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Marco Levi is Chief Executive Officer of Ferroglobe PLC, global leading producer of Silicon Metal and Ferroalloys since January 2020. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj, a global fiber materials company. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Business President at Styron and spent over 22 years at Dow Chemical, in various departments and roles, ultimately serving as General Manager. Marco serves on Mativ’s Board of Directors and has held directorships in various companies. He holds a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Statale, in Italy.

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Clare Hanna joined CRU in August 2019 and currently works as a Senior Analyst covering Manganese Ore and Ferroalloys and is Editor of the Bulk Ferroalloys Monitor.Clare has over 30 years’ experience in the steel industry with British Steel, Tata Steel and Corus in a range of strategy, sales, marketing and procurement roles. Recent responsibilities include business development for wire rod and, prior to that, lead buyer ferroalloys for Tata Steel Group.Clare holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and BA Honours degree in Economics from Leeds University.

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Ionut has worked for CRU since 2007 and is the company’s lead consultant on strategic advisory projects across the commodity spectrum. His remit includes market entry, diversification and M&A support; the formulation of decarbonisation strategies; and supply chain security with a focus on raw material criticality.

His recent projects include an M&A strategy for a mid-tier mining company,  assignments focused on aluminium value enhancement, secondary and low-carbon premia, and multiple studies in the field of elemental carbon.Ionut brings to the role a wealth of advisory experience gained in important regional commodity markets.

As a regional director for business development in East Asia, he established CRU's Tokyo office and provided strategic support to Japanese trading houses and Korean industrial entities. More recently, as CRU's head representative in India, Middle East and Africa, he oversaw important strategic assignments for MENA aluminium and fertilizer complexes, government agencies, sovereign funds and South African mining companies.

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Piyush joined CRU in August 2022 and currently serves as a Consultant. He specializes in several minor metals including rare earths, gallium, and vanadium. Throughout his time at CRU, he has contributed to various vanadium projects and was a lead author of the company's latest Vanadium Report. Before joining CRU, Piyush worked at a Big Four firm, focusing on the financial sector. He holds an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.Com (Hons.) from the University of Delhi.

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José Tinoco doesn’t speculate about metals markets — he builds the supply backbone behind them. With more than two decades across smelter operations, raw-materials trading, and R&D leadership, he operates where chemistry meets contracts and margins are defined.

José has structured sourcing strategies for over a million tonnes per year, negotiated complex feedstock agreements, and aligned technical constraints with commercial reality. Today at Stegra, he is securing the raw-materials framework for a new industrial build-out — where ferroalloy quality, carbon-cost exposure, and geopolitical risk are not only concepts, but economic realities.

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Martin Trouilloud joined CRU in November 2023 and is the analyst in charge of the Manganese Ferroalloy Cost Service, based in their London office. He graduated in 2023 with a BS in physics and mathematics from Brown University, where he was a research assistant in a computational chemistry lab. Besides ferroalloys, he has worked on manganese ore and crude steel.

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Ionut has worked for CRU since 2007 and is the company’s lead consultant on strategic advisory projects across the commodity spectrum. His remit includes market entry, diversification and M&A support; the formulation of decarbonisation strategies; and supply chain security with a focus on raw material criticality.

His recent projects include an M&A strategy for a mid-tier mining company,  assignments focused on aluminium value enhancement, secondary and low-carbon premia, and multiple studies in the field of elemental carbon.Ionut brings to the role a wealth of advisory experience gained in important regional commodity markets.

As a regional director for business development in East Asia, he established CRU's Tokyo office and provided strategic support to Japanese trading houses and Korean industrial entities. More recently, as CRU's head representative in India, Middle East and Africa, he oversaw important strategic assignments for MENA aluminium and fertilizer complexes, government agencies, sovereign funds and South African mining companies.

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Piyush joined CRU in August 2022 and currently serves as a Consultant. He specializes in several minor metals including rare earths, gallium, and vanadium. Throughout his time at CRU, he has contributed to various vanadium projects and was a lead author of the company's latest Vanadium Report. Before joining CRU, Piyush worked at a Big Four firm, focusing on the financial sector. He holds an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.Com (Hons.) from the University of Delhi.

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Panos started his career in commercial roles with copper and aluminium fabricators in the early 2000s. He joined CRU as a copper demand and wire & cable analyst in 2008 and became the lead analyst for cobalt and molybdenum in 2011. Panos moved to Rio Tinto Copper in 2015, working as an analyst and marketing executive in the molybdenum and copper by-product sales and marketing team. He rejoined CRU in 2018 becoming responsible for stainless steel market analysis and price assessment. Panos is currently the Head of Stainless Steel Raw Materials at CRU, managing a team of experts covering the nickel, chrome, molybdenum, tin and precious metals markets. He is undertaking an executive PhD at ESCP Business School with the goal to investigate the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Commodities.

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Tanya Atalay has joined the ICDA as Senior Market Analyst in February 2024, she is an experienced market reporter and analyst with 11 years of expertise in monitoring and analyzing global steelmaking raw materials. She has previously worked as a Market Reporter and Analyst, as well as an Editor of Ferroalloys news with Metal Expert. Tanya Atalay holds a Master’s degree in International Economics from Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine.

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Ionut has worked for CRU since 2007 and is the company’s lead consultant on strategic advisory projects across the commodity spectrum. His remit includes market entry, diversification and M&A support; the formulation of decarbonisation strategies; and supply chain security with a focus on raw material criticality.

His recent projects include an M&A strategy for a mid-tier mining company,  assignments focused on aluminium value enhancement, secondary and low-carbon premia, and multiple studies in the field of elemental carbon.Ionut brings to the role a wealth of advisory experience gained in important regional commodity markets.

As a regional director for business development in East Asia, he established CRU's Tokyo office and provided strategic support to Japanese trading houses and Korean industrial entities. More recently, as CRU's head representative in India, Middle East and Africa, he oversaw important strategic assignments for MENA aluminium and fertilizer complexes, government agencies, sovereign funds and South African mining companies.

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Piyush joined CRU in August 2022 and currently serves as a Consultant. He specializes in several minor metals including rare earths, gallium, and vanadium. Throughout his time at CRU, he has contributed to various vanadium projects and was a lead author of the company's latest Vanadium Report. Before joining CRU, Piyush worked at a Big Four firm, focusing on the financial sector. He holds an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.Com (Hons.) from the University of Delhi.