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Wee Jin Yeoh is the Secretary General of the South East Asian Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI) with its office in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. He has been in the steel business for about 20 years, covering corporate strategy, market research & analysis, project feasibility studies, M&A, government relations, as well as general management of a few regional business units of NatSteel Holdings (Singapore). 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. He has also actively participated in SEAISI activities at regional as well as at ASEAN levels in the past. Wee Jin Yeoh holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) 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.

Nghiem Xuan Da holds a Bachelor degree in Industrial Economy Mines from Moscow State Mining University and MSC in Finance from University of London and a Bachelor of Law from Hanoi Law University. Nghiem Xuan Da is the President of Vietnam Steel Corporation and Chairman of Vietnam Steel Association (VSA). Prior to this, he has held the positions of Chairman, CEO, Vice-President, Chief Accountant and Director of Accounting at Vietnam Steel Corporation.    

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.

Vinay is the head of Sales & Marketing (Domestic and International) at JSW Steel Ltd. He joined JSW Steel in 2010 and in a short period he has pioneered various initiatives towards improving steel sales & marketing in India. He has focussed on enhanced customer service; introduced Value Added products for serving yellow goods, construction, appliance and solar sectors. Vinay has introduced products for emerging segments like renewable energy; established JSW as a major supplier in the appliance industry, scaled up the alloy steels, long products and coated products portfolio of JSW. In the international markets, he has focussed on value added products and expanded JSW’s reach to newer geographies. Vinay has leveraged digital technology to connect the entire ecosystem of B2B as well as B2C customers including influencers and channel partners. A regular speaker at International forums, he is an alumni of B.I.T.S, Pilani with over 32 years of experience in industries ranging from FMCG, Petrochemicals, Telecommunications, Retail & Steel.

VR Sharma is Managing Director-Designate for Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. Prior to joining JSPL, he was Group CEO of AbulKhair Group and managing its Steel, Power, Cement & Mining business and previously he was Deputy Managing Director & CEO of Jindal Steel & Power Limited. He has also worked as Executive Director of Ispat Industries Ltd, Joint MD & Director of Bhushan Group. He also worked in management position with other steel companies overseas including Socialist Steel Limited Libya, Lloyd Steel Group and Arrasate Steel Spain. Extremely passionate for steel, he has given 36 years to the industry while leading multi-locational steel, power, cement, and mining operations, innovative cost-effective large steel project management and was instrumental in bringing in transformation changes of various steel corporates. VR Sharma is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and has completed his Master's in Business Administration from UK.

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, and Vice Chairman of VSA.  Le has an undergraduate in Economics from the Economic University of HCMC, Vietnam, and an MBA from Lincoln University, USA.

Sebastian has 20 years of experience in management, strategy, finance, and legal roles. He has worked in four continents in the steel industry, strategy consulting, project finance, and legal practice. Sebastian is the founder of Meranti Steel, and he serves as CEO of JFE MERANTI, Meranti Steel’s Joint Venture with JFE SteeI and three Japanese trading houses. Sebastian has a particular passion for high quality coated steel for building & construction in emerging countries. 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 plant in Youngstown, Ohio. Nhat graduated from Iowa State University with a major in Mechanical engineering and a minor in Business. He is currently the Director of Export Sales at Ton Dong A Corp. (TDA), where he joined 7 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 technology providers and contractors from tendering to 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 the traditional ASEAN market.

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. 

Keyvan is the owner and Managing Director of Jame Tejarat Company (JTC) since its establishment in 2002. He has been exporting minerals especially iron ore to various markets, but mainly to China, for about 18 Years. He has 30 years solid experience in the field of mining production & export of commodities. He is a Member of the Board & Head of International Affairs of IROPEX (Iranian Iron Ore Producers & Exporters Association) since 2012. Keyvan has a Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering, Masters degree in Medical Engineering and Phd. in Radiology from Iranian Reputable Government Universities and numerous post-graduation courses in Mining and Steel & Management Fields from Iranian & Foreign Universities. Currently, he is a Professor & Analyst in International Economy and Management and has numerous articles published in Iranian & international websites, news agencies & media.

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.

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.

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.

Hiroyuki reports on Japanese steel mills export sales and oversea business strategy. Hiroyuki started work in Japan Metal Daily (JMD) from 2005. JMD publishes around 70,000 daily papers and is the largest newspaper focused on steel and non-ferrous industry. Usually Hiroyuki works in Tokyo, but researches not only domestic companies such as NSC or JFE, but also various regions including SE Asia, East Asia, Europe, USA, Brazil, Middle East and Africa.

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.