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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.

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.

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.

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 31 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. He sits on the board of Nat Steel Holdings, Singapore. Rajiv resides with his family in Bangkok.

Harold is the Strategic Advisor of JFE MERANTI Myanmar Holding Pte Ltd. Harold has a MA in Marketing Management from Macquarie University, Sydney, and started his career with BHP Steel Asia Pte Ltd in 1980 – as General Manager responsible for export and trading of a wide range of Flat and Long products in South East Asia including South Asia. He held various positions while at BHP, had extensive global marketing experience and was also responsible for sale of raw materials for steel making. His last post was with NS BlueScope Coated Steel as Vice President – Strategic Sourcing, managing the sourcing of flat steel for NS BlueScope operations in ASEAN.

Jagdish is a PGDBA in International Business with significant experience of more than 25 years, majorly in business operations & international marketing with start-up and established organizations across multiple industries globally. Jagdish joined EU Metal in 2017, a reputed company associated with 70+ mills, trading houses and service centres across the globe in prime and non-prime flat & long steel products, ferrous & non-ferrous scraps & wood products. Jagdish joined EU-Metal as Head - Global Procurement and later promoted to VP - Global Procurement & Operations looking after procurement of steel and assisting the scrap division as well. Jagdish carries a vast experience of several years not just in metals & minerals but other industries as well. Jagdish’s strengths are strong strategic thinking, good decision making & results orientation.

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.

Amit is the head of export sales at AM/NS India. He is a management graduate with more than 12 years of experience in the steel Industry. Joined as a management trainee in 2008, Amit has efficiently managed sales to key export markets. He has been credited with expanding AN/NS’s footprints in diverse geographies and swiftly establishing markets for value added products. He is admired in the industry for his excellent customer relationship and expertise of building long terms partnership models with the key clients. He has significantly augmented a number of end users and channel partners to AM/NS’s client base utilizing his networking acumen. He is well-travelled, tech savvy, a social media influencer and an avid supporter of digitalization. Amit has been a regular speaker at international steel conferences and management institutes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dan is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - the birthplace of the US steel industry - and he started in the industry in 2009 with the original Steel Business Briefing. Prior to that, Dan covered police and military affairs in Beaufort, South Carolina, and spot news for the Valley News Dispatch in Tarentum, PA. As part of the North American Kallanish team, Dan covers flats, tubular products and specialty steel products.