Agenda

Head of Analysis,  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.

Prices Development Manager,  CRU
Scott Yarham joined CRU in September 2016 and currently works as the Prices Lead and Editor of the Bulk Ferroalloys Monitor.
Scott manages several pricing assessors and ensures our pricing service is reflective of the market, and as robust as possible. Before joining CRU, he worked for Asian Metal for several years managing a team of pricing analysts covering EMEA and North America in bulk ferroalloys, minor metals and rare earths markets.

He studied at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, completing a degree in International Relations and graduating with a first class.

Analyst,  CRU
Euan Sadden is an Analyst in the Non Ferrous Unit based in London. He holds an MSc in Environmental Governance from Oxford University and a BA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of Victoria, Wellington.
Euan currently works in the Aluminium Team specialising in downstream markets, contributing to multiple reports, including Aluminium Monitor, Aluminium Market Outlook, Aluminium Products Monitor and Aluminium Rolled Products Market Outlook.

Senior Analyst,  CRU

Principal Consultant, Head of China Aluminium Market and Cost,  CRU
Dr Yanchen Wang is the leader of China aluminium market research. Dr Yanchen Wang joined CRU in June 2006, after obtaining his doctoral degree in Engineering from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is responsible for Chinese aluminium market research and the development and improvement of CRU’s aluminium cost analysis, including Primary Aluminium Costs, Alumina Costs, Bauxite Costs and Aluminium power tariff Costs. Dr Wang also contributes to single-client reports and market analysis for other CRU products. He is also an expert in the technology of aluminium industry. Dr Wang regularly attends aluminium market and technology conferences and gives presentations. He has visited more than 100 bauxite mines, alumina refineries, aluminium smelters and downstream plants around the world, in China, Russia, Australia, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the USA.

Head of Aluminium, Consulting,  CRU

Principal Analyst,  CRU

Secretary General,  International Aluminium Institute
Ron Knapp was appointed Secretary General of the International Aluminium Institute, London in December 2008. Prior to this, Mr Knapp was Executive Director of the Australian Aluminium Council from 2002 to 2008 – and earlier roles include the World Coal Institute (London) and the Minerals Council of Australia. The International Aluminium Institute is the global forum of the world's aluminium industry. Through the Institute, the aluminium industry aims to promote a wider understanding of its value and that of its products to society – and seeks to demonstrate its responsibility in relation to all key sustainability issues . . . environmental, health, safety and recycling.

Senior Vice President,  Chalco

Mr. Tian Yong is currently the vice president of Chalco. Prior to Chalco, he was the chairman of Yunnan Metallurgical Group. He is the first person calling for the “green aluminium by using hydro power” and creating the concept of “Green energy reserve bank” in China.

Mr. Tian has rewarded over 20 patents in the aluminium industry. He was the first chairman of Yunnan Aluminium. Mr. Tian has a masters degree of Metallurgy from Kunming University of Science and Technology.

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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.

Vice President, Sales and Marketing,  Rio Tinto Aluminium
Tolga Egrilmezer is a global executive with extensive experience in the aluminium industry. He has recently joined Rio Tinto and is currently leading Rio Tinto Aluminium’s bauxite, alumina and aluminium sales & marketing teams globally. He is part of Rio Tinto Aluminium Executive Committee and has recently been elected to the ASI Board of Directors (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative). Mr Egrilmezer’s most recent experience was for the Sapa Group, a world leader in aluminium solutions. He joined Sapa Group in 2002 and held increasingly senior executive roles reflecting his breadth of experience in commercial, business transformation and innovation, culminating in his appointment as a member of the Sapa Executive Board in 2011. His experience includes serving as President of Sapa Asia based in Shanghai, with responsibility for Sapa's P&L in China, Vietnam and India as well as its’ sales network in South Korea and Japan. Mr Egrilmezer also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in Sapa Group’s joint venture in China with Chinalco 2011 – 2015.

Senior Vice President, BU Global Products,  Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products
2002 - today Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    since 2016: Senior Vice President BU Global Products,   Rolled Products, Grevenbroich, responsible 
          for Product Areas Automotive, Can, Foil  
          and Lithography 
  since 2015: Managing director (Spokesperson) of 
        Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH and 
          Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
  2002 - 2015 Various management positions within
                                                Rolled Products

1995 – 2002 VAW Aluminium AG
  2000 – 2002: Various positions in Technical Customer 
                                                Service within Rolled Products 
  1996 – 1999: Project Manager, R&D, Bonn
  1995 – 1996: Project Manager, AluNorf GmbH, Neuss

Head of Analysis,  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.

Head of Analysis,  CRU

Chief Economist,  CRU

Analyst,  CRU

Partner,  Wiley Rein

Alan Price is a partner at Wiley Rein LLP and chair of the firm’s International Trade Practice, which was recently recognized by Law360 as “Practice Group of the Year” for the ninth consecutive year. 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 a diverse array of U.S. producers of aluminum in trade matters. In addition to working on trade remedy cases and national security investigations, he has contributed extensively to U.S. Government, WTO and OECD efforts to address global excess capacity and subsidies affecting the aluminum and steel industries. His clients include Century Aluminum, the American Primary Aluminum Association, and the Aluminum Extruders Council. 


He is a past president of the Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws and has also served as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, international competition policy experts’ group.

Mr. Price received his J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School and obtained his B.A. with high honors from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

 

Head of North America Aluminum,  CRU
 Doug Hilderhoff joined CRU as the Head of North America Aluminum Analysis in 2017 and is based in CRU's Pittsburgh office.   Having spent the prior 11 years of his career at Alcoa, Doug draws upon this extensive industry experience to lead strategic initiatives within North America and to drive increased client interaction.  Doug provides key on-the-ground insights into the regions’ aluminum supply chain, with a major focus on end-market demand. Mr Hilderhoff holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a regular speaker at industry events.  

Partner,  Sidley Austin
Arnoud Willems leads the EU trade and customs team and co-founded Sidley’s office in Brussels. Mr Willems represents the interests of companies in high-profile trade matters and advises clients on strategies for solving market access problems and resolving other disputes that affect their business. With respect to the latter, he is a leading advocate of companies challenging EU anti-dumping regulations, with an exceptional success rate in such cases before the national and European Courts. Since 2000, Mr Willems has been continuously involved in anti-dumping cases concerning ferroalloys like silicon, ferrosilicon, ferrochrome and silicon manganese.

Analyst,  CRU

Vice President - Aluminium Business Line, Metals, Energy and Water,  Outotec
Antti Koulumies leads Outotec’s Aluminium Business line, which comprises of Outotec’s alumina refinery and aluminium smelter technologies globally. He took on this role in 2018. Previously, Antti worked as Outotec’s head of corporate strategy and controlling, leading Outotec’s strategy development, business controlling, as well as several corporate transformation programmes during the tougher times of the mining and metals industry. Before Outotec, Antti worked at McKinsey and Company as a consultant and senior project manager, working across Europe, South Africa, China and North America. He holds a Master of Science in technology from Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, having studied also at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. Antti is based in Cologne, Germany and is a native of Finland.

Principal Analyst,  CRU

Head of New Projects,  Delek Group

Delek Group is one of Israel largest holding companies and has been the driving force behind the major Eastern Mediterranean natural gas discoveries of the past decade. Delek Group has recently entered E&P activity in the UK’s North Sea and in Gulf of Mexico.

Mr. Oberlander, Delek Group's Head of New Projects, is leading the new large-scale primary aluminum project in Israel.

Mr. Oberlander holds a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude), and an M.A. in Economics from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Company Ambassador,  AzerAluminium LLC
Having successfully expanded, launched and restructured businesses across the industrial, construction and other sectors Samira is overlooking AzerAluminium LLC's strategic projects and partnerships internationally. 

AzerAluminium LLC is an aluminium smelter based in Azerbaijan and Samira will be presenting its major upstream and downstream expansion projects. Samira is based in London.

Head of North America Aluminum,  CRU

Secretary-General,  Turkish Aluminum Industrialists Association
Erol Metin is a Materials and Metallurgical Engineer with Ph.D in Materials Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, U.S.A. He has worked as assistant Professor of Materials Engineering in USA, Secretary  General of Turkish Environment and Recycling Foundation, Turkish  Petroleum Industry Association  and External Affairs Director of BP Turkey. Currently he is Secretary General of Turkish Aluminium Industrialists Association and adjunct  Professor at Bahcesehir University. He has several publications in the field of Materials Engineering, Characterization, Energy and waste management technologies.

Innovation Director,  DSW Automotive
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. 

Executive Director,  GDA - Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie

Principal Consultant, Aluminium & Assistant Chief Representative,  CRU
Based in CRU's Beijing office, Wan Ling is responsible for CRU's 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 players in the aluminium industry. 
 
Wan Ling’s reputation in the aluminum industry ensures that she is in high demand to make presentations to banks, funds and leading industry conferences. Wan Ling joined CRU in January 2007.  Before CRU, Wan Ling 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.  

Business Development Director,  Liberty Aluminium
Will Savage joined the GFG Alliance in 2016 and has been actively involved in advising the group on all matters relating to Aluminium including playing a key role in the groups recent, and major, Aluminium asset acquisitions. Will is a qualified metallurgist and has held senior positions in the ferrous and non ferrous metals sectors working in many regions of the world. Prior to joining the GFG Alliance and its manufacturing group Liberty Industries, where he is Business Development Director, Will was Chief Executive of the UK’s Trade body the Aluminium Federation.  

Senior Analyst,  CRU

Chief Scientific Officer,  Innoval Technology
Geoff Scamans is the Chief Scientific Officer at Innoval Technology and is a Professor of Metallurgy at Brunel University. His expertise is in light metals and their applications in the automotive and aerospace industries, and in knowledge transfer from the research base to industry. His main interests are in developing higher performance aluminium alloys and in the closed loop recycling of aluminium alloys as an alternative to primary production in order to transform the aluminium industry from packaging based products into transport based products (“Cans to Cars”).

Recycling Director,  European Aluminium
Magdalena Garczynska has about fifteen years of experience in engineering and public affairs. After obtaining a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Poznan Technical University and a post-graduate degree in Fluid Dynamics from The von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, she started her career working as a researcher at the Berlin University of Technology. Before joining European Aluminium, Ms Garczynska was a technical manager at the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries (CECIMO) where she guided the association’s work on environmental, energy, research and engineering issues. She also worked at NSF International as quality control auditor. She now leads European Aluminium’s Recycling Division.

Vice President Group Sustainability and Public Affairs Europe,  Constellium
Catherine Athènes has over 25 years’ international experience in corporate strategy, marketing, sales and sustainability. Having started her career as a strategy consultant, she spent nine years at Pechiney, the major French aluminium and packaging company which was then bought by Alcan. After a period in the medical paper business, she joined Constellium in 2011 as the Marketing Director for its biggest business unit, Packaging & Automotive Rolled Products. Having led the creation of the Sustainability Council and in charge of the sustainability report, she was nominated Leader of the Sustainability Council of Constellium in October 2012. Since 2018 Catherine is both in charge of driving the company-wide sustainability strategy in close relationships with business units and plants, and of the  Public Affairs European agenda. Catherine is graduate of the prominent French business school HEC Paris.
Constellium (NYSE and Euronext: CSTM) is a global sector leader that develops innovative, value added aluminium products for a broad scope of markets and applications, including aerospace, automotive and packaging. Constellium employs 12000 people in 26 plants around the world and generated €5.2 billion of revenue in 2018. 

Head of Analysis,  CRU

Managing Director,  Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd

Senior Policy Advisor- International Trade Infrastructure and Materials,  Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Government of the United Kingdom

Chief Executive Officer,  ALFED

Tom Jones was appointed to The Aluminium Federation as Chief Executive Officer and joined the board in January 2018. He sits as a director on the board of the UK metals council and co-chairs the government thematic business panel for Aluminium. Between 2012 and 2017, Mr Jones was the Managing Director of Mitsubishi Materials Group UK and the General Manager of Mitsubishi Hard Facing Alloys UK division and headed up Mitsubishi’s UK Aerospace strategic growth partnership. He holds a first-class honours degree in strategic leadership and management from NTU.

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.

Head of Aluminium, Consulting,  CRU
Zaid Aljanabi joined CRU Consulting as a principal consultant in January 2017, bringing an extensive experience in the aluminium and nonferrous metals industry. Prior to CRU, Mr Aljanabi spent more than six years in the Middle East working for Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), where he led the market research unit and held various positions within marketing and sales, corporate strategy and finance. Before EGA, Mr Aljanabi worked in London for a number of commodity focused consultants, including Thomson Reuters, as an analyst and he also managed the precious and base metals research unit at Diapason Commodities Management. He began his commodities research career in 2002 as a global energy economist with AUPEC, an oil and gas consultancy firm. Mr Aljanabi holds an MA with honours in economic science from the University of Aberdeen and an MSc in economics from the University of Amsterdam. He also spent a year studying economics at the Université Panthéon-Assas in Paris. Zaid speaks Arabic and French.

Process Engineer,  Researcher from Escola Politécnica da USP
Caio has been with the Votorantim group since 2011. During the first years he worked for the Alumina Rondon project and was responsible for the bauxite technological characterization program, and also took part in defining the ore dressing operations. He selected and sized all equipment from crushing to grinding in the processing plant. In 2014 he joined the technology development group. Assuming new responsibilities, he developed projects in the bauxite mines and the alumina refinery. These projects include a bauxite fines recovery unit, and a bauxite reject dewatering unit. After defending his thesis "Bauxite reject dewatering and disposal" he obtained the master title from the Escola Politécnica da USP. Now he works as a process consultant and leads several CapEx and modernization projects. His main capabilities are project management, process improvement and creative solution making.

Cost Economist,  CRU
Ross joined CRU as a Cost Economist in early 2018, bringing technical experience from the oil and gas industry to this critical role.
He manages CRU’s macroeconomic cost platform which covers 31 countries in-depth and is utilized in all of the cost models and cost curves that CRU provides to its clients across the metals, mining and fertilizer sectors.

Prior to joining CRU in early 2018, Ross worked as a Subsurface Consultant advising multinational oil companies on geological processes using advanced modelling software. He has also worked as a Geologist for an oil and gas operator, focussing on development geology.

Ross has an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and a BSc with Hons in Geosciences from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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.

Senior Consultant,  CRU
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.

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.

Senior Consultant,  CRU
Sheena has twelve years’ experience in commodities research, analysis and consulting. For the last seven years she has worked in CRU’s Consulting, supporting new and existing project developers, lenders and governments through market strategy and valuation projects, in the aluminium and fertilizer and chemicals sectors.  
Prior to joining CRU Consulting, Sheena spent five years working in CRU Analysis’ Aluminium team on the research and management of CRU’s market outlook, long term and cost portfolios. 
Sheena has an MSc in Economics from the University of London.

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.

Managing Director, Commodities Research,  BMO Capital Markets

Colin Hamilton is a Managing Director and Commodities Analyst for BMO Capital Markets.  Based in London, he leads BMO’s market intelligence and price forecasting efforts across base metals, bulk commodities, precious metals and battery raw materials.  With a background as a metallurgist, and a strong focus on China and global trade flows, and deep subject knowledge, Colin’s regular publications offer value-added insight on industry developments.  Previously he headed up Macquarie’s commodities research team, and before that spent time at CRU in London where he was responsible for steelmaking, iron ore and metallurgical coal cost services.  

Head of Corporate Sales,  London Metal Exchange

Christian Mildner is the Head of Corporate Sales at the London Metal Exchange where he focusses on the physical end users. He has over 10 year’s industry experience and has in-depth knowledge of corporate commodities and metals hedging. Prior to joining the LME, Christian worked at Commerzbank in London where he headed up the Commodity Corporate Sales team. Christian has a Msc. in Financial Markets from University Paris Dauphine

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. 

Head of Natural Resources & Commodities, Corporates,  Fitch Ratings
Peter Archbold is a London-based senior director of Fitch Ratings Ltd and is responsible for Fitch’s mining, steel, chemicals and oil & gas coverage in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He also has direct analytical responsibility for a portfolio of metals and mining names including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, ArcelorMittal, ThyssenKrupp and Norilsk Nickel. Prior to joining Fitch in 2006, Peter worked for National Australia Bank in Australia and nabCapital in the UK in a variety of credit analysis, relationship management and project finance roles with a focus on the mining and steel sectors. Earlier in his career he also worked for AMP Capital and Goldman Sachs in Australia. Peter graduated from La Trobe University and Monash University with degrees in Accounting and Economics. He is a CFA Charterholder, a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts (UK). Peter actively assists the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in the development of accounting standards for companies in extractive industries. He has also been a guest lecturer at the London School of Economics.