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Co-Managing Director

15 years experience across critical mineral trading, marketing, and finance.

• Trader and member of the senior management team at Specialty Metals Resources, a global trading and industrial house focused on Cobalt, Nickel and other critical metals. Member of the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group overseeing the implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
• Associate Director Corporate development and then Global Sales & Marketing Manager at Umicore group, where he gained significant exposure to battery and technology metals through successive assignments in India and Belgium covering business development, finance, supply of raw materials, corporate strategy and cross-border M&A
• He began his career in corporate banking (leveraged finance operations) with ING in Belgium
• Holds a master’s degree in Commercial Science from ICHEC Brussels Management School in Belgium, with majors in International business