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Weihua Liu
Chairman and General Manager
BYD New Materials Co.
Dr. George Q. Fang
Executive Vice Chairman
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co.
Dr. Fang, with a PhD degree in mineral engineering, is a professor-level senior engineer who holds the business license granted by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. Before joining Huayou in Jan, 2020, Dr. Fang had acted as the Director of Mineral Engineering Research Institute of BGRIMM, CTO and Managing Director of Business Development Dept. of China Minmetals Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman and Head of Mining and Metals Coverage, Investment Banking, Asia of Standard Bank Asia Limited, the Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Zijin Mining Group. Currently, Dr. Fang serves as Executive Vice Chairman of Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. He is mainly in charge of international investment and financing, as well as legal affairs.
Elmer Liu
Chief Technology Officer
Mirattery
Elmer Liu is an experienced technology leader specializing in battery systems. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Mirattery Co., Ltd. Previously, he worked in Battery System Research & Development at Saic Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation, where he contributed to the advancement of electric vehicle battery technologies.
Honglin Ge
China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA)
Catherine Zhang
Vice President
LME Business Development
Catherine Zhang is a Vice President and responsible for LME Business Development based in Hong Kong SAR. Ms. Zhang has more than 17 years of financial experience in both Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR by starting her career at China Guangfa Bank in Beijing. Since joining HKEX Group in 2013, she has been performing multiple roles in commodity sector covering sales and marketing as well as derivatives products development. Currently she manages regional clients in Greater China for the LME, with a focus on financial and physical institutions who are active in non-ferrous and EV markets. Ms. Zhang holds M.Phil from Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Cai Yong
Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co., Ltd.
Bryce Lee
Global Lead of ESG & Sustainability
Huayou Cobalt
Leon Farrant
CEO & Co-Founder
Green Li-ion
Leon Farrant is the CEO and co-founder of Green Li-ion, a battery recycling and remanufacturing technology provider at the forefront of the industry. With over 20 years of strategic leadership in the energy and service sectors, creating and scaling businesses across diverse regions, Leon is known for his consensus-building prowess, vision, and rigor for global business. He drives Green Li-ion's mission to make battery recycling commercially viable with scalable, on-site solutions. Leon's expertise in innovation and technology application and his active involvement in assessing the financial feasibility of recycling lithium battery circularity, propel Green Li-ion’s efforts to efficiently close the loop on recycling critical battery materials around the globe.
Dawei Li
Chief Commercial Officer
Li-Cycle
Dr. Gangfeng Liu
VP Research & Development
Botree Recycling Technologies
Dr. Gangfeng Liu is an expert in waste power battery recycling and recycling, catalyst precious metal recovery, spodumene lithium extraction, solid waste treatment and resource recycling research, including metallurgical tailings treatment and comprehensive utilization, recovery of precious metals and rare earths, XRT and XRF sorting, and basic research on electrical crushing. He participated in research of new and efficient dry coal preparation technology with the Ministry of Science and Technology focused on large-scale direct liquefaction of coal. He has led large R&D teams focused on recycling precious metals, waste batteries, lithium slag, and preparation of high-quality lithium materials, with multi-million-dollar technology development funds. He has published multiple papers in international conferences and journals and won multiple provincial and municipal awards.
Febriany Eddy
Chief Executive Officer
PT Vale Indonesia
Meidy Katrin
Secretary General
Indonesian Nickel Miners Association (APNI)
Dr. Alawi Swabury
Africa Battery Initiative
Mike Zhang
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals and Mining
DBS Bank
Mike Zhang joined DBS Bank in 2011 as General Manager of DBS Bank Shanghai Branch and Head of China Commodities Industry Team. He was appointed as Global Head, Metals & Mining of DBS Bank in 2019. Mr Zhang is a seasoned banker, he comes with over 30 years of banking experience and held numbers of senior positions in Standard Chartered Bank and BNP Paribas prior to joining DBS Bank. Mr Zhang graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with Bachelor degree major in Mechanic engineering and finished his Master Course in Macro Economy in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
David Wang
Associate Director
SGX
Lu Qing
General Manager of New Energy/Materials
MySteel
Muchtazar , M.S.
Head of Sustainability
Nickel Industries Limited
Muchtazar is a seasoned sustainability professional and has worked for several industrial enterprises since 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and a Master of Environmental Science from the University of Indonesia. On top of that, he received an SDG Pioneer award in 2019 from the United Nations Global Compact, being just the second Indonesian in the award history to receive the accolade. Currently, he is working as the Head of Sustainability at Nickel Industries Limited, an Australian public company emerging as a globally significant, low-cost nickel producer.
Dr. Ting Wu
Partner; Lead
The McKinsey Center for Future Mobility, China
Ting is a partner based in Shenzhen. He currently leads McKinsey Center for Future Mobility China and is also the leadeStrategy & Corporate Finance practice in Greater China Region. Ting serves global and Chinese leaders in the automotive and assembly space and advises private equity funds extensively on related investment opportunities. Ting holds a Ph.D. degree in economics with specialization in econometrics and industrial organization and a B.A. in mathematics, both from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Liu Wenwen
Vice President of Global Business Division
Myande Group
Putra Adhiguna
Managing Director
Energy Shift Institute
Putra Adhiguna currently leads the Energy Shift Institute, an energy finance think tank focused on Asia's energy transition. His insights are frequently sought after by both public and private stakeholders as well as the media. He holds a bachelor's degree from ITB and master's from LSE.
Liu Jia
Industry Research Department General Manager
Gotion
Liu Jia, a graduate of Fudan University with a Master’s degree, has been deeply involved in the automotive and new energy sectors for over a decade. She has held positions in market insight, industry research, and product strategy at several Fortune 500 multinational corporations. Currently, she serves as the General Manager of the Industry Research Department at Gotion High-tech, where she is responsible for market analysis and strategic insights in the upstream and downstream of lithium batteries.
Carsten Obermann
Project Manager EU Battery Cell Projects
Gotion Global
Carsten Obermann specialized in the field of lithium-ion batteries and could gather experience along the whole battery value chain in various positions since 2017. Having worked at automotive OEMs, battery cell manufacturers and on battery recycling, he is currently driving Gotion’s ambitious strategic expansion plans outside of China. For the European market, he especially focuses on establishing Gotion’s manufacturing and recycling footprint. He holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from RWTH Aachen and studied MBA programs at Yonsei University in Korea and at NTUST in Taiwan.
Wei Xiong
Vice General Manager
Hunan Cloud Energy Storage Recycling New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Wei Xiong is the Vice General Manager at Hunan Cloud Energy Storage Recycling New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., where he leads initiatives in lithium energy storage, laddering utilization technology, and industrial intelligent manufacturing research. Wei Xiong has served as the Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for the Stepwise Utilization of Retired Batteries. He is also an active member of both the Automation Academic Committee of China Nonferrous Metals Society and the Professional Committee of Process Calculation and Simulation, China Nonferrous Metals Society. An inventor with more than 20 authorized patents, Wei Xiong has also published over 10 professional papers. His innovative work has earned him recognition, including two first prizes and one second prize in the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Awards, as well as the Third Prize in the Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.
David Chen
China Chief Representative, Public Policy Manager
Nickel Institute
Lithium Advisor
Traxys
Starting from 2002, Mr. Wei Xiong has long time experience in the lithium industry. He has held executive positions with several lithium producers including General Lithium and Eastern Lithium. Mr. Xiong is extensively engaged in the commercial activities with major miners, OEMs and cathode producers. From 2022 on Wei has worked with Traxys as a lithium advisor, and presented independent reports on lithium market.
Lu Hong
Senior Research Manager
IXM
Lu Hong received her Master's degree from the University of Edinburgh, and has been engaged in battery metal research since 2017. She has served as the head of the new energy research and consulting group at Shanghai Metals Market, and as a senior analyst at SDIC Securities Co., Ltd.
Chenguang Guo
Lithium Product Manager
GFEX
Dr. Cormac O'Laoire
Co-Founder
Electrios
Daniel Jimenez
Managing Partner
iLiMARKETS
Daniel has an extensive experience in the Lithium and Iodine markets, ranging from commercial to exploration. He worked 28 years at SQM, the world´s largest iodine and, until recently, lithium producer, holding the global commercial responsibility for the business for more than 10 years and prior to that 10 years of regional responsibilities in Europe and Asia. Having been deployed in the USA and Europe, and with intensive travel through Asia, he has a deep understanding of the markets of both businesses. Over 8 years, Daniel also headed SQM´s Exploration Group with focus on iodine, lithium, nitrates, copper and gold. He has been board member of several of SQM´s subsidiaries, private and publicly traded. Currently Daniel heads iLiMarkets, a Lithium and Iodine focused consulting firm. He is a board member at Galan Lithium (GLN.ASX). He is a qualified Civil Engineer and MBA.
Dennis Gallus
Senior Project Manager
Roland Berger
Tom Fairlie
Senior Sustainability Manager
Cobalt Institute
Martin Ma
China Representative
International Lithium Association (ILiA)
Martin Ma holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Henan University. He is a lithium veteran with over twenty years’ experience in the industry gained at Huanyu Power Company, Sony China Company, Boston Power Company, Galaxy Resources and Allkem. Martin has worked with lithium chemicals and with lithium-ion batteries which has given him a deep understanding of the full lithium value chain. Martin speaks Chinese and English.
Ole Jensen
Nanonord
Deyong Wang
Commercial Director, Asia
Dr Zheng Zhiwei
Director of Metal Extraction Engineering Technology Center
Kopper Chemical Industry Corp., Ltd.
Dr. Zheng graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology and completed his postdoctoral research at McMaster University in Canada. He has more than eight years of experience in solvent extraction R&D and applications, and has developed a variety of highly efficient extractants for lithium, nickel, cobalt, and platinum-based metals.
Melody Thornton
Group Manager – Sales and Shipping
Pilbara Minerals
Melody is a highly experienced leader in international commodity sales with a deep understanding of global trade and market dynamics. With extensive experience in both agriculture and mining commodities, Melody has worked in international trade and logistics for major exporters including CBH Group, Gavilon Australia, Aditya Birla and Western Metals. Melody joined Pilbara Minerals in 2018 as it prepared for the first shipment of spodumene from the Pilgangoora Operation and continues to lead the Company’s sales management and shipping operations. She was instrumental in the establishment of Pilbara Minerals’ Battery Material Exchange, an innovative online auction platform, and continues to play a key leadership role in expanding the Company’s market reach and product delivery.
Jerome Baudelet
Eramet Indonesia
Aditya Lolla
Asia Programme Director
Ember
Aditya leads Ember’s work in Asia. He is responsible for developing Ember’s strategy in the region, building our data-led research portfolio, and leveraging it to empower organizations across Asia to accelerate the clean energy transition. Previously, Aditya was responsible for establishing Ember’s presence in South Asia, particularly in India. He led research and advocacy activities and served as the main spokesperson for Ember in the region. Before joining Ember, Aditya managed large renewable power projects that provided energy to approximately 50,000 homes in India. He also led a World Bank-funded project to develop new bioenergy technologies. Aditya holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh.
Martim Facada
Managing Director, Lithium Trading
Martim Facada is the Managing Director, Lithium Trading at TRAXYS heading Lithium for the group. Prior to TRAXYS, Martim worked as a Battery Raw Materials Broker at SCB facilitating the first-ever lithium futures trade done on an exchange. Before that, he headed the creation of Fastmarkets lithium prices.
Lili Wu
Head of Business Development, Asia
Atlas Lithium
Dr. Xin Qian
Expert Customer Success Specialist
CAS
钱欣博士主要负责CAS解决方案培训与产品支持，她熟悉各类化学信息检索工具的使用策略，已为国内外数百家高校、研究所和企业提供千余场培训，了解各种研发机构信息检索需求。 加入CAS之前，钱欣博士供职于中科院国家纳米科学中心，任副研究员，国家自然科学基金青年基金获得者。钱欣博士2008年毕业于南开大学，获得理学和管理学双学士学位；2010年毕业于加拿大纽芬兰纪念大学，获得化学硕士学位；2013年毕业于法国巴黎综合理工学院，获得有机化学博士学位。之后，她来到英国牛津大学材料系做博士后 (欧盟FP7)，研究领域涉及有机方法学，有机太阳能电池材料设计等。研究生期间荣获国家优秀自费留学生奖学金等多种荣誉奖励。
Ian Liu
CNGR
Hannah Burke-Tomlinson
Senior Conference Producer
Fastmarkets
Jingtai Lun
Managing Editor, APAC Non-Ferrous Metals
Working in the commodity sector for 17 years, Jingtai Lun’s experience encompasses project development, pricing, intelligence reporting and analysis. Joining Fastmarkets in 2022 as Managing Editor for APAC Non-Ferrous Metals, Jingtai leads the Asia pricing and editorial team on pricing and reporting of battery raw material market, as well as the base metal and minor metal markets. Prior to Fastmarkets, Jingtai worked for two other price reporting agencies on reporting and analysing the energy market. Earlier, Jingtai worked for Peabody Energy, a US-based coal producing company, on developing its coal mining projects in China and Australia.
Paul Lusty
Head of Battery Raw Materials
Karen Shi, CFA
Senior Market Development Manager – Products & Strategy, China
Sybil Pan
Editorial Team Leader
Dr. Luke Sweeney
Senior Battery Recycling Analyst
Luke Sweeney joined Fastmarkets after working for five years developing direct recycling techniques for end-of-life commercial EV batteries. With a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of East Anglia and a PhD in LIB recycling from the University of Birmingham, Luke has a deep knowledge of battery technologies and recycling techniques. Luke has previously worked as an LIB recycling consultant at Benchmark Minerals and as a research associate developing solvent-free, selective metal extraction from EOL cathodes.
Carrie Shi
Senior Price Analyst
Nina Hu
Price Analyst
Nina Hu currently covers battery materials such as graphite, fluorspar and lithium as well as Asia's EV industry. Prior to joining Fastmarkets, Nina interned for Reuters and received her MA degree from Columbia University.
Zihao Li
Zihao Li is the Senior Price Reporter at Fastmarkets Asian TEM team. He has been working at Fastmarkets for over three years with expertise in markets like lithium, iron phosphate and cobalt.
Chandler Wu
Senior Analyst, Battery Raw Materials
Chandler is responsible for metals and mining research in Fastmarkets based in Shaighai/China. Chandler got a bachelor degree in Tongji University, CFA holder. Chandler has served for consulting companies, private equity and mining companies for over 15 years including Ganfeng Lithium, Yiran Fund etc. He has skills of S/D analysis, cost analysis, assets evaluation, pricing forecasting, financial modelling and derivatives trading.
Yanlei Chen
Research Analyst
Yanlei is a research analyst at Fastmarkets. She is responsible for different aspects of research on China and Japan’s energy storage market, including market fundamentals and trend, policy reading, cell analysis, etc.
Dylan Duan
Georgi Georgiev
Analyst
Angeline Shi
Vicky Zhao
Senior Analyst
Vicky, based in Fastmarkets’ Beijing China office, has over 14 years’ experience in the metal and mining sector. She focuses on battery raw material industry research, specifically lithium, cobalt, nickel sulphate and other cathode materials. Vicky’s responsibilities include overall market analysis and insights, building supply/demand models and short and long-term price forecasts for electronic vehicle.
Connor Watts
Battery Raw Material Demand Analyst
Tianran Zhao