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Ayşemin Top Gül started her professional career as a Project Assistant at a research center conducting projects in the field of aviation. Then, in 2019, she started working as a Product Development Engineer at Ford Otosan in different vehicle programs. Since 2022, she has been conducting sustainable material applications such as recycled and renewable plastics, biopolymers, bio-fillers, green steel, etc., following regulatory demands, contributing to the company's sustainability goals, leading and supporting funded projects related to sustainable material applications. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Materials Engineering.
Erik Hedborg previously worked as an analyst in the iron ore industry with special focus on the pellet market and China. Erik speaks fluent Chinese and holds a MSc from the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden and an MA from the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
Chris has 22 years' experience in the steel industry and joined CRU in April 2008 following a ten-year career at Tata Steel. At Tata, Chris worked in technical mill-based roles and in commercial functions at both business unit and corporate level. Latterly, Chris moved to Tata Steel's Corporate Strategy department where he was responsible for the group's industry analysis and steel price forecasting.
Chris currently leads CRU's Analysis division, responsible for CRU's price, forecasting, cost and emissions subscription services for metals, mining, fertilizers, financial, government, NGO and downstream sectors. Before then, he led CRU's Steel Team where he was previously an analyst and editor of leading services. Here he also presented and debated at renowned industry conferences, provided expert witness testimony and has been widely quoted in the media.Chris has a BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics from the University of Durham, a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Sales & Marketing from Loughborough University, is Chartered Institute of Marketing-qualified, and has an MBA with distinction from Warwick Business School in the UK.
Zhao Gongzheng is Dean of the General Affairs Department of the Price Monitoring Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Expert of China Pricing Association. He is a famous expert in the field of macroeconomics and pricing of bulk commodities. He has participated in many tasks of National development and reforms and has several articles published in the field.
赵公正，国家发改委价格监测中心综合业务处处长，中国价格协会专家委员会专家。长期从事宏观经济、价格政策等方面的研究工作，多次参加委发展改革任务工作专班，主持并参与十余项课题项目，在价格改革、大宗商品和新经济新业态等方面积累了丰富的理论和实践经验，公开发表数十篇论文及报刊文章，多次接受新华社、央视等媒体专访报道。
Chen Guokang has a Master's degree in Management, more than 40 years experience in the Steel Industry, is Senior Analyst of the Information and Statistics Department of China Iron and Steel Association (CISA in short) as well as the Executive Deputy Director of the Statistics and Information Working Committee of CISA.
陈国康，1983 年毕业分配到冶金部后，先后在冶金部矿山司、计划司、价格信息中心工作；2001 年至今，在中国钢铁工业协会信息统计部工作，历任统计处处长、信息统计部副主任、主任、高级分析师以及中国钢铁工业协会统计与信息工作委员会常务副主任，管理硕士、正高级经济师。
Geng Zuo, is Chief Researcher of Minmetals Research Institute, a Senior Economist, and holds a Masters degree of Management of Business Administration. He has more than 27 years experience in the Metallurgical Mining Industry, taking charge of/Working as the Chief Consultant in many projects in the fields of copper, iron ore, nickel, chrome, coking coal and the steel industry. He is a columnist for China Metallurgical News and China Mining News. Additionally, he is Vice chairman of the Resource Planning Committee of China Society of Geology and Mineral Economics.
左更，MBA，中国五矿集团有限公司经济研究院首席专家，正高级经济师。中国地质矿产经济学会资源经济与规划专业委员会副主任委员。三十年金属矿业行业研究经验，主要研究领域：金属矿业、钢铁、铁矿石、镍、铬、煤炭等。
Juan has been Head of Strategy & Marketing since joining Vale in 2006 and has served in roles in Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance and Global Treasury. From July 2018 to June 2023, he joined Vale Base Metals Senior Leadership in Toronto, leading the first two years as CFO & Head of Business Development and the last three years as Head of Sales & Marketing. In July 2023 he was appointed Iron Ore Solutions Head of Strategy and Marketing based in Singapore. He also served on several Board of Directors positions. Graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering by PUC-MG, with post-graduation in Finance by FGV and an MBA in Finance by IBMEC.
Liz Gao is a senior research analyst with extensive dry bulk shipping and commodity experiences and solid data analytics skills. Familiar with the global shipping market, IMO regulations and decarbonizations in shipping, China dry bulk market, and the application of big data/market intelligence techniques in the global trading and shipping industry.
Banmeet joined CRU in 2022 and is responsible for the Metallurgical Coal and Coke products, providing market intelligence on near term market trends and delivering to clients a fundamentals driven view on the medium and long term Metallurgical coal and coke markets.
Zhang Qiusheng is the Chief Analyst and Senior Engineer of Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and is President of the Bulk Goods Research Institute of Futures and Derivatives Professional Committee of the International Finance Forum. He has been engaged in the steel industry for 39 years and has abundant experience in sales, procurement, marketing, and management in the steel industry.
Liu Wenquan, Senior Engineer at the Metallurgical Planning and Research Institute (Professor level Senior Engineer), Registered Consulting Engineer (Investment), and National Clean Production Auditor, Member of the Chinese Society of Metals, member of the 3rd Scrap Steel Branch of the Chinese Society of Metals, member of the Iron making Branch of the Beijing Society of Metals, Once won the first prize of China Engineering Consulting three times and published over 100 academic papers.
刘文权，冶金规划研究院正高级工程师（教授级高工）、注册咨询工程师（投资）、国家清洁生产审核师；中国金属学会会员、中国金属学会第三届废钢铁分会委员、北京金属学会炼铁分会委员。曾荣获中国工程咨询一等奖三次，公开发表学术论文100余篇。
Danwu (Wendy) Chen joined CRU Consulting London in October 2017. She relocated to Shanghai office in 2020. Wendy is Senior Consultant with finance and economics background. Since joining CRU, Wendy has been involved in a wide range of projects, covering commodities such as steel, cobalt, copper, aluminium, and project types such as market strategy, valuation and industry research.
She has extensive experience with projects that are focusing on steelmaking raw materials market and battery metals. Before joining CRU, Wendy has gained finance experience in China Construction Bank. Wendy holds a BSc in Financial Engineering, the University of International Business and Economics, Beijing and has a Master's in Economics, the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Wendy is fluent in Mandarin and English.
Lv Zhong is Secretary General of the Internet of Things Technology and Application and Digital Warehousing Professional Committee of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. He has a master's degree of EMBA from HEC Business School of France. More than 20 years experience in the investment, operation, and digital system construction of bulk commodity, especially in the fields of warehousing, transportation, e-commerce and logistics parks in steel industry. He has led the formulation of many industry standards in the national logistics fields.
吕忠,中国物流与采购联合会物联网技术与应用专业委员会、数字化仓储分会秘书长。中南财经政法大学研究生，法国巴黎HEC商学院EMBA硕士学位。二十余年专注于以钢铁为代表的大宗商品现货贸易、仓储、运输、电子商务、物流园区的投资、运营及数字化体系建设，多次主持与国家物流行业的国家标准制定。
Alexis joined the Insight Team at Kpler in March 2023. Based in London, he has more than ten years’ experience in dry bulk commodity and freight research. Alexis is leading the development of dry bulk research at Kpler. This includes analysis of coal, iron ore, and freight markets. In addition to studying market developments and constructing supply, demand, and pricing outlooks, his work includes presenting to clients, speaking at industry events, and supporting the development of Kpler’s dry bulks data offering. Before joining Kpler, Alexis was a Director at shipbroker Simpson Spence Young, where he was part of the SSY Consultancy & Research team.
Zhang Shun is the Director of Market Teams and the Shipping Department for Hong Kong Ming Wah Shipping Co., Ltd.