Gabriel Carmona Aparicio

Gabriel is the Circularity Research Manager at ASI, driving the aluminium sector toward a more resource-efficient and circular value chain. He specialises in life cycle sustainability assessment, material flow analysis, and circularity metrics. With 15 years of experience, Gabriel has worked on EU projects covering nanomaterials, additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0, as well as in the steel industry and with Latin American firms in the extractives, infrastructure, and transport sectors. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems (University of Lisbon) and a master’s in Industrial Ecology and Energy Efficiency (University of Zaragoza).

Soren Jakobsen

Soren leads market strategies and commercial developments at EGA. He setup the Strategic Marketing function when joining EGA four years ago to enable EGA’s extensive global development plans. Soren has 10 years of experience from McKinsey & Company leading Marketing & Sales developments and consulting within Metals and Automotive.

Ingrid Guddal

Renato Bacchi

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.

Emilio Braghi

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. 

Deeksha Vats

Deeksha is a Sustainability Professional with 3 decades of work experience in Consulting and Corporate set-ups. She is currently the Group Chief Sustainability Officer for the Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where she drives the sustainable business transformation agenda across all its locations on Strategic, Operational, Communication and Advocacy aspects of Sustainability.  

Prior to this at ABG, she led the sustainability agenda at Hindalco Industries Limited wherein, she worked across geographies, functions and aspects towards mainstreaming sustainability in the business. Over years, she has worked at prestigious firms like PwC, EY, Engineers India Limited and Chemtex Engineering Limited.  

Deeksha has worked across diverse industry sectors across all aspects of sustainability. She serves on the boards and committees of various industry bodies such as IAI, WBCSD, CII, FICCI, BCCI among others. She is also serves on the ESG advisory committee for Securities and Exchanges Board of India.

Dorothea Flockert

Dorothea works in Sustainability and Global Supply Chains for nearly 15 years. She started her career at TÜV NORD in various departments, followed by a role in purchasing and gained experiences in global supply networks as a sustainability responsible in the footwear industry. She worked with ministries on the German Due Diligence Act, was part of multistakeholder organizations and is an experienced social auditor. From 2020, she consulted global acting companies on ESG Strategies, sustainable procurement, ESG Risk management und regulatory reporting) requirements as a Senior Manager in a Big4. Since August 2024 she is Head of Sustainability at Speira.

Emma Swann

Emma Swann, ACMA, Managing Director of BOAL UK Ltd, an aluminium extruder based in Shepshed, Leicestershire.  Emma joined BOAL three years ago as Finance Director and quickly progressed to her current leadership position in the company.  She is a board member of the Aluminium Federation (ALFED) and chairs the Extruder Sub-Group, supporting members by promoting growth of the aluminium industry and advocating for their interests.  At BOAL, Emma’s focus is on developing a positive workplace culture in a 35 year old, traditional manufacturing business; delivering world class customer service and driving sustainability throughout BOAL Extrusion’s products and organisational processes.

Pierre Labat

Pierre Labat is Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer of Novelis Inc., the leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider and world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling. In this role, Pierre is responsible for directing and developing Novelis’ corporate strategy and objectives, devising long-term strategic plans, and ensuring the sustainability of the Novelis business model and revenue streams in order to achieve business profitability in the short-, medium- and long-terms. In addition, Pierre continues to have oversight of Global Automotive Sales and Marketing.

Prior to this role, Pierre served as Vice President, Global Automotive for Novelis. Since joining the company in 2000, Pierre has held multiple roles of increasing responsibility across all three of Novelis’ value streams of Can, Automotive and Specialty Products.

Pierre started his career at Dow Chemical in 1991, where he held several positions in the sales and marketing function, including serving as the European Product Manager of the Engineering Compounds business.

Pierre is a board member of Addionics, a firm creating the next generation of batteries with smart 3D electrodes architecture and advisor to Vasuki, a global auto-tech and mobility fund focused on early-stage investments.

Pierre holds a master’s degree in business administration from EDHEC Business School in France and completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD.

Wan Ling

Wan Ling is a principal analyst at CRU. She joined CRU in early 2007 and  is based in CRU Beijing office. She has been working for CRU aluminum team for over 18 years. She heads up China aluminum market research with most of dynamic changes across the aluminum value chain, including bauxite, alumina, aluminum and aluminum products, carbon products. She also extended her research to green developments in the whole aluminium chain in China with the growing importance of decarbonization. She has extensive and in-depth knowledge on the aluminum market in China. She holds a master degree of University of Science and Technology Beijing in mineralogy and a bachelor degree of China University of Geosciences Beijing in environment engineering.  

Matt Aboud

Matt is the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Business Development at Century. In addition to managing Century's strategic planning and M&A department, Matt's responsibilities also include managing North American Metal Sales and Century's government affairs. Matt has been with Century for 4 years and prior to that worked in various leadership positions at Hydro Aluminum. Matt has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia University. Matt is also a CFA Charterholder.

Ramona Tosone

Ramona Tosone heads the Center for Material Innovation at Austria Metall AG and stands for technological progress and innovation in material development. After studying metallurgy at Montanuniversit~t Leoben, she earned her PhD in materials science while working full-time. Together with her team of 85, she drives the development of cutting-edge specialty products, advances the digitalization of testing processes, and bridges industrial practice with international research excellence. Her modern leadership style is based on trust, empowerment, and targeted development. A recent milestone is the successful implementation of a fully automated smart factory - a game changer for efficient sample production and testing for the aerospace and automotive industries, and a strong signal for the future of the aluminium industry.

Marin Cilianu

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.

Martina Reber

Martina Reber is a Research Manager at Pala Investments and a Senior Commodity Strategist for Frontier Commodities, a commodities investment specialist. Martina’s 12 years of investment experience spans commodity markets, equity and credit markets, and thematic investment strategies. Since 2020, Martina has focused on global aluminium and ferrous markets, as well as battery raw materials, enabling her to successfully analyze and execute high-conviction trades across Pala’s portfolios.  Her market analysis and thematic research also contribute to Frontier Commodities’ fundamental outlook. Previously, as part of Pala’s private equity team, Martina analyzed numerous M&A transactions in the natural resources sector.

Alexander Dorsel

Alexander is responsible for our four recycling and rolling plants in Norway. He drives innovation and commercial development at the crosssection of growth and sustainability. He holds law degrees and a master's degree in Business Administration and Management from ESCP Business School.

Sandrine Duquerroy Delesalle

Sandrine Duquerroy-Delesalle is Vice President of Sustainability and External Affairs at Crown Holdings, Inc. Crown Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of rigid packaging products to consumer marketing companies and transit and protective packaging products, equipment, and services to a broad range of end markets. Crown operates in 49 countries, employs over 25,000 people, and generated net sales of $12 billion in 2023.

Sandrine and her team oversee the implementation of Crown’s Global Sustainability Program Twentyby30™ globally, focusing on climate change actions, water stewardship, recycling initiatives and sustainable sourcing, ensuring Crown remains a leader in environmental and social stewardship while navigating the evolving legislative and regulatory landscape across all regions.

Sandrine also engages with external stakeholders, including policy makers, NGOs, customers and suppliers, and is an active member of main industry trade associations. Sandrine’s expertise bridges the intersection of public affairs and packaging, her deep understanding of stakeholder engagement, legislative processes, and sustainability initiatives has helped shape industry policies and ensure compliance and strategic positioning for Crown businesses.

Sandrine is an experienced and passionate sustainability and business professional with 20+ years of experience in managing business development and driving change to tackle sustainability and circular economy challenges.  Sandrine holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, Canada, and an Executive Education Certificate in Public Affairs from SciencesPo Paris.

Adel Abubakar

Adel Abubakar is Chief Marketing Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium and responsible for the marketing and sales of EGA’s metal worldwide, and Board director of EGA America Inc.  

Mr. Abubakar was Managing Director and CEO of EGA America Inc. from 2012 to 2021, based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Mr. Abubakar joined Dubai Aluminium in 2006 as Senior Manager, Business Development for New Aluminium Smelter Projects. In 2009, Mr. Abubakar joined the Marketing & Sales department at DUBAL and was responsible for the Europe & the Americas regions. He was directly involved in key negotiations that led to the creation of Emirates Aluminium in Abu Dhabi, and then the merger of DUBAL and EMAL to form Emirates Global Aluminium.

Mr. Abubakar spent over a decade working in banking before joining the aluminium industry.

Mr. Abubakar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from American University in Dubai (AUD). 

Ross Strachan

Ross re-joined CRU in August 2020 and was subsequently promoted to Lead Analyst, Aluminium, Primary and Recycled Metal. Between 2004 and 2009 he worked for CRU, initially joining as a research analyst for the aluminium team and latterly becoming principal price risk advisor for the price risk management team. Subsequently, he worked for Capital Economics, Thomson Reuters and GFMS in analytical roles covering a variety of metals markets as well as presenting to industry gatherings. Ross will be based in our London office and holds a Masters in Economics from Heriot-Watt University.

Bernardo Bulnes

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. 

S. Armagan Vurdu, Phd

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.

Chelsea Reinhardt

Chelsea joined ASI as Standards Director in April 2024.  In this role, she leads the ongoing development and rollout of ASI Standards and Guidance, including periodic revisions, in support of ASI’s mission to foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. Chelsea has more than 18 years of experience working on sustainability in both the private and non-profit sector, including for voluntary standards such as Better Cotton and the Global Reporting Initiative. Her expertise centres around building practical and innovative standard systems to drive positive impact. 

Eduardo Figueiredo

With 30 years of experience in sustainability, I believe industry plays a crucial role in transitioning to a low-carbon, socially fair future. As Senior Vice-President at Norsk Hydro, Bauxite and Alumina, I lead sustainability efforts in mining and alumina refinery, managing the company's nature and people strategies in Brazil. By leading the Hydro Fund, we are implementing the Strategic Partnership Program in the Amazon. Previously, I worked in the steel industry and led NGOs in Brazil. I hold a bachelor’s in biology from PUC/MINAS.

Vincent Rouget

Vincent Rouget is a director in the Global Risk Analysis department of Control Risks, the global risk consultancy. Vincent has regional expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa and coordinates a team of country risk specialists across the region. He is a regular media commentator and public speaker on business implications of political and security dynamics on the continent. He has significant experience in volatile contexts in Africa, and follows particularly close developments in the extractives sector in countries such as Guinea or Congo (DRC). He regularly provides analysis and advice on the geopolitics of mining investments, political risk in key mining markets and sustainability issues.

Moj Jalali

Moj Jalali has been a price risk manager at Heineken for five years and is responsible for hedging their aluminium exposure at a global level. He started his career on the agricultural side, hedging softs and grains for United Biscuits in the UK. He then worked as part of the commodities research team for ETG in South Africa. Moj has over 15 years of experience in managing commodity price risk across different markets.

Gunther Schober

Gunther Schober studied Metallurgical Engineering with focus on Industrial and Energy Economics at the Mining University of Leoben, Austria. After his first experience as sales engineer and sales manager, he took over management responsibility as Head of Sales & Marketing at AVL DiTEST, an international automotive company. In 2007, he joined PSI Software. As Senior Consultant, Project Manager and Sales Manager, his expertise in metals and international experience in process development and Supply Chain Management is highly sought after. With more than 15 years of experience in the field of Production Management Solutions encompassing Supply Chain Management and Planning, Product Design, Quality Management, Production Execution and Logistics, he has become a recognized expert in these areas. 

Dr Fiona Solomon

Fiona Solomon is the Chief Executive Officer of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), which she joined in March 2015 with the responsibility for leading the development and implementation of ASI’s strategy and operations.

Her career has specialised in building new and innovative initiatives in mineral supply chains over more than twenty years. She was previously Director – Standards Development at the Responsible Jewellery Council from 2007 to 2015, where she developed a certification program for gold, diamonds and platinum group metals which has been adopted by more than 1000 companies across the supply chain from mine to retail. She has served as a Board Member of the ISEAL Alliance and a founding member of the OECD’s Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group for responsible mineral supply chains.

From 1997, Fiona worked for ten years at Australia’s CSIRO, leading research into mining and sustainability, and was also seconded to WWF to manage a multi-stakeholder project on the feasibility of mine-site certification. She has a Bachelors degree (Hons 1) in mechanical engineering and a PhD in philosophy of technology, both from the University of Queensland, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Jelena Aleksić

Jelena leads metals sectors decarbonization efforts for the First Movers Coalition under the Centre for Nature and Climate at the World Economic Forum. Prior to joining the Forum, she held various positions in the mining and metals sector spanning from general management to public affairs, government relations, regulatory affairs, and communications. Jelena moved to the corporate sector following a decade long employment with the European Commission and Finance Ministry in Serbia where she worked as an international trade and European integration advisor. Jelena holds MA and PhD degrees in economics.

Shelley Ranii

Shelley E. Ranii is Alcoa’s Director of Global Marketing, responsible for developing global market views and go-to-market strategies for the Company’s global bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products, including Alcoa’s SustanaTM line of low-carbon products. Previously at Alcoa, she worked as the as Global Director of Industry Analysis and in Corporate Strategy having joined the company in 2015.

Before joining Alcoa, Shelley worked at NYU’s Center on International Cooperation, The World Bank and the US Department of Defense on a range of issues related to international economics, development and security. Shelley joined Alcoa in 2015 and is based out of Alcoa’s European corporate headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She has an MA in International Relations and International Economics from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a BA in Government from Harvard University. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Veronika Akhmadieva

Veronika is a Senior Economist at CRU. She focuses on the economic analysis and forecasting for the European region and previously covered North America. Veronika holds a PhD in Economics and Finance specialising in applied macroeconomics. Her doctorate focused on fiscal sustainability and balance of payments solvency, and in addition, covered topics such as trade and the macroeconomic impact of the euro. Veronika completed an MSc in Finance and Accounting at Imperial College Business School and a BSc (Honours) in Economics at Brunel University, for which she received a University Prize. She lectured at Birkbeck, University of London for the last 8 years teaching applied statistics and econometrics, mathematics for finance, and international finance. She has extensive experience in presenting at academic and professional conferences and client webinars.

Miles Prosser

Miles Prosser is the Secretary General of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the only body that represents the aluminium industry at the global level.

With more than twenty years’ experience working on various industry policy issues, Miles brings in-depth knowledge on resource allocation, sustainability and climate change.

Miles joined the IAI from the Australian Aluminium Council where he served as Executive Director for more than 10 years.

He leads the IAI to promote the unique and valuable properties of aluminium in sustainable development. He holds an honours degree from the Australian National University and is a member of the Institute of Directors in London.

Ramon Arratia

Ramon Arratia is Chief Sustainability Officer and VP Global Public Affairs at Ball Corporation, where he supports the acceleration of circularity and decarbonization of aluminum packaging supporting the company achieve 85% recycled content and 55% scope 1,2,3 emissions reductions by 2030. He believes that close to 100% circularity is possible if product design, government policies and recycling infrastructure are all aligned. Ramon has around 25 years of experience in sustainability-related positions at multinational companies such as Interface, Vodafone, Ericsson and now Ball Corporation and has an MBA from Warwick Business School, an MSc in Quality and Environment and a college degree in organic chemistry. He has been a senior associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership for the last 12 years where teaches sustainability commercialization and disruption.

Nikolay Gushevilov

Nikolay Gushevilov joined Ducab Metals, a leading producer of aluminum and copper wire rods,in 2023.

Prior to joining DMB, he spent 29 years with the Aurubis Group, where he played a key role indeveloping global markets.An industry expert, Nikolay has a rich background in procurement and sales, with extensive experience across global markets, including the Middle East, Balkans, and Turkey. He finds opportunities in most situations and guides teams in turning vision into reality. Nikolay has a strong record of driving trade growth and holds a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Krisztina Kalman

Krisztina is a Partner at Mining and Materials Markets Ltd., an international management consultancy providing strategy and commercial advice, datasets and research for the metals, mining and material sectors, specialising in fast-developing and complex topics such as recycling, material substitution and fabricator/OEM issues. Krisztina has gained over 20 years of expertise in strategy and management consulting. Her commodity focus has been aluminium, copper, nickel, steel and gold, etc. She has a Bachelor degree from the University of Cologne, Germany, and an MBA from NYU Stern Business School New York, USA. She is a regular speaker at international conferences.  

Eoin Dinsmore

Eoin is the head of Industrial Metals Research within the Global Commodities Research group at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2024, Eoin headed up Copper & By-Products Market Analysis at Rio Tinto and before that covered aluminium. Prior to Rio Tinto, he worked for 11 years at CRU, most recently as a Research Manager in Base Metals and Aluminium. Eoin earned an MSc. in Finance and Capital Markets from Dublin City University in 2008 and a BA in Economics and History from the National University of Ireland in 2006.

Elijah Santos

Elijah joined CRU in 2023 and is an Analyst in the Aluminium team, based in Sheffield. He was previously part of CRU’s automotive team and headed Exawatt’s automotive analysis, which he joined in 2021 before the company was acquired by CRU in 2023.At Exawatt he focused on EV adoption and technology forecasting, notably LFP batteries, silicon carbide power electronics, and axial flux motors. Post-acquisition, Elijah continued to use his background in engineering to develop material demand models for the automotive sector before moving to the Aluminium team in a full-time capacity in October 2024. Elijah now focuses on wider demand modelling for the aluminium team, leveraging his automotive expertise to understand the broader market.Elijah holds a Mechanical Engineering MEng from Sheffield Hallam University, with his year in industry being at Nissan in the petrol engine project management division at the Nissan Technical Centre in Cranfield, UK. For his masters, Elijah led a team designing a fully electric race car for the Formula Student series, which he’d previously competed in across various roles during his time studying.

Nicholas Snowdon

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.

Alison Lee

Alison Lee is the Director of Global Sustainability at Novelis, where she is responsible for identifying and enabling actionable opportunities for decarbonization and executing the sustainability roadmap. She is also a member of the Alumobility board as Sustainability Chair. She has a master’s degree in chemical engineering and biorenewable resources and technology. She has been in the sustainability field for 20 years working in corn processing, pulp and paper and now aluminum.  

Wenyu Yao

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).

Kim Notelé

Kim Notelé is Alcoa’s Vice President of European Aluminium Value-Added Product Sales and is the regional lead for Alcoa’s Women’s Network. Previously at Alcoa, she worked in various European foundry and slab sales and management positions from 2014 until starting her current role in 2020.

Prior to Alcoa, Kim worked in the Raw Materials division at Nyrstar from 2009 to 2014. She holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Applied Economics and Business Administration from the University of Antwerp. She is fluent in English, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish, and is a member of Women in Aluminium and European Aluminium.

Cameron Jones

Cameron is the Director of Assurance and Risk and has leadership responsibility for ASIs assurance systems including audit accreditation, oversight processes and ASI Certification to support assurance quality and integrity, as well as an organisation-wide leadership of risk issues. He is an environmental scientist with 25 years’ experience in HSEC performance standards, management systems, auditing and assurance, risk assessment, biodiversity and land management, strategic reviews and non-financial reporting. Cameron has been with ASI since early 2020 and prior to ASI he managed his own consulting business for eight years, and prior to this worked with a variety of multi-national businesses in environmental and sustainability management roles. 

Ron Knapp

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).

Dr Hugo Rainey

Hugo has over 25 years of conservation experience, including managing large parks in Africa and Asia. He has more than a decade of experience advising industry, lenders and governments in improving outcomes for biodiversity and people following development. Hugo has particular expertise in site-based management, advising mining projects across Africa. His experience informs his pragmatic approach to helping industry address biodiversity risk and achieve good outcomes with stakeholder. Hugo works with industry across portfolios and value chains to deliver good outcomes based on a range of biodiversity frameworks, including IFC GN6, ICMM, TNFD, Nature Positive and ASI.

Thibault Golfetto

Thibault Golfetto has 14 years of experience in the gas & power industry at TotalEnergies where he held several roles in gas & power procurement and portfolio management, M&A, business development for renewables and green power offtake. Since 2024, he is working as a Senior Corporate PPA Negotiator where he covers Germany, the UK, Benelux and the Nordics. Thibault holds an MBA from the University of Alberta and a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School.

Dr. Carina Schlogl

Dr. Carina Schlogl is deputy managing director at LKR, where she has been responsible for the research area "Advanced Forming Technologies" for 9 years. Her research interests include alloy development, with a special focus on recycled alloys and the development of innovative and sustainable process chains. She leads numerous research projects with a focus on sustainability and efficiency in light metal processing. For several years, she and her team have been involved in the field of digitalization and artificial intelligence in metal processing. Dr. Carina M. Schlogl studied materials science at University of Leoben (AT) and wrote her dissertation on the surface treatment of recycled aluminum.

Pernelle Nunez

Pernelle is responsible for the Institute’s broad sustainability work program. In addition to being a spokesperson for the IAI, Pernelle manages the Institute’s Greenhouse Gas Pathways Working Group and Environment and Energy Committee.

Alex Christopher

Alex joined CRU in June 2021 and is a Senior Analyst in the Aluminium Team, based in London. He has previous experience in the CRU Multi Commodity Team and as an Exploration Geologist working for a private equity group with global interests.

At CRU, Alex is part of the Aluminium team; he is responsible for primary aluminium supply analysis and the Aluminium Long Term Market Outlook. During his time in the Multi Commodity Team, he was responsible for the day-to-day delivery of content to strategic partner Fitch Ratings, the delivery of cross-commodity insights and analysis as well as a regular support for projects across the business.

As a mineral exploration geologist Alex worked on projects in multiple mining jurisdictions including Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Montenegro and Arizona. During this time, he was exposed to several different mineral deposits and commodities, including gold, zinc, lead, silver, nickel, copper and cobalt.

Alex holds an MSc in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter) and an MSci in Geoscience with A Year of International Study from Royal Holloway, University of London. His International Year was spent at the University of Toronto. Alex also serves on the Executive Committee of Young Mining Professionals (YMP) London  a chapter of growing international association of young mining professionals.

Henry Van

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. 

Clement Silva

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.

Lachlan Wright

Lachlan is a Manager with RMI’s Climate Intelligence Program, where he focuses on efforts to reduce emissions in heavy industry. His work includes developing and deploying carbon accounting frameworks specific to industrial sectors (e.g., steel, aluminum) to enable the development of a differentiated commodities market for products with low embodied emissions.

Prior to RMI, Lachlan worked as a Senior Engineer at Hatch in Australia, focusing on the development of base and battery (i.e., lithium and nickel) metals projects. Lachlan specialized in the delivery of feasibility studies, including process design and technoeconomic modeling.

B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland

Chris Bayliss

Chris Bayliss joined ASI in May 2021 as Director of Standards, leading the ongoing development and implementation of ASI Standards to promote the responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium.

Chris has two decades of experience in the sustainability of the aluminium sector.  In various roles at the International Aluminium Institute, he led the development and implementation of science based approaches to improving occupational health and well-being, reducing sector wide greenhouse gas emissions and maximising the enabling potential of aluminium products in sustainable socio-economic systems.

Alexey Pavlov

Alexey joined the Aluminium Analysis team in January 2023, after working at CRU Consulting since September 2021.  

While in Consulting, Alexey focused on steel industry decarbonisation, commercial due diligence, and ferrous metallics markets. In Aluminium, he is responsible for the CRU Global Recycling Model and the monthly Aluminium Products Monitor, as well as undertaking flat rolled and extrusions product markets and demand analysis. Before joining CRU, Alexey had experience advising clients on various corporate finance issues such as M&A, project financing, equity research, and corporate development in energy and mining.  

Alexey holds an MSc in Business from the Bodø Graduate School of Business (HHB, Norway) and a Diploma with Distinction in International Industrial Management from Baltic State Technical University in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he also received a Master of Business Administration and Engineering (MBAE) diploma. Alexey is based in the London office.  

Anthony Everiss

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.

Paul Williams

Paul Williams is the Head of Aluminium, and Research Manager responsible for the research programme of the team. Mr Williams joined CRU in 1986 and for many years ran the Aluminium Semis and Downstream areas specialising in flat rolled product markets and demand analysis. A regular speaker at major aluminium events, he also contributes to aluminium association publications including those of the Aluminum Association. Mr Williams has a MSc in Economics, London School of Economics. BA in Economics, University of Swansea.

Marlen Bertram

Marlen is responsible for IAI’s material flow analysis, including the Alucycle visualization and develops scenarios and forecasts for the industry. Marlen also manages work related to aluminium recycling and greenhouse gas modelling

Kelly Driscoll

Kelly Driscoll has been with CRU in London since 1995, following a ten-year career as a process metallurgist working with Kaiser Aluminum in the US and with Johnson Matthey in London. Mr Driscoll’s current main responsibility is for the development and improvement of CRU’s aluminium industry cost models, and for the technical development of CRU’s Aluminium products and services. He holds a BSc in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Montana and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Cambridge University.

Zaid Aljanabi

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.    

Alan Clark

Mark White

Mark worked for Jaguar most of his career since graduating in 1983. Starting in Body Engineering in 1987, Mark became Sports car BIW Manager in 1990 & in 1998 took responsibility for all Jaguar BIW Programs. In 2002, he also took responsibility for Land Rover BIW.

In 2004, Mark was promoted to Chief Technical Specialist, for Body Engineering Strategy & Research projects, including Light Weight Vehicle development.

In 2012, he took responsibility for the Body Complete Business Unit for JLR, responsible for the Design & development of JLR Body Structures, Closures, Roof Systems & related mechanisms.

Mark was awarded a Doctor of Engineering by Brunel University in 2011, for his work on light weight structures. Examples include the 2002 XJ, 2006 XK, 2010 XJ & 2012 Range Rover & F-type LWVs.

Mark retired from JLR in 2016 due to a health issue, but before retiring, completed development of JLR’s first BEV LWV body, the Jaguar I Pace, as well as launching the 3rd D7u derivative, Land Rover Discovery 5 & 4th D7a derivative, Range Rover Velar.Mark is working part time with the aluminium industry, to promote wider use of aluminium in the Automotive Industry. 

Duncan Hobbs

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.

Jerome Lucaes

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).

Bethany Edwards

Bethany Edwards is an award-winning innovator and sustainability leader, currently spearheading the Critical Materials Collective at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. This collective action initiative is dedicated to scaling high-quality, low-carbon secondary materials to advance the circular economy.

Quentin Drewell

As the Circular Products & Materials Senior Director at the WBCSD, Quentin is responsible for mobilising collective action with WBCSD members to drive circular economy impact at global scale. Having joined in September 2023, Quentin has oversight of the projects within the Products and Materials pathway, and is partner representative to the Circular Electronics Partnership.

Lavan Mahadeva

Lavan is CRU's Research Director. He and his team for responsible for CRU's product development, data governance, and driving consistency and quality in models and methodologies.

Lavan is an expert in applying agile methods to product development and identifying and targeting customer needs in CRU's data service. As a leader, his focus is on workshops, internal alignment, governance and collaboration. Lavan has spent at least 20 years of experience of models, data, and interpretation at the highest level, with first-hand experience of many applied economic techniques and statistics. 

He joined CRU in March 2014 from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies where he was a Senior Research Fellow on oil, macroeconomics and finance. Prior to that, he worked for 16 years at the Bank of England, in a variety of roles, but specializing in econometrics, modelling and forecasting. Lavan has edited or co-edited four books on monetary policy and the transmission mechanism of interest rates, one of which was awarded central banking book of the year and is widely published in leading journals, including on commodity markets. 

Lavan has a PhD from the European University Institute, a Masters from Warwick and a BA from Trinity College Cambridge. He speaks English and Spanish fluently.

Emma Marsden

In her role as Technical Manager at the Nature Positive Initiative, Emma is working to build global consensus on an aligned set of core metrics for measuring nature positive outcomes. She has worked with companies internationally on developing sustainability strategies, science-based targets and sustainability disclosures. In her previous role at ICMM, Emma helped lead the development of the first sector-wide commitments on contributing to a nature-positive future and the development of the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures metrics for the Mining and Metals Sector. She is a passionate conservationist and holds qualifications from the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and the Yale School of Environment.

Jean Simard

Jean Simard is the Canadian aluminium industryâ•Žs representative and spokesperson with governments, business associations and the media, as well as with international organizationslinked to the industry. He holds a degree in Civil Law from the University of Ottawa. He possesses extensive professional experience in public and government relations. Actively engaged in trade related issues for the industry, he is the Founder and Co-chair of the Canada-US Trade Council.

Lucas Gough

Lucas Gough is a Senior Engineer working for Innoval Technology and specialises in aluminium processing, predominantly working in recycling, remelt, casting and hot rolling facilities around the globe. Lucas prides himself in his ability to work with people from all levels of a manufacturing organisation helping cross functional teams to come together to solve complex problems resulting in process improvements, efficiency gains, financial savings, and environmental impact improvements. Lucas holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Product Design as well as a Postgraduate certificate in Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Management from the University of Warwick. Lucas began his career in a rolling plant in the UK, as an industrial design engineer, before becoming Casthouse Process Engineer and later working in the hot rolling department. Since joining Innoval in 2023 Lucas has worked on a vast array of projects in the aluminium sector, worldwide, and continues to support Innoval’s clients by offering on site and remote technical support throughout the industry.

Pippa Howard

Pippa Howard is Chief Nature Strategist at NatureMetrics. Pippa has degrees in Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Zoology and International Development. She is a registered Professional Natural Scientist with over 30 years’ experience in a variety of spheres of biodiversity conservation, environmental management, impact assessment, development and sustainability. She has worked on projects in over 25 countries.  Pippa is responsible for NatureMetrics’ professional services division, and is a specialist in extractives and energy sector environmental management, Lender Environmental and Social Safeguards compliance, biodiversity risk assessment, action planning and management and nature-based solutions.