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.

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban

Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban is Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium.Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2020, Mr. Bin Kalban had served as an Alternate Board Member of EGA since May 2017. He also sits on the Board of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), EGA's bauxite mining subsidiary.

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. 

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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.

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.

Hanne Karine Simensen

2024 Executive Vice President Hydro Aluminium Metal since May 13, 2024

2021-2024 Norsk Hydro ASA – Senior Vice President – Head of Aluminium Metal Commercial

2018-2021 Norsk Hydro ASA – Senior Vice President – Director Global Business Services

2015-2017 Norsk Hydro ASA – Executive Vice President – People & HSE

2013-2015 Hydro Produksjon AS – Vice President, Head of Energy Markets / Energy

Several senior positions in Hydro from 2004-2013 within the energy business

Simensen started in Hydro in 1994

Other directorships: 

Board member in Alumetal SA (since 2023)

Education: Master of management from BI Norwegian Business School (2010). 

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.

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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 is a Research Manager and oversees Pala’s High Conviction Ideas Portfolio.  Her investment experience spans commodity markets, equity and debt issuers and thematic investment strategies. Martina’s focus since 2020 has been in global lithium and graphite supply chains, in addition to continuous coverage of the green cement, aluminium, steel and iron ore markets, allowing her to successfully analyze and execute high conviction trades across Pala’s traded portfolios.   

Previously, on Pala’s Private Equity team, Martina analyzed numerous M&A transactions across the natural resources space.  She has supported a number of strategic reviews for Pala’s portfolio companies, including international expansion initiatives for investments in the mining consumables and services space.  

Martina helped develop numerous tools to improve productivity and efficiency, which have led to successful turnarounds of distressed assets and operations.Prior to joining Pala, Martina worked for Schindler Elevators and Panasonic in the Finance and HR departments.

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.

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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). 

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. 

Selahattin Armağan Vurdu

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. 

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Christian Koulic

Christian KOULIC started his career at TotalEnergies in 2003 and held a variety of roles within Petrochemicals and Refining (corporate strategy, business development, planning, sustainable development). He was a member of the managing committee of the Polymers Europe & Orient Division, in charge of Packaging before being appointed Global Market Executive within the division OneB2B Solutions supporting the Metals industry to decarbonize. Christian is a graduate from the University of Liège (Belgium) and the University of Toronto (Canada) and holds a PhD in Polymer Science

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.    

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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).