Fernando is the Presedent of EUROMETAL, a position he has held since December 2018, and is the Managing Director of Layde Steel (Tata Steel Europe) since January 2009. As a senior executive leading transformation through growth, customer oriented actions and full involvement of the organisation, Fernando has more than 20 years of experience in highly demanding commercial organisations, of which 10 years acting as Managing Director promoting the change and market focus to take back to profits a complex entity. Involvement includes all stakeholders, and all levels of the company, including management of the multinational.

Andrii has 15-year experience in investment banking and commodities market analysis as head of research and head of trading department. Graduated from Donetsk University of Management Production management faculty in 2005. His expertise are in: global steel markets, oil & gas, financial markets, and industrial policy issues. Andrii covers financial and strategic issues, improving cost-management, budgeting systems building, and audit for steel companies in consulting projects.

Fabrizio has decades of experience assisting a wide range of clients, including governments, industry associations, producers and importers in trade investigations. His practice covers investigations initiated both by the EU and by third countries. Since the early nineties Fabrizio has been involved in major EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases as well as safeguard investigations. His expertise also encompasses customs investigations, including actions before Member States customs authorities, marks of origin, export controls and sanctions.  His activities focus on representing the interests of clients at all stages of proceedings before the investigating authorities as well as litigating before the competent jurisdictional bodies. He also represents companies and associations in investigations initiated by third countries. In recent years he has been involved in investigations initiated by Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the US. His expertise extends to trade-related matters involving the WTO.

Gilles is Managing Director and founder of SteelConsult International, based in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), where he is responsible for conducting strategy projects, market studies, economics analysis and training for the iron & steel industry and raw materials markets. Gilles has over 20 years’ experience working as a consultant to the iron and steel industry. Prior to SteelConsult, he worked with Tata Steel/Corus Consulting in IJmuiden (The Netherlands), and with CRU International and Hatch Beddows in London (UK). Gilles is a frequent speaker at leading industry events, and a regular trainer at public and in-house training courses on steel and raw materials. In the course of his career, Gilles worked for many of the world’s main steel mills, iron ore suppliers, traders and distributors, covering markets for steelmaking raw materials, semis, sheet, plate and longs in countries around the world. Gilles holds a MSc. in Business Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Stéphane is technical head for governmental affairs and climate change within ArcelorMittal Europe. In that function, he contributes to the decarbonization roadmap of European entities, its financing and control of regulatory impacts. Previously Stéphane has been Chief Marketing Officer in charge of Packaging, Oil and gas, and Electrical Steel segments within ArcelorMittal Europe Flat Products as well Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal Avelino & Canossa in Italy. Stéphane holds a degree as sales engineer from the Esidec business school in Metz (France) and he is a graduate in mechanical engineering.

Maximilian leads the sustainability activities at the supply chain solution provider Metalshub based in Düsseldorf. In that function, he primarily focuses on the topic of scope 3 CO2 emission reporting and engages with steelmakers, mining companies and other stakeholders to help them make their supply chain emissions transparent and ultimately enable them to track & reduce their carbon footprint along clear reduction targets. At the same time, he works together with Metalshub´s product team to continuously improve the platform functionalities and its ability to drive the decarbonization of the metals industry. Maximilian further has several years of experience working in strategy consulting at the Boston Consulting Group where he already supported clients from the mining, steel and automotive industry on their innovation and decarbonization pathways. In parallel to his work as sustainability manager at Metalshub, Maximilian currently pursues a PhD in the field of carbon emission reporting and wider sustainable management.

Born in Canberra (Australia), Mr Bernardi graduated in Management Engineering at the University of Padua. After a first experience in the clothing sector (Belfe), he joined Fiamm (automotive and industrial sector) as Project Manager for the SAP ERP implementation project. He then took up positions in the Supply Chain area both abroad and in Italy until he assumed the role of Group Purchasing Director in 2002. In 2006 he joined Ferretti Group (design and construction of Yacht-Megayachts) as Director of Corporate Purchasing and Procurement in the context of the IPO project run by Permira Fund. In 2008 Mr Bernardi joined Fincantieri as VP Procurement of the Naval Vessels Division and then became part the newly established COO office at corporate level, as VP of Joint Procurement & Category Management. In 2013 he set up and got the lead of the Supply Chain department within Fincantieri Corporate, 3 years later David took on the role of VP of Fincantieri Australia based in Canberra and Adelaide within the SEA 5000 bid program launched by the Australian Government. In 2017 David returned to Italy in Genoa as VP Program Management with responsibility on all the naval projects and in 2019 he assumed the role of SVP Procurement & Supply Chain – Fincantieri Group.

Friso was born in 1970 in the Netherlands. He earned a MSc degree at Delft University of Technology in Materials Science. He took several classes in marketing, strategic management and governance at Henley, IMD and Erasmus. Friso has worked and lived in the USA, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands. After his start in R&D and production management with Volvo Aero and Aluminium Pechiney, Friso held several commercial positions in the steel industry with Corus and Tata Steel. He was, amongst others, responsible for mill sales to service centers in South-Europe and for the EMEA sales of specialty plated strip products. He was appointed CEO of a Tata Steel JV active in trade, steel service and fabrications. He is founder and initiator of Steelport Maastricht. His broad and international experience from mill sales, trading and service centers all the way down the supply-chain to manufacturing, strengthened and inspired him to launch himself into entrepreneurship. He acquired his own steel trading/service organisation early 2019.

Stefano Ferrari was born in 1980 and graduated in Consumer Goods, Retail Distribution and Business Communication from the IULM University in Milan, before joining Siderweb SpA in 2005. After five years in journalism, in 2009 he became managing director of Siderweb, the Italian steel community. In 2013 and 2015 he ran the press office for Made in Steel, the biggest trade fair for the southern European steel industry, and since January 2014 has worked in the Siderweb Studies Office.

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.

Alexis is a London based director at Simpson Spence Young (SSY), one of the world’s largest shipbroking organisations. He is part of the SSY Consultancy & Research team analysing dry bulk shipping markets and related industries, including steel and iron ore. With more than eight years of experience in dry bulk research, his areas of work include speaking at industry events, presenting to SSY’s clients, writing for company publications and supporting broking staff, both in London and overseas.

Alberto, VP Sales at the LME, has worked on various strategic initiatives for the Exchange, including the launch of new contracts, the development of its steel futures market and the launch of the Registered Intermediating Broker membership category. He joined the London Metal Exchange in December 2014 and has been a member of the LME Nickel Committee since 2015. Previously, he was working in the Transaction Services team of PwC with focus on strategy consulting and commercial due diligence for the Financial Services industry.

Alain has been working at Casier Recycling NV for the last 3 years. Casier Recycling is a recycling company, specialised in both non-ferrous and ferrous materials with a strong sourcing network in the industrial activities within Flanders, Belgium. After his studies (Master in Economic Sciences at Antwerp University), Alain joined the raw materials division of the Arbed Group, which later became Arcelor and ArcelorMittal. Alain was stationed in Brussels, later in Singapore where he joined the Group’s steel trading division and returned to Belgium 8 years later to join the logistics division. Alain subsequently joined an American company Tube City IMS, a provider of steel services, including scrap procurement for the Eastern European market, especially within the Czech Republic and Serbia. He later moved to Vienna, Austria to join FJ Elsner Trading as senior trader for raw materials. In 2018 Alain joined Casier Recycling in Belgium as commercial director with responsibilities on both the scrap sourcing as on the sales side.

Paolo Sangoi, 57 years old, is President of Assofermet Acciai and CEO of Sangoi Group, whose core business is the service center activity  for the supply of low carbon steel sheets and strips. He has gained a long experience in the management of supplies and commercial direction of Sangoi Group. He has promoted the development of the group's business realities, diversifying the historical activity into innovative areas, creating new synergies from the evolution of the group's configuration. As President of Assofermet Acciai which represents the Italian enterprises of trade, distribution and pre-processing of steel products, together with his team, he has promoted several initiatives for the revision of the European safeguard measures supporting free trade rules in favour of the competitiveness of the entire supply chain.  

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.

Chrysa is responsible for trade policy and economic analysis for UK Steel, representing the sector’s interests to UK government. Chrysa leads UK Steel’s work on trade remedies, trade agreements and wider trade regulation, including sanctions. She also works on areas at the intersection of trade, climate change and environment policy, such as carbon leakage and scrap policy. Chrysa recently co-authored UK Steel’s report “Steel Scrap: a Strategic Raw Material for Net Zero Steel” analysing the UK scrap market and outlining scrap policy recommendations for the UK government. Previously Chrysa led the European Biofuels team at S&P Global Platts, covering pricing, policy and news for these markets. She also has experience across a broad range of commodity markets and policy, including metals & mining, petrochemicals, sugar and grains. Chrysa holds an MSc European Political Economy and a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics.

Alessandro started his career as a consultant in M&A, taxation and corporate finance, he then joined Duferco where he developed his skills as a steel manager. After some years in MMK group as export manager he joined Deltasteel Group where he managed the steel business unit. Since November 2016 he is CEO at Gamma Trade Sa, a Swiss based company, active in steel trading and distribution mainly focused in import of flats into Europe, adding value to European manufacturers through logistic, financing and hedging services.

Lex has been active in the steel sector since the 70s and has worked for a Belgian steel producer (Cockerill-Sambre) and a Swedish steel mill (SSAB). In 1995 Lex founded his own company in the Netherlands (NovioStaal). First as a trading company and agencies, and since 15 years also simultaneously as a stockholding company. Noviostaal concentrate on high quality steel grades as high strength, wear and weather resistant with emphasis on sheet and strip steel. A few years back, Lex handed the company over to his youngest son and his colleague. Nowadays, Lex works as a consultant and conducts research on the steel market.

Burcak brings 15 years experience in covering global long products and scrap pricing. She is responsible for the Kallanish daily scrap assessment in Turkey, as well as European shredded and US domestic and export pricing. Prior to joining Kallanish she worked for SteelOrbis as Director of Research. She is based in Istanbul.

After training as a journalist in Italy, Emanuele started covering the steel market back in 2010 when he joined SBB in London. In 2014, he became managing editor for the EMEA steel market for Platts. Emanuele joined Kallanish in 2016 and he is the editor for Kallanish Steel Weekly. He speaks five languages and love art as much as steel.

Katya is a native Moscovite, and she first joined Steel Business Briefing in London in January 2003 as a reporter covering the CIS steel market, which she did for 11 years. After joining Argus Media in 2014, she continued to focus on steel and scrap markets as an editor. In Kallanish, Katya's focus remains on steel markets in CIS and Turkey, which she has now been observing for 15 years.

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.

Paul is a Director and Co-founder of Kallanish, which he helped to create after working for Steel Business Briefing as General Manager for Asia. With the co-founders, he felt there was a gap for simple, good quality journalism and market intelligence combined with a focus on listening to customer needs. Kallanish aims to put the customer at the forefront of everything it does. Previously, Paul was a Commercial Director and negotiated strategic alliances for blue chip companies in the payments industry. He also holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. Paul is based in Kallanish’s London HQ and previously lived in Paris and Shanghai. He speaks fluent French and conversational Mandarin.

Having graduated from university in England's steel city of Sheffield, Adam was destined to end up in a career related to the steel industry. He has worked at Kallanish since 2014 as an editor for The Middle East and Turkey, as well as CIS and Eastern Europe, contributing his experience gained from five years in Dubai of the vibrant and fast-growing Middle Eastern and Turkish markets. Adam regularly attends events in the Middle East and Europe, moderating and speaking at some of them. He was previously steel editor at Platts in Dubai and before that Central and Eastern European reporter for Steel Business Briefing in London. Adam prides himself on providing friendly, informative and accurate journalism. He is currently based in Frankfurt and speaks fluent Polish and intermediate German. 

Christian covers the German steel markets at Kallanish and joined the team in 2015. Previously, Christian worked as a steel journalist for some 15 years. He started off with American Metal Market, and later joined Steel Business Briefing, where he spent seven years as correspondent for the German-language countries.