Antonio Marcegaglia was born in Mantua in 1963, and after graduating from Bocconi University in Milan, he immediately began an upward career in the family business.  Starting from 1991, he leads the internationalization process of the group. In October 2013, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Marcegaglia SpA. With corporate restructuring in 2015, he also became Chairman and CEO of Marcegaglia Carbon Steel, Marcegaglia Specialties, and Marcegaglia Plates, which make up the group’s core business. Today, wholly controlled by Marcegaglia Steel, with Antonio Marcegaglia as Chairman and CEO, these companies – 6,500 employees in 28 plants, bringing in overall revenues of 5.5 billion euros in 2020 – are an industrial and financial asset with a global presence.

Martin studied mechanical engineering at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences (graduate engineer). He joined thyssenkrupp in 2008 and has held various management and executive positions since then: After joining thyssenkrupp Xervon as CEO, he took over the Eastern European subsidiaries of Materials Services from 2012 to 2018. From 2018 he was CEO of the Technical Services and Materials Western Europe operating units. From the beginning of 2019 he was also CEO of thyssenkrupp Schulte and Materials Germany, where he headed the German materials distribution business. Before joining thyssenkrupp, Stillger worked for Barmag AG for 17 years, five of which as Sales Director and Chief Executive Officer. Since December 6, 2019 Martin Stillger has been Chairman of the Executive Board of the Materials Services segment. He is responsible for the Operating Units Materials Western Europe, Materials Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific, Materials North America, Materials Trading, Plastics Europe and Technical Services as well as for the central functions Corporate Strategy & Communications and Legal. In this role he drives the strategic development of thyssenkrupp Materials Services, with the future strategy "Materials as a Service" at the center.

Stefano graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico of Bari in Italy, holds a Master in Administration from EGADE, the graduate business school of Tecnológico de Monterrey, and an MBA from Universidad of North Carolina Charlotte with specialization in Global Business and Strategy. In 1996 Stefano entered Techint Group in the program of Junior Professionals at Tenaris Tamsa in Veracruz, Mexico. In 1998 he returned to Italy at Techint SpA, now Tenova, as Project Manager in different steelmaking projects worldwide. In 2005, Stefano returned to Mexico in Monterrey as Project Director and COO at Tenova HYL, leading projects of direct reduction plants. Since July 2015 Stefano has held the position of President and CEO at Tenova HYL.

Thomas is Vice President Sustainability & Public Affairs, at SSAB. He has an MBA from Uppsala University and an MSc from KTH in Stockholm. Thomas has vast experience in general management, sales, market intelligence as well as sustainability. Thomas’s previous roles include Managing Director of Ruukki Sverige, Senior Vice President & International Sales at Ruukki Metals Ltd, Vice President at Atlas Copco Dynapac and Vice President Corporate Marketing & Sales at steel provider Ovako. Thomas’s career started at ABB, which he left as Vice President in 2004, after almost 13 years of management positions in the metals industry activities. He has unique insights into the incorporation of sustainability into the business model of the organization.  

Laurent is Head of Operational Marketing in the team of CMO Flat Products at ArcelorMittal Europe. Operational marketing includes the following areas of responsibility: market intelligence, demand planning, price policy, commercial steering, value recovery team (non-prime) and trade defence. Laurent joined the Group with Wire Solutions in 1996 as Area Sales Manager Northern Europe and became Commercial Director of Wire & Strands until 2006. He moved to Mittal Steel Europe in Rotterdam as Product Manager Wire Rods, before joining the Corporate Marketing team in Luxembourg shortly after the merger. Since 2012, Laurent was in charge of corporate Group CCM (Commercial Coordination & Marketing) focusing on global market and price intelligence, export coordination, and global trade policy. Laurent holds a Master Degree in Applied Economics at the Faculty of University Antwerp, Belgium, as well as a Master in Business Administration specialising in Marketing at the Vlerick Business School, Belgium.

After graduating from Oxford University in 1977, with a degree in Mathematics, Dick has spent the last 42 years permanently employed in the steel trade. Over half of those years with current employer Stemcor. Dick’s experience ranges from his earlier years importing flat rolled steel and long products into the UK market, through a period trading long products across the globe, then a decade trading raw materials for steel making, and for the last five years looking after much of Stemcor’s European import and distribution business. Three times Chairman of the International Steel Trade Association, Dick has a wealth of experience, both sourcing and marketing steel products and steel making raw materials, across the globe.

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.

Daniel has worked in the downstream divisions of a number of European steel companies in career in spanning 40 years. Through several mergers between Cockerill, Usinor, Arbed, Aceralia, Arcelor and finally ArcelorMittal, Daniel has been in charge of various Stockholding and Steel Service Centers networks across many European countries. He retired from ArcelorMittal in March 2019, and became Director General of Eurometal in April 2019.  

Karl has been Director at the European steel association EUROFER (Brussels), responsible for international relations since April 2007. Prior to joining EUROFER, Karl worked for Arcelor Corporate (Luxembourg) in the International Affairs department (2001). Karl worked in Central sales organization of Sidstahl in Ghent (1997- Flat carbon steel Sector of Arbed) and then joined the Marketing Services in 1999. In 1994, Karl was in charge of the sales coordination for cold-reduced sheets in Central sales organization TradeARBED (Luxembourg). In 1989, Karl was employed in the legal service at steel producer Sidmar - Arbed group (Ghent). Karl has a Law degree from the University of Louvain (1987) and from the College of Europe, Bruges (1988).

Dr Yayan earned B.A. degrees from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1977 and the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University in 1987. He then received his PhD degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in 1997. Dr Yayan has diplomas from the University of Michigan on Economy of Development and Population; from the University of Sussex on Labor Market Information System and Japan Int. Coop. Agency on development and improvement of employment. After serving 22 years in the government from expert to Under secretary levels between 1976-1998, he was appointed as Secretary General to the Turkish Steel Producers Association in 1998. On 25 September 2017, Dr. Yayan was appointed as Under secretary to the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. In August 2018, Yayan retired from the government and returned to his position of Secretary General at the Turkish Steel Producers Association.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.