Alok is a steel industry veteran with nearly 38 years of varied experience in the steel industry. His experience includes training at British Steel and tenure as visiting fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University. Alok has been at the forefront in ensuring trade remedial measures are put in place especially when the Indian steel industry went through a rough patch in 2015-2016. He has worked closely with the steel industry & the Government as one of the core industry representatives to advocate on trade related matters at national and international forums. Alok has all through championed the cause of the Steel industry. He also represented India at the first meeting of Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC) held in Paris. In his previous stint at the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) he was instrumental in bringing together R&D establishments of SAIL, the Defence Ministry and other Government units to ensure critical import substitution of products within defence manufacturing. These efforts led to successful launching of fully indigenous warships and warranted that India moves towards Aatmanirbharta in steel requirement for the defence sector.

Kazuo Fujisawa joined NKK Corporation in 1982 and has held management positions in sales, engineering and in an assistant role to CEOs. After NKK merged with Kawasaki Steel to create JFE Steel in 2003, he has held positions in the Corporate Planning Department and Overseas Business Planning Dept. He was on the committees and the Board of Directors of California Steel Industries from 2003 to 2016.  He is the member of worldsteel’s Communication Committee and Economic Committee.  He has spoken at a number of steel conferences around the world. He graduated from Seattle University, USA and from Sophia University, Japan.

Melati Sarnita was born in Padang, on March 17, 1977. She graduated with a Master’s in Business Administration from Gadjah Mada University and a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Indonesia. Melati currently holds the position of Commercial Director at PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk, since 2019-2020 she began her journey as Business Development Director. Throughout her 22 years professional career, Melati has experience across the Oil and Gas Industry, with skills and expertise in commercial and operations for Natural Gas, LNG and LPG.  

Hu Hongsheng is Director of Scrap Department at Fubao Information Company, Head of Fubao Scrap Research Team and Scrap Data Products. Hu Hongsheng has been engaged in bulk commodity and scrap industry research for more than ten years.

Tang is in charge of the import and export business of HBIS International Trading Company, especially the imports of raw materials.

Collin has worked for many years for Yonggang, a major long product mill in eastern China. He has extensive experience in the export of Chinese long products, especially the international trade of wire rods.

Yong Mei yan is an experienced Base metal trader having extensive and in-depth connections with both China, South East Asia and European clients. She has worked for major International and Chinese trading houses having a wide exposure to Copper, Ferronickel and Ferroalloys adapting to various situations, cultures and trading conditions having worked in both China and Germany. Yong Mei is good in trading, market developing, making strategies and managing deals between various counterparties across various geographical regions, having moved cargo from Beira, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, South America and Indonesia. Yong Mei now works for Metals-Hub as a Regional Sales Director Asia

Rahul brings extensive experience in multiple markets to his role as Head of Projects Planning & Corporate Development at General Nice Resources Group, and previously with the affiliated Abterra Resources. Goel has been based throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. He is also a Director for the India-based companies of GNR and has previously sat on the board as Executive Director for the ASX listed Pluton Resources limited (PLV) and Non-Executive director for Irvine island Finance Corporation Ltd. He is currently based in Hong Kong and his responsibilities include the operations and development relating to trade and investment in the coal, coke, iron ore and steel sectors with a primary sales focus in the Chinese market. He is also a Director at Capital Investment Partners, in Australia and Canada, who have some significant positions in some Canadian mining assets. Prior to General Nice Group, Goel served at Adani Group as senior trader for iron ore, steel and scrap business. Goel is a commerce graduate and also holds an MBA degree in marketing with specialization in International Business.

Anurag spent circa 25 years at Tata Steel, Noble Group and Caravel Group, in the international trade of Dry Bulk Commodities, both physical and derivatives, mainly in steel raw materials and thermal coal, as well as shipping and asset management. After stepping back from active involvement in the sector, Anurag is now involved with early-stage tech start-ups, sharing domain knowledge and experience.

Kelvin Fu is the Managing Partner at Gunung Capital. Based in Singapore, Gunung Capital is a private investment management company focused on impact investments guided by environmental, social, and governance frameworks. His responsibilities include deal sourcing, structuring, analysis, and portfolio management across the company’s investments in infrastructure-related industries, building materials, commodities, sustainability, and impact-linked projects especially in the decarbonization and carbon credit industries. Kelvin was instrumental in charting and implementing the change management at various portfolio companies which involved the transformation of business goals, processes and technologies. This has resulted in a significant turnaround at the businesses from a loss-making to record profits. In particular, he was instrumental in the change management at Gunung Raja Paksi, Indonesia’s largest privately owned steel company. Kelvin is a graduate of the National University of Singapore (Bachelor of Social Science in Political Science), Macquarie University (Masters of Applied Finance) and the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (M.B.A.).

Li Xinchuang has served in many roles previously including those approved by the State Council. He was Professor Senior Engineer, Vice Secretary-General of China Iron & Steel Association (CISA), President and Chief Engineer of China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute (MPI), and Director of Technical Economics Branch of the Chinese Society for Metals.

Yeoh Wee-Jin is the Secretary General of the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), which has its Headquarters in Singapore. He has been working in the steel business for about 20 years, which includes general management of regional  steel downstream operations. In addition, he also has extensive experience in corporate strategy, project feasibility studies, M&A, market research & analysis and government relations. He has a wide knowledge of the ASEAN steel market as well as industry experience in the various countries where he managed the business units or conducted various researches in. He has also actively participated in SEAISI activities at regional as well as at ASEAN government level for a number of years in the past. Other businesses he has been operating in also includes environmental businesses and internet-related business. Wee Jin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Australia), a Graduate Diploma in Computing Studies from the University of Canberra and a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School Management at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Andrew has had a diverse career in international commodities spanning more than 25 years in a variety of disciplines with both physical trading houses & financial institutions. An entrepreneur by nature, he is an acknowledged leader & business developer, creating sustainable value across the agriculture, energy & mineral resource chains. He brings this experience to the Viridios team that is passionate about the significant contribution potential that voluntary carbon markets (VCM) have to global decarbonisation, while also recognising charismatic additionality through the ESG components of each project as defined by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We believe that to embrace diverse and inclusive participation of corporates and others throughout the VCM ecosystem, we need to evolve from pricing opacity to transparency for fair value recognition in transactions. Viridios has developed and deployed AI technology to achieve this. We look forward to the next leap forward for the VCM ecosystem together and to benefit all.

Gorkem received his master's degree in Management of Business Administration in 2002 from La Salle University, Philadelphia, USA. He started his career in the US, working in multinational companies such as Saint Gobain. Later, he went on to work in the stock market fortune 500 company SEI Investments as a mutual fund trader in the US. In 2005, he took a challenge in the steel industry and started to work for steel producers as an executive for export markets. Then, he was appointed as a director of the steel desk of LN metals, a commodity trading company in London. In 2012, Gorkem founded Galex Steel International -- a trading house mainly focused on flat steel products and exports to Europe, Turkey, South America, Middle East and Far East. Galex represents reputable government and private mills from China, India and Turkey on regional or project basis. The company covers global markets through its offices in Turkey, China, India and Russia.

Rajiv has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) Degree in Metallurgy from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur. He has done Advance Management Programme from CEDEP (INSEAD, France) and has completed Director Certification Program from Institute of Directors Thailand. Over the previous 32 years, he has worked in manufacturing, planning, marketing and sales of steel. In the past, he has held various positions like Business Head for Steel Tubes, Steel Wires and Wire Rod Mill at Tata Steel. Currently he is posted as President & CEO of Tata Steel (Thailand) Pcl. The listed company is engaged in manufacturing long steel products at 3 manufacturing sites in Thailand with a capacity of 1.7 million tons per annum. Rajiv resides with his family in Bangkok.

Baldev is dual qualified in Singapore and England with more than 15 years of international experience across the world’s leading global law firms. He was previously at UK Energy specialist law firm, Ashurst LLP and US arbitration heavyweight, White & Case, before he set-up Blackstone & Gold in 2019 as Singapore’s first energy and commodities law firm. Baldev is a leading expert in O&G and Commodities and advises on all aspects of the supply chain from trading and trade finance arrangements to international recoveries and arbitration. He is a leading name in trade fraud cases and his views have been featured in the Singapore Business Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNA and the Financial Times. He is a regular speaker at the Financial Times Asian Commodities Conference alongside industry titans and ministers as well as a contributing writer to the Singapore Business Times.

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. 

Arnoud is the CEO of Minehub Technologies Inc (TSXV:MHUB). He is one of the pioneers in the intersection of commodity supply chains, finance, and enterprise blockchain technology. Prior to joining Minehub, he was the Innovation lead for Commodities at ING Bank where he led the cross-industry initiative ‘Easy Trading Connect” that spawned some of the leading blockchain platforms for post-trade processing of physical commodity transactions. Arnoud is an all-round executive with tech DNA, and has over 20 years experience in strategy execution, enterprise transformation and “blue chip” startups. After obtaining a master’s degree in Computer Science in the Netherlands, he lived and worked across Europe, Asia and Oceania.

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.

Aameer covers the Indian and Pakistani steel markets at Kallanish and joined the team in July 2021. He has an MBA with specialisation in marketing and human resource management. He previously worked with Ernst and Young LLP as an analyst in indirect taxation and spent three years with SteelMint India covering the Iranian and Indian steel industries. Aameer can speak English, Urdu, Hindi and is currently learning Farsi.

Tomas is the Managing Editor Asia for Kallanish and produces editorial content on the region, with a focus on China, as well as overseeing Kallanish's operations in East Asia. He is based in Shanghai, where he has lived and worked for the last six years. Tomas speaks Mandarin as well as English and Spanish. He has also spent three years in Beijing studying and working. Previously, Tomas worked at Steel Business Briefing, where he joined shortly after graduating with a masters degree in Asian politics from SOAS in London.

Anna Low has covered the South East Asian steel and metals industries since the 1990s. Before joining Kallanish in September 2017, Anna was with Platts and before that, she was with Steel Business Briefing and metal Bulletin. While she has witnessed and tracked so many cycles in the steel markets, no two days are ever the same. Writing steel news and assessing prices are a huge part of who she is. Anna enjoys the work very much especially interacting with the key industry players and participants over these past 20 something years.