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Siddarth Aggarwal
Market Analysis – Iron Ore
Anglo American
William Chin
Managing Director – Commodities
SGX Group
Raju Daswani
CEO
Fastmarkets
Raju Daswani is the CEO of Fastmarkets – an independent and privately-owned global cross-commodity Price Reporting Agency (PRA). Fastmarkets, which incorporates the businesses formerly known as Metal Bulletin, AMM and RISI, is headquartered in London but has over 550 employees located across 14 global locations, including London, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Sao Paulo, Kyiv, Brussels, Boston & New York. The business has expanded rapidly since 2014 through organic growth and a number of important M&A deals that have been transacted successfully. Fastmarkets publishes over 5,500 commodity price benchmarks for the metals, mining and forest products markets, many of which are used as financial benchmarks for derivative contracts on the world’s largest exchanges, including the SGX, Nasdaq and the CME. Fastmarkets prices are supported by its highly-regarded market commentary, forecasts, research, and a portfolio of over 25 leading industry conferences each year, including events for the global grain and coal markets. Raju joined Fastmarkets (Metal Bulletin) in 1995 as a commodities economist prior to which he spent three years at British Alcan (now Rio Tinto) as a business and marketing analyst. He graduated in 1991 with a B.Sc. in Economics with Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics.
Antoine de Corbière
SVP Iron Ore Sales
Rio Tinto
Antoine de Corbière is Senior Vice President Sales Iron Ore at Rio Tinto, and is a member of the Iron Ore Leadership Team. In his role, Antoine has accountability for Sales and Account Management, Book Management and Trading activities and S&OP execution for Rio Tinto’s iron ore products. Antoine has been with Rio Tinto since 2003. In his 20 years with Rio Tinto, Antoine has developed a deep knowledge of the commodity business. He has experience working in several international management roles ranging from business development, sales and marketing, trading and audit, based in France, Canada and Singapore. Most recently, prior to joining the Iron Ore team, Antoine was the General Manager, Sales and Marketing for Bauxite and Alumina. In his 15 years of experience in the aluminium industry, he has also developed a thorough understanding of the Chinese market where he worked closely with customers and various stakeholders. Antoine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and an MBA from the EDHEC Business School.
Wayne Duan
Iron Ore Seaborne trader and China Strategic Marketing
Cargill Metals
Norman Fong
Asia Steelmaking Raw Material Reporter
Eduardo Mello Franco
Marketing Manager – Pricing
Vale
Marketing executive with solid experience in the Metals and Mining industry and Finance. Strong knowledge of the Iron Ore market fundamentals, focused on commercial strategy, pricing models and segmentation. Aluminium market strategic planning and research, generating analysis and forecasts. Investor Relations, Equity Research and Corporate Finance background.
Marcus Garvey
Head of Commodities Strategy
Macquarie Group
Marcus is the overall head of Commodities Strategy at Macquarie, having previously led the Metals & Bulk Commodities Strategy team. He is responsible for analysing cross-commodity macro themes and trading dynamics, including leading coverage of industrial metals demand. Since starting in commodities research covering iron ore at Credit Suisse, he has gained extensive experience across bulk commodities, as well as base and precious metals, having been a principal analyst for each of the sectors at different points in his career. Marcus holds an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Economics from the University of Durham.
Renato Hendrikson
Head of Strategic Marketing
Samarco
Renato is the Head of Market Intelligence for Samarco based in Brazil and has more than 20 years of experience in the mining and metals sector with vast expertise in the global iron ore and pellet markets. He has held management positions in Marketing and Sales, Market Intelligence and Business Strategy in global corporations such as McKinsey, Vale, Rio Tinto and EGA. Renato holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering with an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Anant Jatia
Founder and CIO
Greenland Investment Management
Mengtian Jiang
Chief Analyst, Iron Ore
Horizon Insights
Alice Li
Paul Lim
Regional Editor, Steel and Ferroalloys
Paul Lim overseas pricing and editorial coverage of the steelmaking raw materials, steel and ferroalloys markets in Asia. He heads a diverse team of price reporters spread across Singapore, China and India who are dedicated to uncovering the nuances and complexities of the ferrous supply chain, with a key interest in decarbonization and green steel.
Stone Lin
Physical Trade Director
Majestic Rock
Juan F. Merlini
Head of Strategy & Marketing
Vale Iron Ore Solutions
Since joining Vale in 2006 has served roles in Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance and Global Treasury. From July 2018 to June 2023, he joined Vale Base Metals Senior Leadership in Toronto, leading the first two years as CFO & Head of Business Development and the last three years as Head of Sales & Marketing. In July 2023 he was appointed Iron Ore Solutions Head of Strategy and Marketing based in Singapore. He also served on several Board of Directors positions. Graduated in Electrical Engineer by PUC-MG, with post-graduation in Finance by FGV and MBA in Finance by IBMEC.
Vivek Nishant Nath
General Manager (Sales & Marketing)
Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd.
Swapnil Patil
Head of Iron Ore and Sponge Iron Trading
Tata International
Swapnil Patil is the head of Iron ore and Sponge Iron trading for Tata International limited. Prior to joining Tata International, he has worked close to two decades with Indian metals and mining industry managing raw material sourcing & business development for Steel and Iron ore Mining at Vedanta (Sesa Goa)
Anil Patro
Head (India) Iron Ore Business
ASHON International DMCC
Eduardo Pfiffer
Director, Marketing Intelligence and Country Manager, Singapore
William Prajogo
Director, Commodities
Over the last 15 years, William has overseen the development of various commodity derivative products, from electricity and petrochemicals to freight and iron ore. He is responsible for the end-to-end product development process, from market research, product design and listing, to industry education, driving the products’ growth. William holds degrees in engineering and business.
Clyde Russell
Asia Commodities and Energy Columnist
Thomson Reuters
Clyde Russell has been a journalist and editor for 35 years, covering everything from wars in Africa to the resources book and its current struggles.
Gunmeet Singh (moderator)
Head of Ferrous Origination
With his 19 years of experience in the metals and mining industries, Gunmeet Singh is instrumental in fostering Vale’s growth in the iron ore solution business through the creation of the Ferrous Origination desk at Vale in 2022, which he is currently heading. Gunmeet has a track record of establishing and enhancing Vale’s partnerships with steelmakers to deliver strategic decarbonization initiatives, in line with Vale’s goal to reduce its Scope 3 net emissions by 15 percent by 2035. Gunmeet received his Executive MBA from INSEAD in 2024, and is currently based in Singapore.
Darren Toh
Regional Head of Business Development & Trading
Mitsubishi Corporation RtM
Sunny Wajid
Head of Trading
Fomento Commodities
Sunny Wajid is a seasoned senior management professional with over two decades of deep expertise in international commodity trading operations (physical and derivatives). As Head of Trading at Fomento Commodities Pte Ltd (2018 onwards), Sunny initiated a successful start from scratch to third party trading. Under his guidance, the company achieved exponential profitable growth, trading derivatives and physical commodity both . This was achieved by building and expanding the team from 3 to 15, managing risks by active hedging and active derivative trading. Fomento is one of the top active derivative traders on SGX.
Russell Wescombe
Senior Business Manager
Kevin Yu
Trader
Optiver
Kevin has been trading Iron Ore derivatives for 4 years, setting up the SGX trading capabilities in Singapore. Prior to trading Iron Ore, he traded Equity Derivatives.
Xinzhi Zhang
Trader of Metallurgy Department
ITG Resources
Shu Yi Zheng
Asia Steelmaking Raw Materials Reporter