Dr Sua holds an undergraduate degree, and postgraduate doctorate in Metallurgy from Ostrava University of Mining. Between 1987 and 1993 he was Head of Research at the Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy. A year later, he joined the Ministry of Industry as an Expert for the International Cooperation Department. From 1996 to 2008 he held the position of Director of the Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy, and more recently, between 2009 and 2013, worked as Technical Advisor on a number of projects on Cleaner Production, Green Industry Development, and Energy savings in the steel industry in Vietnam. Dr Sua is the Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Steel Association since 2014.

Trinh Khoi Nguyen holds a Bachelor degree in Electricity from the Thai Nguyen University of Technology and a Bachelor degree in Business Management from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. For more than 30 years he has worked as an officer of the Vietnam Steel Corporation in various positions. Firstly as officer, then Deputy Director, then Director of Investment and Development. Currently, he holds the position of Vice-President at Vietnam Steel Corporation.

Rajiv is a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) in Metallurgy from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and has done Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur. He has also done Advance Management Programme from CEDEP (INSEAD, France). Recently he completed Director Certification Program from Institute of Directors Thailand. Over the last 27 years, he has worked in manufacturing, planning, marketing and sales of steel. He is part of the senior management team of Tata Steel since 2001 and has held various positions such as Business Head for Steel Tubes, Steel Wires and Wire Rod Mill. Currently he is posted as President & CEO of Tata Steel Thailand pcl.

After graduating from Osaka Prefecture University, Uono embarked on a career in magazine editing. In autumn 2006, Uono joined Japan Metal daily, as a staff writer. Japan Metal Daily is the largest newspaper for the Japanese steel industry. With over 10 years experience based in the Osaka branch office, he is responsible for steel sheets (HRC/CRC), plates, and scrap, covering companies, markets, and supply/demand. Uono is also responsible for imported steel, and is often found visiting Korean steel maker POSCO, Taiwan CSC and China's Bao Steel, interviewing key personnel.

Meranti Steel is a Singapore based company active in the steel industry in South-East Asia. Its first joint venture is JFE MERANTI, a business for painting and coating of flat steel with a focus on building & construction markets. Sebastian has led JFE MERANTI as founding CEO, and serves now on JFE MERANTI’s Board of Directors. Meranti Steel is currently working on a new venture in South-East Asia. Sebastian has 20 years of experience in executive, operational, strategy, finance, and legal roles. He has previously worked across the globe with an international steel company, a leading strategy consulting firm, multilateral banks, and an international law firm. Sebastian has a particular passion for the steel industry in emerging countries. Sebastian holds a doctor in law from Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany, and an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore/France.

Abhijit is Vice President at M N Dastur and heads Dastur’s finance, restructuring and strategic advisory business. Prior to this, at Janus Capital, USA, a major emerging markets investor, Abhijit led significant investments in the Indian iron & steel and global commodities sectors, among others.  He has been an Advisor to the Fortune 500 C-suite through his own firm, and led business and product teams at Microsoft in Seattle, USA. He holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA) and has dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Economics and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

Graeme is Senior Economist for Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry.  As head of base and bulk commodity research, he is responsible for helping to shape the company’s views on metal markets and the economic outlook, with a particular focus on China.  Prior to joining Trafigura, Graeme led the China side of Macquarie’s highly regarded commodity research team for five years, publishing research on bulk commodities and metals for institutional investors, corporate clients and bank’s internal investment and trading teams.  Graeme started his career at Steel Business Briefing, first as a China Analyst and later as Head of Asia Research.

Derek is the Head of Research at Simpson Spence Young (SSY), one of the largest shipbroking organisations in the world, which has specialist teams working in 18 offices across the globe. Derek coordinates SSY’s analysis of the shipping markets and, in addition to staff based in SSY’s London office, is also responsible for research staff in Singapore. The focus of Derek’s analysis is the dry bulk shipping sector, where he specialises in trade flow analysis and fleet developments.

Mr. Ajoy Roy is a Senior Partner with the firm, and has an extensive work experience in practice areas including Litigation and Dispute Resolution and General Corporate. Ajoy has wide expertise in capacities such as Corporate Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Anti-dumping Investigation, Safeguard Investigation, Anti-subsidy & Countervailing Duty Investigation, Anti-trust Litigation, Competition Law and General Corporate Advisory Works. Ajoy has provided cutting edge services in varied matters pertaining to Corporate Litigation & General Advisory. He has made paper presentations in industry conferences in Shanghai, India and South Korea and attended Lex Mundi Seminars in Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul from 2010-2012.

Hai Phan is an expert on mining, metals and construction business in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He has been the CEO of Ferominco since 2010 and represented Trafigura on steel-making raw materials, non-ferrous and mining products. He is now acting as Southeast Asia consultant of business strategy and steel sourcing for Tata International.

Ian is a highly regarded industry analyst, with over 20 years experience in metals, starting at CRU in London. Since 2003 Ian was based in Shanghai, China initially with Steel Business Briefing and then Macquarie, before a five-year stint at Rio Tinto running their iron ore analysis. Since 2010 Ian worked as a sell-side analyst with CLSA, Macquarie and others based in Shanghai and Singapore and continues to bring his leading-edge thoughts on the markets as an unbiased independent analyst. 

With fifteen years of industry experience, Gueorgui currently leads Noble’s bulks commodities research. Previously (2006-2013), he spent more than seven years at BHP Billiton, covering steel and steelmaking raw materials, power and energy, and most recently managing thermal and metallurgical coal analysis. At CRU (2004-2006), Gueorgui was a senior consultant and Editor of the stainless steel publications and market outlook. His career in commodities began with EuroStrategy Consultants (1999-2004), where Gueorgui worked extensively on the restructuring and privatisation of the Eastern European steel industry.