Tolga Egrilmezer

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

John Slaven

John Slaven is Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Alcoa, responsible for the daily operations of the Company’s global bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets. Alcoa has the largest bauxite mining portfolio in the world and is the world’s largest alumina producer. John also focuses on Alcoa’s global aluminum smelting system, its network of casthouses, U.S. rolling mill, and the Corporation’s substantial energy assets. Alcoa Corporation operates in 10 countries. John is also a member of the Alcoa Executive Team, which sets strategic direction for the Corporation.

Most recently, John served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, a position he assumed in February 2019 when he joined Alcoa. In this role, he was accountable for the Strategy, Corporate and Business Development functions and Supply Chain group as well as Energy Development.

John has extensive experience in the metals and mining business, including global experience in several commodities and industry sectors across the aluminum value chain.

Prior to joining Alcoa, he served for 13 years as Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In his last assignment, he led BCG’s practices for North American Metals and Mining and Infrastructure and Public Transport. Prior to BCG, John worked for 9 years at BHP Billiton, where he held senior strategy and business development roles in both Perth, Australia, and Singapore in the Iron Ore, Minerals Exploration, and Aluminum, Manganese and Nickel business units.

From 2002 through 2006, John worked for Alcoa Inc., where he implemented its Asia growth strategy and the turnaround of its Latin America business. He also led Alcoa Inc.’s sales and marketing growth in Asia before returning to New York to lead the corporate strategy, and financial planning and analysis functions.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, John served as a Sub-Lieutenant, Officer in Charge in the South African Navy. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town.

Raphael Thevenin

Bart Van Gils

Bart Van Gils has been active in the logistics business for over 30 years, and this in various locations around the world such as Antwerp, Rotterdam, Dubai, Baltimore & New Orleans. Focus has always been on commodities moving worldwide, with non ferrous metals - including aluminium - as main commodities. Warehousing (LME, CME, SHFE) and logistics linked to these have been at the centre of his activities. Since 2017, he has become a partner in The Agency, a logistics company focusing on road transport in Europe and container shipping worldwide.

Dagný Ósk Ragnarsdóttir

Dagny is Director of Business Analaysis and Market Development at Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland. She has diverse experience within the fields of economic research and software development, but the focus for the past few years has been the energy sector. Dagný and her team are responsible for analysing Landsvirkjun‘s business environment as well as its customers’ markets, such as aluminium, silicon metal and power markets.

Dagny holds degrees in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Iceland, and a certificate in Business Sustainability Management from the University of Cambridge.