Speakers
Paul Bartholomew
Senior Metals Analyst
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Paul Bartholomew
Senior Metals Analyst
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Paul has been covering global ferrous markets for 15 years since starting with Steel Business Briefing as China Editor, based in Shanghai. He joined Platts in 2011 and founded Steel Raw Materials Monthly and more recently Ferrous Markets Analytics. Based in Melbourne, Paul’s team developed Platts’ inaugural ferrous price forecasts and analytics.
Neil J. Bristow
Chairman
HW Consulting
Neil J. Bristow
Chairman
HW Consulting
Dr Neil J. Bristow has been actively involved in the iron ore industry for over 35 years. He spent over 21 years in a range of positions with BHP and left to established his own consultancy putting his deep experience and insights of steelmaking raw materials to good use. With extensive experience in understanding and forecasting iron ore market dynamics, prices, strategy development – both industry wide and marketing, changes in industry structure, and future trends in seaborne iron ore markets, he has provided advice to numerous players in the global iron ore industry. Cobined with a strong technical background in iron ore utilisation, a deep understanding of sintering (including running numerous plant trials), pelletising (including development of potential WA IO pellets), blast furnace burden evaluation, together with fundamental and applied iron ore research, this has enabled him to analyse value-in-use trends in iron ore markets, supporting short and long term iron ore marketing, market development and medium to long term strategy. Internationally recognised as a respected expert in iron ore, steel and other steelmaking raw materials analysis, he has spoken at numerous international meetings and published market and technical papers on iron ore. His key expertise in steel, iron ore, metallurgical coal, and manganese ore and ferroalloy markets, coupled with long term analysis on future directions in emerging markets, saw him as an advisor on alternative ironmaking technologies and the challenges facing the global steel industry. Dr Bristow was a former Australian representative on ISO TC Standards Committees on physical testing of iron ore and DRI. Dr Bristow is currently Managing Director of H&W Worldwide Consulting providing a wide range of market research and consulting services to the global iron ore and steel raw materials industries.
Ebrahim Dadoo
Head of Sales and Physical Trading, Iron Ore
Anglo American
Ebrahim Dadoo
Head of Sales and Physical Trading, Iron Ore
Anglo American
Ebrahim joined Anglo American in 2013, where he was based in South Africa, managing product development. In 2017, Ebrahim moved to Singapore, where he held managerial positions in technical marketing and sales. In June 2022 he was appointed as the Head of Sales and Physical Trading for Anglo American Iron Ore. Prior to joining Anglo American, he worked for ArcelorMittal for nearly 10 years, in various technical and managerial roles within iron making. Outside of work, Ebrahim serves as a Non-Executive Director of the South African Chamber of Commerce Singapore, a non-profit entity with the objective of promoting trade and business relations between South Africa and Singapore. Ebrahim has a BSc (Engineering) Metallurgical and Materials Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is married to Aneesa, and they have four children.
Abhishek Dalmia
Head of Asia Commodities Trading
Bank of America
Abhishek Dalmia
Head of Asia Commodities Trading
Bank of America
13 years of trading experience with main focus on non energy markets like base metals ; Precious metals and bulk commodities and a brief stint in managing Asia FX options books .Currently in an exciting role to build Morgan Stanley’s non energy trading capabilities in Asia.
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.
Antoine DeCorbiere
Senior Vice President, Iron Ore Commercial
Rio Tinto
Antoine DeCorbiere
Senior Vice President, Iron Ore Commercial
Rio Tinto
Antoine de Corbière is Senior Vice President Sales Iron Ore at Rio Tinto, and is a member of the Iron Ore Leadership Team. In his role, Antoine has accountability for Sales and Account Management, Book Management and Trading activities and S&OP execution for Rio Tinto’s iron ore products. Antoine has been with Rio Tinto since 2003. In his 20 years with Rio Tinto, Antoine has developed a deep knowledge of the commodity business. He has experience working in several international management roles ranging from business development, sales and marketing, trading and audit, based in France, Canada and Singapore. Most recently, prior to joining the Iron Ore team, Antoine was the General Manager, Sales and Marketing for Bauxite and Alumina. In his 15 years of experience in the aluminium industry, he has also developed a thorough understanding of the Chinese market where he worked closely with customers and various stakeholders. Antoine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and an MBA from the EDHEC Business School.
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.
Eduardo Mello Franco
Marketing Manager, Pricing Iron Ore
Vale
Eduardo Mello Franco
Marketing Manager, Pricing Iron Ore
Vale
Marketing executive with solid experience in the Metals and Mining industry and Finance. Strong knowledge of the Iron Ore market fundamentals, focused on commercial strategy, pricing models and segmentation. Aluminium market strategic planning and research, generating analysis and forecasts. Investor Relations, Equity Research and Corporate Finance background.
Renato Hendriksen
Head of Market Intelligence
Samarco
Renato Hendriksen
Head of Market Intelligence
Samarco
Renato is the Head of Market Intelligence for Samarco based in Brazil and has more than 20 years of experience in the mining and metals sector with vast expertise in the global iron ore and pellet markets. He has held management positions in Marketing and Sales, Market Intelligence and Business Strategy in global corporations such as McKinsey, Vale, Rio Tinto and EGA. Renato holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering with an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Lionel Herzbert
Vice President
Commodities Citi
Alex Kershaw
Senior Analyst
Fastmarkets
Alex Kershaw
Senior Analyst
Fastmarkets
Alex is a senior analyst in the Fastmarkets research team, responsible for forecasting ferrous scrap and editing the Fastmarkets Steel Raw Material research reports. He is also responsible for Fastmarkets long steel forecasts. Before joining Fastmarkets, Alex covered the sulphuric acid market and its link to the base metal sector for another PRA. He has a BA from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and an MSc from University College London, London.
Phillip Killicoat
Commodity Trader
Goldman Sachs
Phillip Killicoat
Commodity Trader
Goldman Sachs
Phillip is responsible for steel trading in Goldman Sachs’ Commodities division and serves as Chairman of the LME Steel Committee.
William Lee
General Manager
XIAMEN ITG MINING RESOURCES CO.,LTD. and FUJIAN SANSTEEL INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO.,LTD.
William Lee
General Manager
XIAMEN ITG MINING RESOURCES CO.,LTD. and FUJIAN SANSTEEL INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO.,LTD.
William Lee joined Xiamen ITG Group Corp in 2001，has more than 20 years’ experience in iron ore trading industry, he was in charge of iron ore segment of the ITG Group since 2016. With deep insight in the steel industry and iron ore market, William Lee committed himself to the iron ore business, and has sufficient practice experience in the spot cargo and derivative market. Under his leadership, the iron ore segment of Xiamen ITG became the leading comprehensive service providers in the iron ore supply chain.
Paul Lim
Asia Ferrous Editor
Fastmarkets
Paul Lim
Asia Ferrous Editor
Fastmarkets
Paul Lim overseas pricing and editorial coverage of the steelmaking raw materials, steel and ferroalloys markets in Asia. He heads a diverse team of price reporters spread across Singapore, China and India who are dedicated to uncovering the nuances and complexities of the ferrous supply chain, with a key interest in decarbonization and green steel.
Karen McBeth
Director, Metals Global Engagement and Intelligence
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Karen McBeth
Director, Metals Global Engagement and Intelligence
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Karen McBeth has more than 30 years of experience analyzing metals markets. As head of metals global engagement and intelligence for S&P Global Commodity Insights, she works in a cross-commodity group that leverages feedback from customers to drive content decisions for the metals group and enable connections between commodity markets. She joined Metals Week in 1990 as Washington Editor and spent six years covering government issues affecting all metals. In the early 1990s, she developed the Platts spot price assessments for magnesium and titanium. As Aluminum Editor and North American Managing Editor from 1994-1999, she handled price assessing across the US primary and secondary aluminum spectrum and started new assessments for aluminum scrap, billet, additional secondary aluminum alloys and the six-months forward P1020 premium. She was promoted to Editorial Director in 1999, managing an international group of editors. In 2006, she spearheaded Platts’ move into steel and ferrous markets, building out a team that launched the first daily iron ore price assessments in 2008, followed by daily coking coal prices in 2010, daily alumina in 2010 and daily molybdenum oxide in 2011. She transitioned to an engagement-focused role within the Metals Group in 2011 after Platts’ acquisition of Steel Business Briefing and assumed her current position in 2022. Prior to joining Platts, McBeth was an editor for a magazine covering the grocery and consumer products industries. McBeth has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Parizat Pandey
Director of Product Group Direct Reduced Iron
Metso Outotec
Parizat Pandey
Director of Product Group Direct Reduced Iron
Metso Outotec
Parizat Pandey is the Director, Direct Reduced Iron Product Group in the Ferrous & Heat Transfer business line at Metso Outotec. He is passionate to contribute to the sustainability targets and carbon reduction footprint of the industry. Within the product group, his focus is to develop and commercialize green steel technologies to serve iron and steel industry. Mr. Pandey has prior experience with plant operations, process improvement projects in non-ferrous industry and technology solution within Metso Outotec.
Vishrut Rana
Economist
S&P Global Ratings
Vishrut Rana
Economist
S&P Global Ratings
Vishrut is the Asia-Pacific Economist at S&P Global Ratings, where he serves as a spokesperson on key macroeconomic issues for the Asia-Pacific region. He generates economic forecasts, furthers the team’s research on key topical economic issues, and drives the team’s macro view on the Asia’s emerging markets. Prior to S&P Global, Vishrut was with the Centre for Research on the Economics of Ageing in Singapore as a Research Associate. Vishrut completed his Ph.D. in Economics from Singapore Management University, where his research focused on business cycles, credit, financial intermediation, and their interaction with the economy.
Gongxiu SUN
Deputy Director of Procurement
Jianlong (Hongkong) International Trade Co.,Ltd
Gongxiu SUN
Deputy Director of Procurement
Jianlong (Hongkong) International Trade Co.,Ltd
Mr Sun has been engaged in the Jianlong procurement of imported iron ore for 13 years.
Alice Shen
Deputy General Manager
Shagang International (Singapore) PTE.LTD.
Alice Shen
Deputy General Manager
Shagang International (Singapore) PTE.LTD.
Alice joined Shagang in 2020 with responsibility for procurement of steemaking raw materials. She also works to develop analysis and provide insights for the company on market trends, opportunities, and challenges of the steel industry.
Timo Smit
Executive Head of Marketing (Iron Ore)
Anglo Amercian
Timo Smit
Executive Head of Marketing (Iron Ore)
Anglo Amercian
Timo Smit is the Head of Marketing and Sales Iron Ore and is based in Singapore. Timo started his career as a research scientist with Akzo Nobel, a Dutch chemicals company, and worked for them in the Netherlands and in the United States. He then joined management consultants McKinsey & Co, where he worked for nearly 10 years, both in the Netherlands and in Southern Africa, specialising in basic materials. In 2004 he joined TechnoServe as Country Director for South Africa. TechnoServe is a not-for-profit development agency focused on providing ‘business solutions to rural poverty’ by helping to set up and/or turn around businesses in poor rural areas in South Africa. After 3 years at TechnoServe, Timo then joined Kumba Iron Ore as Head of Commercial, in 2007. He is now Head of Marketing and Sales Iron Ore, with responsibility for Kumba Iron Ore and Minas Rio. Timo holds degrees in Applied Physics (M.Sc. – Technical University of Delft) and Materials Science & Engineering (Ph.D. – MIT). He is married to Mieneke and they have 3 children who keep them busy in their free time.
Rohan Somwanshi
Managing Editor, Global Agriculture and Asia Metals News
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Rohan Somwanshi
Managing Editor, Global Agriculture and Asia Metals News
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Rohan Somwanshi heads up Global Agriculture and Asia Metals News at S&P Global Commodity Insights. He manages content teams across Asia, which oversee ferrous, nonferrous, grains, oilseed and biofuels news coverage. Before S&P Global, Rohan was digital media strategist at Microsoft’s MSN Money, and earlier covered global coal developments for SNL Energy. He graduated in commerce and finance, and his masters is in media and advertising.
Eric Su
Global Price Group Partner, Metals
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Eric Su
Global Price Group Partner, Metals
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Eric Su is the Global Metals Price Group Partner at S&P Global Commodities Insight, responsible for the development of pricing methodologies and market reporting practices for the SPGCI metals sector. Eric works closely with the SPGCI market reporting team on methodology changes, market development and reporting best practices. Before joining price Group in 2023, Eric was managing editor for the Asia Petrochemicals team since 2019. Prior to joining SPGCI, he was covering the ethylene glycols, bisphenol A (BPA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) benchmark assessments and several other products with ICIS for nearly seven years. He also worked in DBS as a finance analyst for around two and half years. Eric graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Business (Management) specializing in Finance.
Keith Tan
Associate Regional Director, Asia Metals Pricing
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Keith Tan
Associate Regional Director, Asia Metals Pricing
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Keith Tan is Associate Regional Pricing Director for Metals Asia at S&P Global Commodity Insights, having joined in 2007 after earlier stints at petrochemical market information provider ICIS and DaimlerChrylser. Initially covering the Asian petrochemical markets out of the company’s Singapore office, Keith joined the metals group in 2010 and was part of the team that built the benchmark Iron Ore Index. He relocated to Shanghai in 2015 to expand the team’s coverage of Chinese steel exports and pricing, and returned to Singapore in 2022 for the regional metals role. Keith graduated with first class honors from the National University of Singapore.
Tee Yong Tan
Director, FICC
Singapore Exchange Group
Tee Yong Tan
Director, FICC
Singapore Exchange Group
Tee Yong is the Head of Bulk Commodities at SGX, responsible for driving the iron ore and steel franchise for the company. With his previous experience at Tudor Capital and BP, where he specialised in analysing and formulating trading strategies for the crude and oil products market, Tee Yong brings with him insightful knowledge and a passionate interest in commodities trading and risk management. Tee Yong’s diverse experience in the financial markets extends beyond the commodities sector. In his early career, as a member of the Listings team at SGX, he worked with mid to large regional companies in India, Taiwan and Southeast Asia to IPO and raise funds from the capital market in Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration from the Cambridge Judge Business School.
Shawn Teo
Head of Trading and General Manager, Iron Ore Division
Mitsubishi Corporation RtM International
Aurelia Waltham
Analyst
Macquarie Group
Aurelia Waltham
Analyst
Macquarie Group
Aurelia joined Macquarie’s Commodities Strategy team in February 2022, focusing on ferrous markets. Based in London, she previously worked as a commodities analyst at Fitch Solutions, specialising in providing research on agricultural markets to clients including producers, governments, and investors. Aurelia holds a BA from Durham University.
Niki Wang
Managing Editor, Iron Ore
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Niki Wang
Managing Editor, Iron Ore
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Niki leads the Asia iron ore pricing team in S&P Global Commodity Insights. She has been following iron ore market and connecting to the ferrous industry closely since 2017. Actively involving in the strategic planning and execution, Niki is committed to drive the development of iron ore pricing and methodology advance. Niki has over 12 years’ experience in metals industry. Before joining Platts, she was a non-ferrous trader in some international commodity companies. Niki has the MBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She also holds the qualification of CICPA and ACCA.
Kevin Yu
Trader
Optiver
Kevin Yu
Trader
Optiver
Kevin is developing the Iron Ore Derivative trading capabilities for Optiver in Singapore. Prior to trading Iron Ore Derivatives he traded Equity Derivatives from Sydney. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in Science with majors in Biology and Statistics from the University of Melbourne.
CJ Zhang
CEO
Theme International Trading
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