Agenda

Vice President Sales & Marketing,  Rio Tinto
Tolga Egrilmezer is Vice President Sales & Marketing at Rio Tinto and member of the Rio Tinto Aluminium Executive Committee. He is leading the global mine to market organisation in bauxite, alumina and aluminium & value added products sales, marketing, trading and technical & product development teams. Tolga is also a member of the ASI Board of Directors (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative), as well as board member of the Aluminum Association (United States). Previously, Tolga was Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for Sapa. Tolga has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science & Administration degree as well as Master of Business Admininstration – MBA.

President Europe,  Gränges
Torbjörn Sternsjö works as a SVP Technology & Business Development for Gränges AB in Stockholm. Gränges is global market leader in rolled aluminium coils and strips used in heat exchangers mainly for the automotive industry. Prior to his present position, Mr Sternsjö spent more than 17 years in the aluminium fabrication industry in China. Between 2011 and 2014 he was acting as a CEO of Sapa Chalco and during 2008 – 2010 as Managing Director for Sapa Profiles China. Prior to the latter position he was acting as a Managing Director of Gränges Shanghai. Mr Sternsjo was leading Gränges’ rolled aluminium company in Shanghai from the start of operation in 1999 until 2008. In 2010 he was awarded as an honorary citizen of the city of Shanghai. Mr Sternsjö received a similar award from the city of Chongqing year 2013.

Senior Analyst,  CRU

Secretary General,  International Aluminium Institute (IAI)

Director of Standards,  Aluminium Stewardship Initiative

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.

President,  Novelis Europe
Emilio Braghi is Senior Vice President and President, Novelis Europe. In this role, which he assumed in September 2016, Mr Braghi oversees 10 European facilities that recycle and manufacture aluminum for many markets, including automotive, building, packaging and transportation. He was previously Vice President, Operations, Novelis North America. Before that, Mr Braghi 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, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Specialties value stream in Europe. From 2006 to 2012, Mr Braghi 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.

Sustainability and Public Affairs Manager,  Alupro
Tom is the General Manager of Alupro (the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation), the industry organisation representing the entire value chain of aluminium packaging in the UK with the objective of recycling as close to 100% of aluminium packaging as possible. Alupro engages with national and local governments and delivers consumer-facing education campaigns designed to promote positive recycling practices. Alupro has been very involved in helping to shape a well-designed Deposit Return Scheme and new Extended Producer Responsibility system for the UK.
Tom has a background in packaging sustainability, previously working as the global sustainability manager at corrugated packaging giant DS Smith for over 5 years before joining Alupro

Deputy CEO,  REEL International

Cédric Schmuck is Deputy CEO at REEL International SAS, where he has over 25 years’ experience in different Engineering, Project Management, Business development and Executive management positions. Active since 1999 in the aluminium industry, Cédric has been in charge of REEL’s Aluminium Division till end 2020. Cédric graduated from engineering school Arts et Métiers in Lyon and holds an MBA from Würzburg University, Germany.

Partner,  Wiley Rein
Alan Price is a partner at Wiley and chair of the firm's International Trade Practice, which has been recognized by Law360 as "Practice Group of the Year" for nine consecutive years. Alan has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in high-profile, complex international trade regulatory matters, including trade litigation involving public and government relations issues. In addition to being chair of the firm's International Trade Practice, he heads the firm's antidumping and countervailing duty practice. He also counsels' clients on bilateral and multilateral agreements, trade legislation, customs regulation, national security matters, escape clause investigations, and World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution. Mr. Price represents domestic producers of steel, aluminum, raw materials, and other industries in trade remedies cases. His prominent U.S. clients include major U.S. steel producers such as Nucor Corporation, and aluminum producers such as Century Aluminum and the Aluminum Extruders Council. 

Partner,  Fieldfisher
Partner in the competition, regulatory and trade group in Fieldfisher's Brussels office

Head of Commodity Markets Strategy,  BOCI Global Commodities
Xiao Fu is the head of Commodity Markets Strategy at Bank of China International. Xiao's team covers all commodity sectors ranging from energy, base metals, precious metals and agriculture. Her focus is to combine top-down global macro / financial drivers with fundamental analysis to provide investment advice.
She speaks regularly at global conferences and is frequently quoted by media including Bloomberg, Reuters, the FT and the Wall Street Journal. 
Before joining BOCI, Xiao worked as an economist and a commodity strategist at Deutsche Bank in London. She studied Economics at the London School of Economics and Harvard University. 

China Commodity Strategist,  Macquarie

Lynn is Macquarie’s senior China cross-commodity strategist, with additional responsibility for global aluminium and thermal coal market analysis. She joined Macquarie in November 2015, having previously worked at CLSA for five years as a commodities analyst. She started her career in 2006 at Rio Tinto, where she was a senior member of the industry analysis team. Lynn has 15 years’ experience in the commodity industry, covering base metals, ferrous metals and bulk commodities.

 

Senior Analyst,  CRU
Greg Wittbecker is based in Pittsburgh. In this capacity he supports North American and Global fundamental aluminum analysis. Mr Wittbecker joined CRU in January 2018, following his retirement as Vice President, Industry Analysis, Alcoa. During his 14 years at Alcoa, he held director roles in analysis, logistics, recycling policy and corporate strategy. During 2016-2017, Mr Wittbecker was Managing Director of Alcoa China, Shanghai, where he led Alcoa’s comprehensive analysis of the Chinese upstream markets. Before joining Alcoa in 2003, he was Global Manager of Physical Metal Trading for Koch Supply & Trading. From 1988-2001, Mr Wittbecker served as Vice President, Wise Metals Group, responsible for risk management and primary metal trading. He began his career with Cargill Inc, holding a progression of operational and trading roles within grains, metals and ocean freight.

Head of Market Intelligence,  RUSAL Marketing GmbH
Head of Market Intelligence, Rusal Marketing, GmbH
Inga Simonenko is the Head of Market Intelligence, responsible for the aluminium market research and forecasting. Ms. Simonenko joined UC Rusal in 2012. Prior to this, Ms. Simonenko worked for Mechel, driving the Strategic Market analysis and the Business development. Her expertise covers non-ferrous and ferrous industries. Ms. Simonenko has MSc in Applied Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia.

Managing Director,  Ducker

Head of Aluminium,  CRU
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.

Assistant Chief Representative China Office,  CRU
Wan Ling is based in CRU's Beijing office and is responsible for aluminum market research in China and the rest of rest of Asia. She has been forging working relations with government departments, as well as various local Chinese players in the nonferrous metals industry. Ms Ling’s reputation in the aluminum industry ensures that she is in high demand to make presentations to banks, funds and leading industry conferences. Ms Ling joined CRU in January 2007. Before CRU, she worked for a local nonferrous metals research institute with a focus on copper for six years. Education: Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, China University of Geosciences; Master’s degree in mineralogy, University of Science and Technology, Beijing.

Research Director,  Concord Resources Limited
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.

Head of Primary & Products, Aluminium,  CRU
Eoin Dinsmore joined CRU in 2011 after previously working for Nestle. He obtained an MSc. in Finance and Capital markets from Dublin City University in 2008 and holds a BA in Economics and History. Mr Dinsmore is a Principal Consultant in the Aluminium Primary and Products Team. His main areas of specialism include aluminium price forecasting, semis and primary demand and production analysis.

Metals Strategist,  Goldman Sachs

Head of Quantamental Analytics,  Marex Spectron

Group Executive Strategy & Development,  Alumina Ltd
Andrew Wood has responsibility at Alumina Limited for strategy and development, including market analysis and strategic investments. Alumina own 40% of the AWAC joint venture, a large global bauxite and alumina producer. He worked for 15 years at WMC in commercial and legal roles in the energy and nickel and gold businesses. He was then a consultant in Hamburg for 2 years, followed by 5 years at Sibelco, a Belgian industrial minerals producer, as Executive General Manager, with management, legal and EHS responsibilities. Mr Wood holds Bachelors of Laws and Arts degrees and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance.

Director Sales and Strategic Procurement,  PCC BakkiSilicon hf

Rolf Prack is the Director Sales and Strategic Procurement of PCC BakkiSilicon hf in Húsavík, Iceland.

PCC BakkiSilicon, belonging to the PCC Group (www.pcc.eu), operates one of the world's most modern Silicon Metal plants in Husavik, Iceland.

Rolf is responsible for the strategic purchase of raw materials (Coal, Quartzite, Wood, Electrodes) as well as for the sales of Silicon Metal and by-products such as Microsilica. A graduate in business administration, he previously worked for thyssenkrupp in raw materials trading for over 7 years. The reason for PCC BakkiSilicon´s location in Iceland, apart from its central geographical location, is the use of geothermal resources as an energy source.

Principal Analyst,  CRU
Justin Hughes joined CRU in 2017 and has overall responsibility for the Aluminium Raw Materials team, covering bauxite, alumina, coal tar, pitch, petroleum coke and anodes. Prior to CRU, Mr Hughes worked for over a decade in commodity markets, with trading, research & sales roles at leading investment banks, Macquarie, BNP Paribas and CIBC, in both London and New York. He has a wide range of experience in non-ferrous, ferrous and precious metals, alongside oil, gas and freight. Mr Hughes holds a BSc in Economics and Finance and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from Bristol University.

Head of Research,  Simpson Spence Young (SSY)

Derek Langston is the Head of Research at Simpson Spence Young (SSY), one of the largest shipbroking organisations in the world, which has specialist teams working in 20 offices across the globe. The main focus of Derek’s work is in the dry bulk shipping sector, which includes trade flow analysis and coverage of fleet developments. Derek has worked at SSY for 17 years, during which time he has been based in the company’s London and Singapore offices.