TechMet SCM

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

Over 15 years experience as a senior executive in the mining and metals industry.

• Executive Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Base Metals, at Vale S.A., where he was instrumental in developing Vale’s EV strategy, positioning its nickel, cobalt and copper assets to maximize value in the era of electrification
• In Tokyo, he was president of Vale’s Japanese subsidiary Vale Japan Ltd., managing the company’s nickel production assets and leading the sales and business development activities covering nickel and cobalt speciality products
• Previously Managing Director at Umicore Greater China responsible for marketing Umicore’s line of cathode battery materials
• Former chairman of the Nickel Institute, and a board commissioner at PT Vale, one of the largest publicly traded nickel producers based in Indonesia
• Holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Calgary, and has completed executive management certificates from IMD Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management