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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.

Le began his career in Southern Steel Sheet Company (SSSC) in 1998 in the marketing team of the Material Planning & Supply department. He rose quickly through the ranks as Marketing Team leader, Sales Chief and then Deputy Manager of the Materials Planning & Supply of SSSC. Then in 2010 Le was promoted to Sale Manager of SSSC, a position he held for 6 years. Since 2016 Le holds the position of 1st Deputy General Director of SSSC. Le has an undergraduate in Economics from the Economic University of HCMC, Vietnam, and an MBA from Lincoln University, USA.

Tan Ah Yong graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) degree in Business Administration in 1972. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Ah Yong is the Secretary General of the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI) with its office in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. He assumed the position in January 2007. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Director General of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA), the government’s principal agency for the promotion and coordination of industrial development in Malaysia. He has extensive knowledge on industrial promotion and development strategies and was closely involved with the promotion and development of the iron and steel industry in Malaysia. He had also served for many years in the United States promoting and facilitating US direct investment into Malaysia.

Azlan graduated from Trinity University, Texas, USA with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Morehead State University, Kentucky, USA with a Masters in Business Administration. Azlan began his career in Citibank N.A in the World Corporate Group, a division within the Corporate Banking Group in 1983. After 5 years, he moved on to United Asian Bank which later merged with Bank of Commerce. In 1994, he rejoined Citibank Berhad as Vice President and Head of the Public Sector, a division in the Corporate Banking Group focusing on lending to government-linked companies (GLCs). Azlan is currently the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Melewar Industrial Group Berhad and the Chief Executive Officer of Mycron Steel Berhad. He also serves as director of Langkawi Yacht Club Berhad and in several other private limited companies. In addition, he is a council member and the Deputy President of Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation and an alumni member of International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences based in Japan. He served 9 years as an Independent Director of HSBC Amanah Bank Berhad until May this year. Soon after, he was appointed to the Board of MIDF Investment Berhad as an Independent Director. 

Sebastian has more than 15 years of experience in operational, strategy, finance, and legal roles. He has previously worked across four continents with a leading steel company, a top strategy consulting firm, multilateral banks, and a leading law firm. Sebastian is the founder of Meranti Steel (formerly Meranti Singapore).  He has a particular passion for building & construction in emerging countries and he has strong experience in managing culturally diverse, cross-functional teams. Sebastian holds a doctor in law from Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany, and an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore/France.

Nhat Nguyen started his career in steel in 2011 as Site Engineer at Danieli Corporation in USA, at an OCTG pipe making plant in Youngstown, Ohio. Nhat graduated at Iowa State University with a major in Mechanical engineering and a minor in Business. He is currently the Director of Export Sales Department at Ton Dong A Corp. (TDA), where he joined 6 years ago. He started his career at TDA as Project Engineer taking care of project coordination for Ton Dong A-Thu Dau Mot's new plant. His team worked closely with all technology providers and contractors from tendering to contract signing and project execution for the 850,000-metric-ton coating facility. After completing the first phase of Ton Dong A-Thu Dau Mot plant in 2015, Nhat was assigned as Export Sales Team Leader in TDA Export Sales Department. Since then, Nhat has been developing TDA’s higher quality galvalume products to new markets such as America, Australia, and Europe as well as maintaining share in traditional ASEAN market.

Jiang Li is the market research team manager and chief market analyst of Baosteel, where she has been with for over 20 years. Ms. Jiang spent half a year in 2001 at World Steel Dynamics as a visiting analyst. She has been invited to work as a fellow at Economics department of World Steel Association from June 2007 to Dec 2008. Now she is an active member and regular contributor at Economics Committee of World Steel Association. Jiang Li has a M.S. in Business Management and a B.A. degree in Management Science from Fudan University, China.

Trinh graduated from RMIT University with a major in Finance and Economics. She joined Rong Viet Securities in 2015 to cover building materials, construction and technology. Trinh actively monitors both listed and private steel stocks in the Vietnamese market and has made accurate forecasts and successful recommendations on a number of steel stocks. She also covers plastic pipe producers, construction contractors, telecommunication and technology firms in the Vietnamese stock market, most of which are the leading firms in their domestic industries. 

Anubhav is a steel professional with 20 years experience in steel, with a Masters Degree in International Business. Abnubhav currently holds the position of General Manager - International Marketing, Global Product Head for Slabs, Hot Rolled Products & Cold Rolled Products at JSW Steel.

Suzan is a Market Research Analyst at Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association, a non-profit organization aiming to increase the export potential of the Turkish Steel Industry and to achieve a sustainable competitive strength in a global manner. She received her Bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey in 2008 and her Master’s degree in International Business Administration with specialty in Marketing and Finance from University of Hamburg, Germany in 2011. She previously worked in Market Intelligence field in a leading global solar PV downstream company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. She speaks fluent English and German.

Hai Phan is an expert on mining, metals and construction business in Vietnam and South East Asia. He is the CEO of Ferominco since 2010 and most recently the chief representative of XCoal. From 2001 to 2004, he worked as a senior executive for Mining & Metals at the Bureau Veritas group covering Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. In 2005, he started the role of general manager at Alfred H Knight group for four years. Since 2010, through Ferominco, Hai Phan has represented Metinvest Group, Trafigura, Rio Tinto and several other international companies in the steel and raw materials sector.

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 19 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.

Ian Roper joined SMM (www.metal.com) in late 2017 to drive their international expansion and help bring their deep understanding of Chinese metals markets to a wider audience. Ian is a highly regarded industry analyst, with over 17 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. Over 2010-2017 Ian worked as a sell-side analyst with CLSA and Macquarie based in Shanghai and Singapore.

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.

As the Head of Physical Market Sales for South East Asia, Edric is the key point of contact for our end user customers in Singapore and the surrounding region. Previously, he worked at Mizuho Bank and was responsible for marketing commodity derivatives to corporate customers across the region. Edric is heavily involved in educating the end users of metal regarding the LME and hedging, and leads many of our training and regional seminars. In the early part of his career, he worked for a world-renowned airline, assisting in their jet fuel price risk management. Thus, enabling him to have a good understanding of end-consumers’ hedging requirements.