Henry holds a BA (Hons) in Financial Management from the University of Warwick as well as a Master’s Degree in Energy, Trade, and Finance from Bayes Business School. 

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Martina is a Research Manager and oversees Pala’s High Conviction Ideas Portfolio.  Her investment experience spans commodity markets, equity and debt issuers and thematic investment strategies. Martina’s focus since 2020 has been in global lithium and graphite supply chains, in addition to continuous coverage of the green cement, aluminium, steel and iron ore markets, allowing her to successfully analyze and execute high conviction trades across Pala’s traded portfolios.   

Previously, on Pala’s Private Equity team, Martina analyzed numerous M&A transactions across the natural resources space.  She has supported a number of strategic reviews for Pala’s portfolio companies, including international expansion initiatives for investments in the mining consumables and services space.  

Martina helped develop numerous tools to improve productivity and efficiency, which have led to successful turnarounds of distressed assets and operations.Prior to joining Pala, Martina worked for Schindler Elevators and Panasonic in the Finance and HR departments.

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Anthony Everiss is a Senior Analyst in the Aluminium Raw Materials Team and is editor of the Bauxite and Alumina Market Outlook, Monitor and Long Term Market Outlook. His main areas of specialism include market fundamental analysis, price forecasting and the creation of CRU’s Alumina Price Index and CRU’s Bauxite Price Index. Mr Everiss holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.

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Duncan Hobbs brings over 25 years of experience to his London-based role as director of market research for all non-ferrous metals and related materials, including copper, traded by Concord Resources Ltd. Previously he managed a team of four senior staff responsible for non-ferrous metals and bulk commodities market research at Noble Group, based in Singapore. Underlying these positions with physical traders, Duncan’s previous experience includes commodities market research and business development roles in financial services with Macquarie Bank; mining and metal production with Nyrstar; engineering services with Hatch; and independent research with CRU, where he was a member of the steel team. He began his career in dry bulk shipping market research with Drewry in London.

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Metallurgical Engineer, graduated from the National University of Mexico and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has worked in the aluminum industry for many years. At Constellium, he ran the Cast House at the Ravenswood, WV, rolling Mill and then became Director of Metals Management. Recruited by Rusal America to become their Technical Director for North America. While at Tesla, he directed the team that gave birth to the Gigacast and has been a member of the Aluminum Dynamics project for the last six years as Raw Materials Director.