Speakers
Ravi Singh
CEO
SULB Bahrain & KSA
Ravi Singh
CEO
SULB Bahrain & KSA
Ravi Singh is a 32 years experienced, Steel professional, having mostly worked in integrated plants of SAIL, Tata Steel & Essar Steel (now AMNS) and has multi-function experience across General Management, Engineering, Operations and Sales & Marketing. As CEO SULB, Ravi is tasked with profitably driving the business of Sulb Bahrain & Saudi Arabia with its Integrated Steel plants – Gas based DRI+ EAF + L/M/H Structural Mills serving GCC & Global markets. Previously, Ravi has served as Chief of Business/VP ( Operations) at Tata Steel Downstream Processing Limited (1997 onwards) , Sr VP ( Marketing) Essar Steel and since 2013 - CEO Essar Steel -Hypermarts & Service Centres and Group CEO Al Nasser Industries. As Corporate Quality Head, Ravi developed a keen sense of Total Quality Management Systems & Change management. Ravi is a Mechanical Engineer from BIT with an MBA from IIM, Calcutta, India. His thinking has been honed with various training programs at SIM, ISB & TMTC and great mentors. Ravi is a creative thinker, plays Chess and loves travel.
Abdulqader Almubarak
CEO
Rajhi Steel
Sanjeev Gupta
Executive Chairman
GFG Alliance
Sanjeev Gupta
Executive Chairman
GFG Alliance
Biography: Sanjeev Gupta is the Executive Chairman of GFG Alliance, a collection of global businesses and investment owned Sanjeev and his family. GFG Alliance has three core industry brands; LIBERTY Steel Group, ALVANCE Aluminium Group and SIMEC Energy Group. Besides its industry brands GFG Alliance holds investments in financial services and property held within a Family Office. Sanjeev and his wife Nicola are also the founders of the GFG Foundation – a registered charity that aims to develop industrial skills among young people. GFG Alliance has revenues of $20bn and employees 36,000 people across 30 countries. Born into a family of industrialists in Punjab, India, Sanjeev was educated in the UK and graduated with an MA in Economics and Management from the University of Cambridge. He founded LIBERTY House Group in 1992, while still an undergraduate, as a global commodities trader, growing rapidly across different geographies for over two decades. In 2015 Sanjeev started his industrial journey buying and restarting his first steel mill in the UK. Since then he has built an international reputation as an ambitious and visionary industrialist acquiring and building major assets in metals, engineering, mining, and renewable energy spread across the world with a particular focus on the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA. Among these are Europe’s largest aluminium smelter at Dunkirk, Australia’s largest integrated mining and steel group, and several large plants across Europe. Today Sanjeev presides over LIBERTY Steel Group, the world’s 8th largest steel producer – outside China – with a combined workforce of over 30,000 people. Sanjeev’s strategy is based on long-term investment focused on economic, social and environmental sustainability. At the heart of this are his low-carbon GREEN strategies (GREENSTEEL and GREENALUMINIUM) which combine metal recycling with renewable energy. In 2019 Sanjeev announced LIBERTY Steel Group’s ambition to become Carbon Neutral by 2030 – the most ambitious target of its kind by a major steel producer. Progressing his vision of combining renewable energy with metal manufacturing, his energy group SIMEC, has a growing portfolio of assets in solar, wind, hydro, bio-diesel, biomass and waste-to-energy. Sanjeev and Nicola live in London with their three young children.
Markus Abel
Managing Director
tripelsGbr
Rajesh Agarwal
Executive Board Member
BMR
Rajesh Agarwal
Executive Board Member
BMR
Biography: RKG INTERNATIONAL FZC - a family owned entity, began its operation in the year 1979. Initially started as a One Man Army, we now stand as a unit having a head count of over 150 people working across the globe. Vision of RKG INTERNATIONAL FZC is: “The main objective is to create opportunities, share our successes collectively & symbolize our commitment to excellence. To encourage sustainable development by emphasizing the full potential of scrap metals and the use of 3R concept on scrap metals.” RKG’S Success is a direct result of the effort of the 3 Directors-Mr. Rajesh , Mrs. Manju , Mr. Rajiv and full RKG team. Having over 44 years of experience Mr. Rajesh is a leader who has materialized his vision of recycling through the advancement of his company. He has carefully nurtured and nourished RKG International FZC into an International Household name that it is today. Under the guidance of the 3 Directors, the company utilizes state of the art technology and a devoted group of experts with sound specialized learning. It is conferred in sourcing quality materials which surpass ISRI standards and meet the most elevated recycling benchmarks. With 3 yards, Metal shredding unit ,Metal Shearing Unit, Bailing Machine, Excavator, JCB, Vertical shear and its own Transportation Unit with a fleet of 53 vehicles RKG is the largest producer for ferrous shredded in UAE Region and It is the only INTEGRATED RECYCLING UNIT in the UAE. Mr. Rajesh is an active member of the world’s largest social organization that is Lions Clubs International for the last 47 years and he has also served as the President & Chairman , FOUNDER for different port folios/chapters and NGO’s and also is a recipient of various international awards including Melvin Jones Fellow dedicated for humanitarian services. Mr. Rajesh has many a feather in his cap, a Board Member of BMR and Ambassador of BIR, plays a vital role heading the local UAE Relation. He is still serving as Chairman of International Relationship of Mumbai Lions Clubs International Chapter. He is the first Resident of UAE who has received the Golden Visa in UAE from Fujairah Emirate. RKG’S Success is a direct result of the effort of Mr. Rajesh Agarwal and his keen vision and business acumen which has helped RKG into a Multi-Million Dollar formidable force.
Salama Al Awadhi
Director of National Value Added
Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology
Salama Al Awadhi
Director of National Value Added
Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology
Salama Al Awadhi is currently holding the position of Director of National Value Added, at the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MOIAT). Salama’s field of expertise is within Oil &Gas industries with focus on Supply Chain and ln Country Value (ICV), gained over 14 years of experience in 2 Geos: UAE & Oman. Prior to joining MOIAT, she held the position of Head of Supply Chain Exploration at Occidental Abu Dhabi (Oxy) where she was fully responsible of the design and implementation of contracts and procurement strategies for UAE Exploration campaign. Within Oxy organization, Salama led various roles and projects in Supply Chain Contracts & Procurement, ICV & Inventory optimization. In 2018, Salama was promoted to be Head of In Country Value where she was responsible for company’s ICV Strategy and driving the delivery of ICV initiatives and opportunities. After 14 successful years in the private sector; Salama decided to enroll her expertise and knowledge into the public sector and joined MOIAT earlier this year. On top of this, Salama started off her career Wireline Engineer at CNLC. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree, on Earth Science (Geology) studies from SQU.
Dr Marwan Almojil
Executive Commercial General Manager
Sabic
Todd Ames
Senior Key Account Manager
Midrex
Todd Ames
Senior Key Account Manager
Midrex
Biography: Todd Ames is the Senior Key Account Manager in the Commercial Department at Midrex Technologies. He is instrumental in the promotion and negotiation of new contracts for MIDREX® Plants. Prior to his present role, he held numerous engineering and project management positions within Midrex. He has more than 20 years of experience in large-scale industrial project management and construction management in both Europe and Asia. He holds six US and European patents in various mechanical and process applications. Todd earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Naushad Ansari
Country Head- Saudi Arabia
Essar Capital
John Atherton
Secretary General
International Iron Metallics Association
John Atherton
Secretary General
International Iron Metallics Association
Biography: Prior to joining IIMA in January 2019 John was a Director at the International Council on Mining and Metals for the past 17 years. During his time with ICMM John led the development of the Materials Stewardship concept, an integrated materials management policy that has been implemented by major mining and metals companies as well as being enshrined in national and international government policy. John was Director for Environment at the Nickel Development Institute (NiDI) from 1997 – 2002 responsible for the development of strategies and programmes to improve the environmental and market performance of the primary nickel industry. Prior to NiDI, John was Director of the European office at the International Cadmium Association. He has a PhD in earth sciences from the University of Hull and was a post-doctoral Research Associate in Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Alberto Bregante
Chief Sales Officer IMEA Region
SMS Group
Alberto Bregante
Chief Sales Officer IMEA Region
SMS Group
Education: 1982 Classical Lyceum Diploma 1989 Civil Engineering Degree (Structural Branch) from Politecnico of Milano Professional Experience: 1990 - 1992 Structural Design Engineer, Consultant 1992 - 1997 Plant Engineer in Plant Engineering Dept. at INNSE Engineering S.p.A., Milano 1997 - 1999 Head of Plant Engineering Dept. of Demag Italimpianti S.p.A., Milano 2001 - 2002 Sales Dept, Sales & Marketing special tasks Since 30.07.2002 Sales Director Since 16.03.2009 Appointed as Member of the Managing Board of SMS Demag INNSE S.p.A., San Donato Milanese (MI) Since 01.11.2010 Appointed as C.E.O of SMS INNSE S.p.A., San Donato Milanese (MI) Since 28.04.2010 Member of the Steering Committee of AIM (Associazione Italiana Metallurgia), Milano Since 01.11.2011 Member of the Italian-German Chamber of Commerce, Milano Since 01.01.2012 Board Member of the Italian-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Roma 2017 – April 2021 : Executive Vice President BU Flat Rolling Plants April 2021 : Chief Sales Officer IMEA Region
Rafael Buzetti
Head of Sales EMEA
Samarco
Rafael Buzetti
Head of Sales EMEA
Samarco
• Rafael is currently the HEAD OF SALES EMEA for Samarco Iron Ore Europe, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Responsible for the commercial management of Samarco’s customers located in Europe, Middle East and North Africa and with fifteen years working at Samarco in different areas such as engineering, planning, business development and sales. As academic background, Rafael is graduated in Industrial Engineer (by Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil), has an MBA in Strategic Marketing Management (Brazil), and Specialization in Inventory and Operations Management (by APICS, USA).
Mehmet Cakmur
General Manager, M Steel Dış Ticaret
Deputy Chairman, Turkish Foreign Steel Trade Association
Mehmet Cakmur
General Manager, M Steel Dış Ticaret
Deputy Chairman, Turkish Foreign Steel Trade Association
After graduating from Industrial Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University, Mehmet Çakmur started his career in 1990. He took part in different roles in iron and steel trade until 2002. Between 2002 and 2011 he worked as the authorized representative for Turkey of Russian MMK Magnitogorsk. In 2011, he was appointed as export and sales director at MMK Metalurji plant, built by MMK Russia in Turkey. In 2017, he left MMK to found his own company M Steel Ltd., specializing in iron and steel trade, consultancy and agency. He is also an executive board member at Turkey’s Steel Foreign Trade Association and Association of Flat Steel Exporters and Manufacturers (YISAD).
David Cataford
CEO
Champion Iron
Ankur Dana
CEO
Dana Steel
Raju Daswani
CEO
Fastmarkets
Raju Daswani
CEO
Fastmarkets
Shortly after graduating from the London School of Economics in 1991, Raju began his working career at Alcan in the UK. In 1995, Raju moved to Metal Bulletin as a Senior Economist, and built his career at MB through a number of roles culminating in his appointment in 2006 at Managing Director, and later CEO. American Metal Market is the North American pricing & information arm of the Metal Bulletin Group. A focus on developing the best pricing data for the markets it serves has established the Metal Bulletin Group as the world’s leading price reporting agency (PRA), information and events business for the metal, steel and raw material markets. The Group has successfully acquired other commodity price reporting & information businesses including FastMarkets in 2016 and RISI in 2017. RISI is a global PRA providing leading benchmarks for the pulp, paper and wood product markets. Raju oversees a team of 400 employees located in the USA, UK, China, Singapore, Brazil, Brussels & Finland – together the business today assesses over 4,000 prices, provides analysis and forecasts for these markets and also stages over 50 world-leading cross-commodity global events.
Andrea Diasparro
Vice President
Danieli Group
Andrea Diasparro
Vice President
Danieli Group
Andrea Diasparro graduated as Mechanical Engineering Technician and has around 25 years of experience in the Metal Industry, with particular reference to the Rolling Mill field, starting his career in the Engineering Department. He has then moved to the Project Office, with extensive experience in Site activities such as Erection & Commissioning, also being in charge of Project implementation as Site Manager. He has gained wide experience in purchasing and procurement of plants and technologies, worldwide. Since 2007, he has joined Danieli & C., working in the proposal department of the Danieli Morgardshammar Bar & Wire Rod mill division, becoming head of the department, being appointed Vice President, Sales. From September 2013 ha has moved to Key Account Management, in charge of Marketing Strategies & Business Development in the Turkish and MENA Regions for all Product Divisions of Danieli Group. Since August 2017 is has been promoted as Technical & Sales Director, in charge of Marketing Strategies & Business Development for Turkey, Africa, Middle East and India for all Product Divisions of Danieli Group. He is also Director and Board Member of Danieli India Ltd and Danieli Middle East.
Serife Durmus
Price Reporter
Fastmarkets
Serife Durmus
Price Reporter
Fastmarkets
Serife Durmus graduated Ege University American Studies in 2005. She worked as an English teacher and translator at an automotive company in Bursa, Turkey for over 2 years before becoming a journalist. Serife joined Fastmarkets in 2012 and has been writing articles on steel industry in Turkey and Middle East since 2007. She also has given presentations at Middle East Iron and Steel Conferences and also writes articles for Fastmarkets Metal Magazine.
Jane Fan
Index Manager
Fastmarkets
Jane Fan
Index Manager
Fastmarkets
Jane Fan joined Fastmarkets in 2019 and currently working as Index Manager looking after the operation of Fastmarkets’ statistically-driven index pricing models and market engagement on indices methodology. Jane graduated from National University of Singapore with Bachelor degree in Statistics.
Alexander Fleischanderl
Head of Green Steel & CTO Upstream
Primetals
Alexander Fleischanderl
Head of Green Steel & CTO Upstream
Primetals
Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl joined Primetals Technologies Austria in 1997 (before SiemensVAI 2005-2014 and VAI 1997-2004). His current position is Technology Officer Upstream and Head of the Environmental Solutions Business at Primetals Technologies. He is a recognized expert for sustainable iron and steel production, covering waste gas cleaning, carbon footprint reduction, energy efficiency, by-product management, and waste water treatment. Before assuming his current post, Alexander held various positions within the company in technical sales, project management, and R&D for the environmental, steelmaking and long rolling business. He holds about 100 single patents and was honored as Siemens Inventor of the year 2013. Alexander started his career at Austrian Energy and Environment in Vienna as process engineer in the field of emission control and water treatment for waste incineration plants. He completed his Ph.D. in process engineering in 1997 in the field of advanced gas cleaning for municipal waste incineration plants at the Technical University in Graz, Austria. In 1994 he obtained his master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.
Durgesh Gupta
Senior Vice President - DRI
H2GreenSteel
Durgesh Gupta
Senior Vice President - DRI
H2GreenSteel
Durgesh Gupta is Senior Vice President Iron Making at H2 Green Steel. He has 26 years of expertise heading process, operations, planning, and project management of gas-based direct reduction plants worldwide ranging in size from the smallest to the largest DRI plant in the world, including 17 years at Qatar Steel Companya as Head of Process & Operations. Gupta has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.
Abu Bucker Husain
CEO
AGIS
Dilip. S Kumar
General Manager
Inspirity
Jorge Martinez
Commercial Director
Tenova HYL
Jorge Martinez
Commercial Director
Tenova HYL
Jorge Martinez joined Tenova HYL in 2007. In the past, he has participated on plant commissioning and start-up of ENERGIRON DR Plants and currently he is responsible for the commercial activities for DRI Projects. He has an undergraduate degree in BS Chemical Engineering and a postgraduate degree in MSc in Manufacturing Systems focused on Operation Research and Production Systems from Arizona State University.
James May
Director of Strategy
Duferco International Steel Holding
James May
Director of Strategy
Duferco International Steel Holding
Mr. May is Director of Strategy at Duferco International Steel Holding (DITH); an independent steel trading company based in Lugano, Switzerland. Mr. May has spent his career providing insight and analysis into the steel industry value chain. Initially as Director of Steel Market Research at Metal Bulletin Group (now Fastmarkets) in the UK, Mr. May then established an independent steel-focused publishing and consulting group in Toronto, Canada. The consultancy practice worked with; steel raw material suppliers, steel manufacturers, distributors, processors and consumers; governments and financial services providers at the most senior level. Mr. May assisted in the development and operations of a wide range of steel-related projects in the Middle East, CIS, SE Asia, Europe, North & South America, and North & West Africa. These included: iron ore and ferro-alloy mines and processing facilities; steel melting and rolling mills; steel processing, pipe and distribution assets.
Zayer Mohammed
Scientist
SABIC
Fabio Muscolino
Sales Manager
SMS Group
Fabio Muscolino
Sales Manager
SMS Group
Fabio Muscolino is sales manager in SMS group for ironmaking activities, with focus on direct reduction technology and with more than 10 years experience in this field. He has a master degree and a Ph.D in materials engineering.
Ramy Saleh
Chief Business Development Officer
Elmarakby Steel
Dr. Salam Sharif
CEO
Sharif Metals
V R Sharma
Group Vice Chairman
Jindal Shadeed
Eng. Hassan Salim Shashaa
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
Emirates Steel Arkan
Eng. Hassan Salim Shashaa
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
Emirates Steel Arkan
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer Eng. Hassan Salim Shashaa is Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Emirates Steel Arkan. He oversees the functions of Strategy, Innovation and Excellence, Transformation Office, Business Continuity, Merger and Acquisition functions, beside his role with the Executive Committee. Shashaa brings to his role a wealth of experience spanning 40 years in the heavy industry sector and holds proven expertise in leading all production related functions, building teams to achieve set targets and ensure sustainability with a keen commercial sense. Over the last 13 years, Shashaa completed tenures at Emirates Steel as Chief Operating Officer where he led operation and maintenance functions. He also held the positions of Senior Vice President of Strategy & Development, Sales and Marketing as well as Advisor to the CEO. Prior to joining Emirates Steel, he worked for 21 years with Bahrain-based Gulf Industrial Investment Company as Production Manager and later as General Manager, Sales and Marketing. He started his career as Project Engineer at Jordan Fertilizer Industry (Jordan Phosphate Mines Company) where he served for six years. Eng. Hassan Salim Shashaa holds a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wales in the UK, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the American University of Beirut.
Mark Stuckey
CEO
UNICAT
Mark Stuckey
CEO
UNICAT
Mark Stuckey is a result’s orientated, hands-on Director and co-owner of UNICAT Catalyst Technologies. He holds the position of UNICAT’s Chief Executive Officer and is based out of their corporate offices in Alvin TX, and West Yorkshire in the UK. Mark has numerous academic successes, Graduating with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Bachelor’s Degrees with Honors in Bio-Chemistry and Engineering, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing. Mark has a strong foundation over the last 27 years in managing multi-site manufacturing operations, acquisitions, and integrations, together with a high degree of personal drive and determination for business growth, underpinned with a common-sense attitude.
Didem Taşkıran
Sales Manager
Colakoglu Metalurji
Emrah Uğursal
Deputy General Manager/Foreign Trade
Bastug Metallurgy
Armando Vazquez
Sr. Business Developer Manager, International Sales
Tenova Goodfellow Inc
Armando Vazquez
Sr. Business Developer Manager, International Sales
Tenova Goodfellow Inc
More than 30 years career at different corporations encompassing skills in sales business development and process engineering, including the management and development of projects in Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Automotive, Mining & Steelmaking. He has successfully planned/managed multinational automation projects, engineering & services groups. Armando has worked in Europe, N&S America, Mexico, MENA Region, Asia. He has championed several six sigma initiatives, channel sales strategies with outstanding results in performance and business benefits.
Andrew Wells
Global Steel and Ferroalloys Editor
Fastmarkets
Ross Yeo
Steel Editor EMEA
Fastmarkets
Mohamed Zada
Supply Chain Director
Suez Steel
Fadhl Zayed
Projects Lead Engineer
Emirates Steel
Stanislav Zinchencko
CEO
GMK Center