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Megain Widjaja is the founder of ICDX Group, the leading commodity exchange in Indonesia. Under his leadership, ICDX has introduced a series of innovative financial derivatives contracts, initiated commodity financing schemes, launched a commodity murabahah platform, and pioneered the nation's first voluntary carbon credit market. Megain led ICDX through remarkable years of innovation and modernization. Since appointed as tin exchange by The Ministry of Trade in 2013, ICDX has succeeded the number of tin export destination from 14 to 29 countries in 2023. Megain also realized the importance of social, economic, and environmental balance that focuses on sustainable operations and a green economy. 
Under his guidance, ICDX Group creates multiple initiatives to move forward toward a green economy, with the collective campaign #GoCarbonNeutral as the pivotal point for the commodity futures trading industry in Indonesia to adopt a carbon-free operational model.
Megain currently serves in Indonesia Chamber of Commerce (KADIN) as the Vice Chairman of Commodity Futures Market Standing Committee and actively involved in B20 initiative for the Trade and Investment Task Force.

Mr. Reyes is currently the Philippine Commercial Counsellor and Economic Official to ASEAN based in the Embassy of the Philippines in Jakarta, Indonesia.
While on home assignment prior to his posting in Jakarta, he was detailed at the trade negotiations arm of the Department of Trade and Industry and was tasked with handling trade in services negotiations for the Philippines. He also served as the assistant to the Chairperson of the Senior Economic Official (SEOM) for the ASEAN 2017 Chairship of the Philippines.
Mr. Reyes is an experienced trade negotiator in the Philippines, forging trade and investment ties to help businesses expand abroad. He represented the Philippines in ASEAN FTA negotiations such as ASEAN-China FTA, ASEAN-HK, ASEAN- Korea FTA, ASEAN-Japan CEP, and ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA. He was the lead negotiator on trade in services for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2015-2017. He was also part of the team that developed and crafted the ASEAN Community Vision Post 2015 (AEC Blueprint 2025).
He also worked on implementing the Philippines’ first bilateral FTA, the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA).

Robin joined the LME in 2018 and manages the company's business development activities across product development, market data, market structure, sales and marketing. He is also the member of the LME and LME Clear Executive Committees. 
Prior to joining the company, Robin worked at the World Gold Council leading the organisation's market infrastructure initiatives. He was also responsible for the European Investment sector activities of the World Gold Council, leading projects to broaden investor access to gold.

Director since 23 August 2012.
Mr Werner, holds a Bachelor of Management from the University of Sydney and has been involved in the mining industry for 20 years. He was a founding partner of PT Gemala Borneo Utama, a private Indonesian exploration and mining company and also discovered the highly prospective Romang lsland with then ASX-listed Robust Resources Limited.
Prior to developing projects in Indonesia, Justin worked as a consultant, leading many successful turnaround projects for blue chip mining companies around the world.
Mr Werner is currently a non-executive director of ASX-listed Alpha HPA Limited and Far East Gold Limited.

Ghee Peh is an Energy Finance Analyst with a focus on the Asian coal industry and South East Asia. Ghee has worked on major mining IPOs in Hong Kong and ndonesia including coal, copper and gold companies and has a deep interest in commodity markets.

Prantik Dasgupta has more than 20 years experience in the commodity space having worked across leading corporates in senior management positions and has been based in multiple countries in Asia including Indonesia , Singapore and India. He is an accomplished marketing professional and a high successful procurement expert having been instrumental in increasing the footprint of leading corporates like the Vedanta Group and the Adani Group globally. At present he works for the Coeclerici Group as the Country Director for India and also handles the Business Development for the group in Indonesia.  He also holds an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management and is an Engineer by training.

Tom manages the Sustainability strategy and programs at the Cobalt Institute. He oversees core areas of supply chain decarbonization, circular economy, and recycling, with a particular focus on the growth of e-mobility.
Holding a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Newcastle University, Tom began his career as a metallurgist on large extractives projects from which he progressed to management of change, training and business development roles. To combine industry experience with a desire to achieve energy transition in a sustainable manner, he also completed a Masters in Global Energy and Climate Policy from the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, University of London.

Paul White is Secretary General of the International Copper, Nickel and Lead and Zinc Study Groups all of which are based in Lisbon, Portugal. These Groups are intergovernmental organisations with a combined membership of 37 countries whose main purpose is to improve transparency in the base metal markets and promote co-operation between governments and the mining and metals industry.
Prior to his election as Secretary-General at the beginning of 2018, Paul was Director of Market Research for the International Lead and Zinc Study Group. In this position he conducted research and presented papers on all aspects of the global lead and zinc markets.
Before joining the Study Groups Paul worked as a physical metals trader in London for the Sumitomo Corporation and Brandeis Limited, a subsidiary of Pechiney World Trade. He has degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the Universities of Surrey and Warwick in England.

Curerrently serving as Promotion and Government Relation Head at PAMA. 25 years experience in mining industry, major expertise on business development, coal marketing, market analysis and government relation. Active involving in several mining related organisation; ASPINDO, APBI and PERHAPI.

Mark is responsible for life cycle management and sustainability issues in the LCA & Sustainability team. He monitors regulatory developments likely to impact the nickel industry and identifies opportunities to contribute to the academic and scientific debate on life cycle assessment and the benefits of using and recycling nickel. He is moreover involved into the development of global sustainability standards. Mark is based in Brussels.
Prior to joining the Nickel Institute in 2008, Mark worked as REACH Coordinator at Aurubis, the integrated copper group and copper recycler and as Environmental Manager at Eurometaux, the European non-ferrous metals association.
Mark holds a degree in Economic Geology and has a PhD in Mining Engineering both from Aachen RWTH Technical University (Germany).

Marina focuses on increasing the Cobalt Institute’s visibility in media, developing compelling messages to external audiences and leading on strategic communications projects. She holds a Masters degree in Political Communications and Strategy from the University of Kent. In addition to her native Russian, she is fluent in English and French.

Chris Chang is currently the Vice-President of Corporate Development at the Canada Nickel Company since 2022. Chris has had a 17-year career in Investment Banking and Capital Markets. From 2015 to 2021, he led the Institutional Equities Mining Specialist Sales desk at various multinational foreign investment banks including Macquarie Capital Markets and Raymond James. In those roles, he has helped raise over $1 billion of equity funding for junior and mid-cap mining companies from Institutional Investors and Private Equity groups globally.
Previously, Chris was an Equity Research Mining Analyst at a Canadian Bank owned dealer covering Base Metals and Uranium equities, where he was responsible for company research coverage, valuations, and the bank’s commodity price forecasts. Chris holds a BBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University

Dr. Suarga is the first Chairman of Carbon Team formed by Association of Indonesian Forest Concessionaires, then lead Standardization and Certification Permanent Committee of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as Sustainable Consumption and Production. His later task was appointed as the Vice Chairman of Eastern Indonesia Economic Council, while together with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry he formed Ecolabel Desk. Beside being the Chairman of Indonesia Carbon Trade Association, he is now also belong to Ministry’s Board of Experts of Technical Committee for Environmental Friendly Technology Verification and Special Committee for Public Facility Services Standard. He believes that managing natural resources most challenging responsibilities are social issue resolutions.
Dr. Suarga earned his Bachelors degree from Ohio University in Economics double majored in Mechanical Engineering, after finishing postgraduate in Management from Trisakti University, he acquired PhD in Resource Management and Anthropology from University of Indonesia, plus Digital Disruption advance course from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. 

Carl is a geologist having gained his degree from the University of London in the early 1990s. He has worked in various roles in the geological and natural resources sectors. He started in the oil industry with Phillips Petroleum as an exploration geologist before moving to Hong Kong as a geotechnical engineer. On his return to the UK, Carl spent much of his time as a metals and mining analyst and became research director at energy and mining research consultancy Wood Mackenzie before moving roles to the International Aluminium Institute as the bauxite & alumina sustainability manager. Carl brings a breadth of experience across most metals sectors, having worked as an analyst in gold, silver, PGMs and base metals such as zinc, nickel and copper. However, he came to prominence with his work in bauxite & alumina markets over the past 15 years, where he spearheaded Wood Mackenzie’s markets and cost benchmarking services.

Dr. Ashok Nandi, President, International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS), is actively involved in evaluation of various bauxite-alumina projects in the world. He is one of the founder members of IBAAS and organized 11 International Aluminium conferences in India and abroad. During 2007-2012 period, Dr. Nandi worked as Senior Geological Consultant to BHP Billiton in Australia. Also worked as Geo-metallurgist in alumina refineries of India and Australia. Presently he is consultant to worldwide bauxite projects in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and India namely Sierra Minerals Holding Ltd./VIMETCO, Rescom and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. Dr. Nandi has more than 45years experience of working in bauxite-alumina industry, research and development and geological-mining fields. Published more than 60 papers in the field of Bauxite-Alumina. He is JORC competent person and also Registered Specialist of ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative). Dr. Nandi was selected as one of the top 50 experts in the world by International Aluminium Institute (IAI) during 2022.

Juno is experienced in macro research, trend identification and price forecasting using both fundamental analysis as well as quantitative modeling techniques. Prior to joining Horizon Insights, she worked for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in United States for 4 years. Juno graduated from Columbia Business School with a Master of Science degree in Financial Economics.

Mr. Kris has 31 years of experience in the coal business, with the first 13 years of his professional career as coal metallurgist & marketer at BHP Group and continue with 18 years started his general management role in early 2005 at Medco Mining Group.  Currently he is holding Top management position in MEMI (national coal mining company).
From 2021, he is the Chairman - Coal Mining Policy with PERHAPI (Association of Indonesian Mining Professionals) and he is also the Chairman - Policy of METI (Indonesia Association of Renewable Energy). Since 2012, he is the Chairman of Sustainability at APBI - Indonesia Coal Mining Association. 
Kris graduated from Mining Engineering of ITB (Institute Technology of Bandung), with Major in Coal Processing and MBA of ITB, with Major in Energy Management.

Hirofumi Yaginuma is a Senior Director in JETRO Jakarta office. He oversees research on Indonesia's economic trends, business conditions and activities of Japanese companies operating in Indonesia. The results of his research are widely disseminated, especially to Japanese companies. Currently, he has been conducting researching the status of EV diffusion in Indonesia and other topics.
After joining JETRO in 2014, he worked at the Kitakyushu office based in Fukuoka Prefecture, providing consulting and support for matching events to strengthen the export and overseas investment of local SMEs.
He also worked in the Planning Division of the Tokyo Head Office from 2019 to 2022, where he was engaged in budget requests to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and budget management for the entire organization until his current position.

Denis Sharypin has attained a degree from Moscow State University in Russia and Graduate school of Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan (both distinction with honors).  
Denis has worked for Norilsk Nickel for 14 years and currently stands as Strategic Marketing Director, responsible for covering Base and Precious metals markets. Outside of Norilsk, Denis is the Chairman of INSG Statistics Committee, Representative director at the Nickel Institute and a representative member of the International Platinum Group Metal Association.

Cameron is the Director of Assurance for the Aluminium Steward
ship Initiative and leads the international assurance function fol
ASI which includes regular engagement with auditing firms, audi
tors and nearly 350 ASI Member organisations with facilities in ovel 50 countries.
He is a business-orientated environmental scientist with twent
five years' experience in areas including performance standards
management systems, land use management and biodiversity
sustainability reporting, auditing and assurance, and corporate
sustainability strategy.
He is degree qualified in both environmental management ano
earth science, with professional experience also in health and
safety and communities/social programs and initiatives.
Over his career, he has held corporate sustainability roles through out the mining and metals sector, including multi-national organizations such as Orica, Newcrest and Rio Tinto. Prior to joining ASIin early 2020, Cameron also managed a strategic sustainability consultancy, Rio Tinto and multi-national consulting firms.

Logan Lu, Senior Vice President of SMM Information & Tech-
nology Co., Ltd. (Acting CEO).
Since 2011 at SMM, Mr. Lu has led ferrous research, strategic
corporate analvsis, and market studies. He has overseen the
oricing,information, data, analysis.and research seqments
for non-ferrous metals. As SMM's Senior VP. he boasts over
a decade in bulk commodity pricing, non-ferrous metals
data research, and new energy material consulting.

Bryce has more than 19 years of working experience in New Energy Lithium-ion Battery materials field with key roles in overseas investment, critical mineral sourcing, responsible sourcing and ESG & Sustainability management in the company. He has led the responsible mineral supply chain due diligence program in Huayou Cobalt since 2016 and also firstly in cobalt Industry, which has contributed significantly to the formation of the industrial supply chain due diligence solution. Through implementing the comprehensive ESG management throughout its investments from mining, refining and further processing, which makes ESG become the core competitiveness of Huayou Cobalt. The company takes it’s leading role to provide green, sustainable supply chain to new energy Li-ion battery industry, especially at aspects of carbon reduction, supply chain traceability, environmental friendly and community harmony.

Master of non-ferrous metal metallurgy from Central South University, senior engineer of heavy metal metallurgy. He has worked in the flash furnace section of Guixi Smelter of Jiangxi Copper Group, Hunan Non-ferrous Metal Research Institute, Changsha Non-ferrous Metallurgical Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., and currently works in Hunan Provincial Recycled Metal Recycling Deputy Director of Engineering Technology Research Center.
He has long worked in the fields of non-ferrous metal smelting, hazardous waste treatment and disposal, urban mineral resource recycling and other fields.
He presided over and participated in the world's largest zinc concentrate boiling roaster (198m2), the largest single-series copper smelting with side-blown smelting + top-blown blowing process (400,000 t/a cathode copper), and the world's largest oxygen-rich side-blown furnace ( 70m2) and the largest top-blown converting furnace (120m2) and the largest fumeification furnace (48m2). It has rich experience in suspended flash smelting, oxygen-rich molten pool enhanced smelting and other technologies. Hosted or participated in 1 national key R&D project, more than 100 corporate scientific and technological design projects, published 12 academic papers, and applied for more than 20 national patents.

Anna is a Senior Program Manager at the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), an initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance representing over 500 member companies operating in the supply chain for the electronics, automotive, and other sectors. Anna stewards the efforts of RMI member companies towards responsible minerals sourcing of battery materials, with a particular focus on nickel. 
Anna began her career in international organizations including UN and GIZ. Since 2016, she has worked for business associations fostering sustainability in global supply chains. She has over seven years of experience supporting downstream companies to conduct supply chain due diligence and combines industry experience with ESG knowledge and innovation skills. 

Yang (Yana) Xia is the Marketing Director of Bauxite and Alumina of Alcoa, responsible for developing global market views and go-to-market strategies for Alcoa’s bauxite and alumina products.
Yana has more than 10 years of work experience in the mining & metals industry. She joined Alcoa Industrial Analysis team in 2017 from Shanghai office, and then has expanded her work experience in Alcoa Pittsburgh office and now is based in Singapore. 
She has an MA in Economics from Fudan University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jeffrey Mulyono finished Undergraduate in ITB Bandung, Majoring in Mining Engineering in 1980.
He started his career in heavy equipment distributor group (PT. UNITED TRACTORS Tbk) untill ending His service in PT  Pama Persada Nusantara (as Director) and PT Berau Coal (as President Director) in 2005.
Where-after he involve in Several Mining and Mining Related Company as:
President Directors PT PKN (Pesona Khatulistiwa Nusantara and PT BEP group (Bhakti Energi Persada), Independent Comisioners, Comisioners and Advisors untill Now.
He also Handled Chairmanship in:
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association for two Terms (ICMA 2003~2006 + 2006~2009)
- Indonesian Mining Association (IMA 2006)
- Forum on Post Mining Forest Reclamation 
- and several Others.
He also Act as Source Person in Mining and Mining Related Aspect and Presenters for those Subjects  , in Indonesia, Other Asian Countries eg japan ,China; Australia, European Countries as well as USA.
He also act as advisor to PT. PKN (Pesona Khatulistiwa Nusantara), PT Thriveni Indonesia, PT Manoor Bulatn Lestari.

Hendra Sinadia Assumed the role as APBI-ICMA's Executive Director On October 2017. Prior to join APBI-ICMA Hendra Served as the Executive Secretary of The Indonesian Mining Association (IMA). 
Hendra Sinadia Has been in the Mining Industry for more than 15 Years. He first started his career in the industry when worked for PT Freeport Indonesia In 2002-2008 with his latest position at the company was as the company's Chief Attorney. After leaving Freeport, Hendra served as President Director of PT. Vale Eksplorasi Indonesia (subsidiary Of Vale International SA) In 2010 – 2011. 
Hendra is currently the Vice-chairman of Indonesian Mining Institute and Director at PT Indo Minerba Insani which he Co-founded in 2013. 
Prior to work in the mining industry, Hendra worked as The Senior Legal Consultant at Roosdiono & Rekan In 2000 - 2002, and as the Senior Tax Consultant At Prasetyo Utomo Consult (member Firm Of Arthur Andersen ) In 1996 - 2001. Hendra Sinadia received gis degrees from Faculty Of Law, Hasanuddin University Makassar In 1991 And Master Of Business Administration, Westcoast University, California In 1995.

•	Jim has 43 years of experience in researching the international metals and mining industries.
•	Jim Lennon worked at Macquarie from 1994 to 2013. He left Macquarie in June 2013 and set up his own consulting company, Red Door Research Ltd.  The consulting company specialises in the economic analysis of commodity markets. Jim remains a part-time consultant to Macquarie.
•	Until June 2013, he was Chairman of Commodities at Macquarie.  Jim joined Macquarie in May 1994 and worked full-time for Macquarie for 19 years. He founded and headed up a 10 person research team in London, Singapore and Shanghai which serviced the equity, LME trading and corporate advisory divisions of the bank with steel, coal, metals and minerals research and market intelligence.
•	Jim and his team at Macquarie were regularly ranked number one in various surveys of commodities research among equity investors for over a decade.
•	Prior to Macquarie, Jim worked for 10 years at CRU International, where he headed up a team specialising in Special steels (including stainless steel) and steelmaking alloys (mainly manganese, silicon, chrome, nickel and molybdenum). While at CRU, Jim also undertook major studies on metallurgical coal and iron ore.
•	Jim’s current major specialisations are nickel, molybdenum, stainless steel and battery raw materials for the electric vehicle industry.
•	Before joining CRU, Jim worked as a marketing analyst at New Zealand Steel.  He has also worked as an Associate Director of Metals and Mining Research at Shearson Lehman Hutton Securities.

J.J. Messner de Latour is the Sector Lead for the Purchasing Sector at the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). Prior to joining IRMA, he led Minerals Integrity and Traceability for Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington. 

He has over 15 years’ experience on issues related to responsible business, extractive sector governance, political risk, socially responsible investment, and use of security forces. J.J. previously led the Downstream Purchaser sector on the Board of Directors of IRMA and was a long-time former Steering Committee member and recent Commissioner of the Strategic Review Commission of the Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights (VPSHR). 

He also represented Microsoft in the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and Global Battery Alliance (GBA). J.J. previously served as the Executive Director of The Fund for Peace, an international NGO based in Washington, D.C. He designed, managed, and implemented programs for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), IDB Invest, African Development Bank, U.S. State Department, USAID, foreign governments, and companies in the oil and mining sectors. 

Notable achievements include directing the Fragile States Index over a decade and co-authoring the IFC’s "Guidance Handbook on Use of Security Forces" and leading the development of "From Commitment to Impact," a joint study with DCAF on the in-country implementation of multistakeholder initiatives. He holds a Masters in Science from George Mason University in Arlington, Virgina and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is based in Grand Baie, Mauritius.

Wang Cong is an industry research GM at Shanghai Metals Market. She majored in new energy and battery materials when she was a post-graduate student in East China University of Science and Technology and obtained her Master's degree in Chemistry afterwards. She has engaged in the nickel industry chain research for years, and has a deep insight into the production, operation and trading process of the stainless steel and new energy industry chains (involving nickel ore, refined nickel,NPI，FeNi stainless steel nickel sulphate, manganese sulphate, precursors, cathode materials, batteries, etc.). She is adept at analysing information and data to provide corporate customers with well-grounded suggestions for procurement and acquisitions, and marketing,strategic mergers medium and long-term forecast.

Daniel leads SFA (Oxford)’s nickel market analysis, which underpins SFA’s battery metals price forecasts, and supports clients with deep insights into the nickel market. He oversees nickel supply modelling with a particular focus on battery-grade nickel feedstocks and the evolving supply chain dynamics between producers and consumers.
Daniel began his career as a geologist, and is able to leverage the experience gained in the mining sector to inform and enhance SFA (Oxford)’s market-leading analysis.

Phoebe Whattoff brings a wealth of expertise and experience to her role as the Australian Country Director at Minviro. With a background as the Sustainability Manager, Phoebe expertise in conducting comprehensive assessments, both qualitative and quantitative, adhering to ISO 14040:2006, 14044:2006, and ISO 14067 standards.
 
Her proficiency extends across a spectrum of materials crucial to modern industries, including lithium, base metals, rare earth elements (REE), and graphite. Phoebe's work has also provided invaluable insights into Li-ion battery cell and pack manufacturing and recycling processes, aligning with EU battery regulations.
 
Phoebe is renowned for her contributions to academia and research, with publications exploring the environmental implications of battery manufacturing and raw material supply chains. Notably, her focus on anode-grade graphite production has led to significant advancements in standardising life cycle assessment methodologies, particularly through her leadership in shaping Product Category Rules for Graphite.

Jérôme joined Eramet in December 1994 as a Marketing Research Manager in Eramet North America. He joined Erasteel SA in Paris in June 1996 as Area Sales Manager. Appointed General Manager of Eramet Taipei Office  in June 1999, he then joined Eramet China in Shanghai for the Nickel Division as Sales & Marketing Director for China. In December 2009, he was appointed Sales & Marketing Director Asia for the Nickel Division, based in Shanghai. Since January 2013, Jérôme has joined ERAMET SA in Paris as Sales and Marketing Director for Nickel to which Lithium has been added in 2019.

Irdanto is an experienced Sustainability Scientist at Minviro, a company specialising in life cycle analysis and quantifying environmental impacts through research, science-driven consultancy, and data. With a background in environmental and economic sustainability assessments, Irdanto has expertise in ISO 14040, ISO 14044, ISO 14067, and GHG Protocol standards. 

At Minviro, Irdanto provides a wealth of sustainability knowledge and experience across multiple stakeholders in mining and metal sectors, with expertise in the sustainability of Lithium-ion batteries, especially state-of-the-art battery recycling techniques, aligning with EU Battery Regulations.

Irdanto has a prominent academic background in geology and natural resources management, with a Double Degree PhD in sustainability assessment areas. Throughout his professional career, Irdanto has provided high-quality sustainability research, consultancy, and policy advisory services in Europe, including to the JRC European Commission.

After joining Minviro in June 2023, Irdanto has continuously demonstrated his dedication to providing practical leadership to enable businesses in the raw material and decarbonisation technology value chains to progress on their sustainability journey.

Racket, with a Master's degree in Economics, is a senior vice president of SMM, expert of the Guangxi Qinzhou Decision-making Committee, and intermediate engineer. He has over 15 years of experience in industry research and consulting in ferrous metal products, and used to provide multi-level consulting services such as industry research, feasibility analysis, and strategic planning for major miners, smelters, and trading enterprises at home and abroad.

Andika serves as an associate with RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute)'s Southeast Asia Energy Program, with a current focus on advancing utility transitions and driving industrial decarbonization efforts in Indonesia. His prior experience includes a stint with the International Energy Agency (IEA), where he concentrated on fostering clean energy initiatives across developing and emerging regions, notably in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Andika's areas of expertise encompass Renewable Energy Development, Energy Efficiency, Digitalization, and Building Decarbonization. His professional journey also includes a role as a project manager for geothermal projects in Indonesia. Andika holds a Master's degree in Renewable Energy and Engineering Management from École Polytechnique in France.

Nicolas is an Expert with MineSpans based out of McKinsey’s Brussels office inBelgium since 2017. Nicolas’ core focus is on analyzing nickel mining, smelting and refining trends globally. On top of that, he leads the battery raw materials (Ni, Co, Li, Mn, graphite) work at MineSpans, building supply & demand outlooks, cost curves, CO2 emissions and water intensity and summarizing these into tailored and in-depth insights.

Martha is a socio-environmental specialist with focus areas on climate and energy policy and sustainability. As an associate researcher at International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) since 2020, Martha has been involved in projects on fossil fuel subsidy reform, just transition, renewable energy, and responsible practices in critical minerals mining and processing industry. As an academic, her research focuses on social implications and political economic dynamics of energy transition and Indonesia's renewable energy policy. Martha's PhD thesis (2019) on the role of the private sector in renewable energy takes an approach that emphasises the needs to examine local political and social aspects in the policy design to address global environmental issues. Since 2021, she serves as an expert board member of Indonesian Renewable Energy Society.

Nationally award-winning executive with more than 20 years of experience in mining industry leading wide spectrum of business functions from IT, Supply Chain Management, Security Services, Medical Services, General Facility Services and Human Resources Management.
Currently hold the position of the CFO at one of the largest mining company in Indonesia, with ultimate responsibility to sustainably generating bottom line impact to the company’s shareholders.

Amando B. Kaligis is an experienced Business Development Manager with extensive experience in financial and investment sectors, particularly in mining and nickel processing. He has played a key role in high-value transactions, including a potential $2.3 billion M&A deal for a mid-stream refinery. He has led sustainable, ESG-integrated projects, successfully attracting eco-conscious investors. Amando has coordinated with financial, technical, insurance, and market consultants, leading interactions with top international consulting firms. His strategic pitches to investors across various regions have resulted in multiple investments and joint ventures, and he has secured substantial project-specific insurances and Offtake Agreements worth over $300 million annually.

Amando's expertise in business planning and securing significant financing, including a $270 million syndicated loan for a nickel smelter, has been pivotal in driving business growth and establishing strong financial foundations. His ability to build relationships with key stakeholders and deliver impactful presentations has been instrumental in advancing projects and ensuring successful outcomes.

Deepak Kachru, a chemical engineering graduate with Masters in Business Administration from Pune University, India. Started his career in water and wastewater treatment from 1996 with IWT India – a subsidiary of IWT Inc USA – specializing in membrane systems for water and wastewater recycle applications.

Subsequently worked as the head of sales of an entrepreneurial venture specializing in niche membrane recycle, AOP based systems and design of packaged desalination plants.

Currently part of Aquatech Systems Asia Pvt. Ltd. Team – a 100% subsidiary of Aquatech International Corporation, USA - spearheading the desalination focus and enhancing the desalination market base for Aquatech in India. Focussed on developing and leveraging Aquatech’s global experience in Power plant integrated recycle-Reuse model for upcoming projects in India.

·Director of the Development Department of the China Chamber of Minerals, Minerals and Chemicals lmport and Export.
·Initiator of the Responsible Critical Minerals Initiative (RCl), chairman of the decision-making committee.
·Vice chairman of the Executive Committee of the China Corporate Social Responsibility Alliance in Africa.
·Initiator of the Sustainable Natural Project (SNR).
Mr. Sun has more than 20 years of working experience in bulk resource strategy research, import and export trade coordination
foreign investment management, global resource governance
voice in economic and trade rules, and internationalintegration of standards.
Mr. Sun is a senior expert in the fields of business and human rights with extensive practical experiences in human rights protection and conflict prevention, supply chain due diligence management and risk mitigation, community relations handling and stakeholder participation, grievance mediation and remedial measures for multiationalenterprises.
·Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the negotiation of
human rights legalinstruments for multinational companies at the United Nations.
·Expert on international compliance lc500 think tank.
·Member of the Global Mineral supply chain Steering committee
(MSG) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD).
·Consultant of the EU Responsible Procurement Project(RESOURCING).
·Global advisory committee member of the World Bank's smart
Forest Mining.
·Member of the United Nations Special Working Committee on Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).

Nick has more than 29 years’ experience in banking and finance globally including a strong trade and deep commodity finance background, with extensive relationship and structured finance experience, working with clients across Resources, Energy and Infrastructure sectors in multiple top tier banks. 
Nick currently leads SMBC’s Metals, Mining & Chemicals Sector Banking providing extensive expertise and deep industry knowledge to meet diverse client requirements. Before joining SMBC, Nick was Head of Infrastructure, Export & Sustainable Finance, International at Australia and New Zealand Bank based in Singapore.  
Prior to this role Nick was Head of Resources, Energy & Infrastructure, South East Asia, India & Middle East responsible for leading ANZ's coverage business and strategy internationally.  Nick has held various other leadership and industry specialist roles in ANZ, Standard Bank & Fortis Bank with a focus on Natural Resources. He was also Global Head of Oil & Gas, Mining and Chemicals at MIGA (World Bank).

Imelda Agustina Kiagoes serves as a Corporate Secretary for PT Ceria Nugraha Indotama. Prior to Ceria, she was a Finance Director for project infrastructure logistics and served as a Corporate Secretary and Business Planning and Finance Manager for coal logistics, PT Pelita Samudera Shipping Tbk from 2014 – 2022. She has over 20 years of experience in financial planning and accounting for diverse industries in nickel mining, software development, banking, advertisement, chamber of commerce & philanthropic. Prior positions at PT Vale Indonesia Tbk, INFOR Global/System Software, Citigroup, Lakeshore Financial, Leo Burnett, Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Indiana University Center on Philanthropy.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a second concentration in International Business from Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA, in 1997 and pursuing a Master of Accounting and Financial Management from DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, USA, in 2000.

Adrian brings to Robertsbridge more than 17 years of experience in the private sector; from commodities, biofuels, telecommunications to conservation finance. He is experienced in building sustainability organizations, strategies, and stakeholder networks; having started in companies from the early set-up. He started his career in the palm oil sector on sustainable supply chains, working with stakeholders on critical sustainability issues and Nature Based Solutions (NBS). Adrian is experienced in various initiatives such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil and helped set-up sustainable landscape projects in Indonesia.
Adrian served as the technical committee chair of the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification, and currently serving as an advisory board member in Abler Nordic - the Nordic Microfinance Institute.

Mr. Bin Li is the Chief Technology Officer of DONGNENGZHUOHUAN Survey and Design Co.,Ltd.with rich experience in non-ferrous metals (copper, nickel, lead, zinc, aluminum, tin, antimony, bismuth and other metals) smelting engineering design, Li has deeply participated in the whole technology research and development, engineering design, construction and operation process of direct smelting of low grade nickel matte from laterite nickel ore, high grade nickel matte producing by oxygen-enriched side-blowing  from low grade nickel matte. Currently, Mr. Li is being in charge of  promotion and application of new technologies in Southeast Asia market.

Dr. Fiona Martin has 25 years of strategic community and social performance experience across the industry life cycle and has held senior roles in the Australian Government.  Her experience includes:
• Strategies and partnerships that deliver business and social value and create positive impact
• New models of socially inclusive Indigenous and community engagement co-designed with Indigenous peoples, communities and stakeholders
• Local employment, procurement and responsible sourcing policies and programs
• Understand and manage complex social risks and impacts
• Community vulnerability and gender assessment
• Comply with legislation, international standards, due diligence required by investors and lenders
• Cultural Heritage, Aboriginal Title and Benefit Sharing Agreements
• Human rights and developing free, prior and informed consent pathways
• Support customers in handling government approvals and setting conditions
• Social performance change management and coordination across the organization
Regional economy and local development
Previous work experience includes:
• ESG Due Diligence and Advisory Services – Social aspects of greenfield and operational readiness projects in Indonesia (International ESIA, Tailings Dam Assessment, Social Value Assessment).  ESG (social) lender due diligence on a tungsten mine in South Korea (2024). Glencore Agreement and Performance Standards Audits, Operational Readiness Consulting Services and Audits). Provides confidential social performance due diligence advice on infrastructure, mining and energy projects in Australia, the Indo-Pacific and East Asia, and conducts merger and acquisition assessments against international social performance standards. Clients include the top 250 organizations by market capitalization and include upstream and downstream assessments of aluminum, lithium, automotive manufacturing and copper. Clients include the World Bank Group, Electricity Company of Tonga and the New Zealand Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
• BHP Metallurgical Coal – Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia – Over 3 years leading community development, engagement and indigenous development for the product group across 8 communities, 7 assets, a port, 5 growth projects and a large exploration footprint relationship functions. The foundation was laid for the success of BHP’s Local Purchase Scheme (C-Res) and Aboriginal Employment Scheme.  A new social investment strategy and community grants program were developed and projects delivered during a period of unstable industrial relations and growth achieved outstanding external perception ratings and recognition. Negotiate leveraged co-investments in economic and social infrastructure.  Establish a comprehensive community and social performance governance system that is in line with BHP Billiton's global standards and implement it in each site and community to achieve 100% compliance for three consecutive years.  Participated in group HSEC audits, conducting leading community and human rights audits against BHP Billiton standards in South Africa, the UK and Western Australia.
• Senior Group Sustainability Risk Advisor | PanAust – Brisbane, Papua New Guinea and Laos – has copper, gold, silver and coal operations in Laos and Australia and a development project in Papua New Guinea.  Global role responsible for community and social performance risk and sustainability group assurance, strategy and reporting.  Establish global HSEC social performance sustainability standards aligned with international standards.  Developed closure strategies for two copper-gold assets in Laos and developed a social value strategy to provide government approval negotiating status for the project development forum for a $5 billion copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea.
• Director-level government roles | Australia - Commonwealth, Queensland and local government (Northern Territory and South Australia) - Develop regional and economic development, community resilience and digital health plans.  Focus on vulnerable, high-risk and disadvantaged groups.

With over 20 years of consulting experience, Xin has led regional projects in strategy and governance, operational excellence, digital transformation, and climate and sustainability initiatives. Prior to joining DSS Xin worked in BCG, Accenture, PE firm, SOE and global materials group. She graduated from MBA program of SEM of Tsinghua University and has PMP, CSM certificates.

With over three decades of extensive experience in Australia-China and Australasia business, Gloria has meticulously cultivated a wealth of knowledge and an extensive repertoire of solutions across the domains of international marketing, offtake agreements, major project investments, and joint venture management.
Gloria's role as Executive Director at TG Metals, particularly during its listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: TG6), places her in a pivotal board position. In her capacity as an International Business Advisor, Gloria is actively engaged in discussions pertaining to offtake arrangements and capital raising for a diverse range of major projects, showcasing her expertise and strategic acumen.
Beyond her corporate obligations, Gloria holds esteemed positions as the founder and chairperson of The Australian Association of International Business, an esteemed professional organization boasting a robust global business network. Furthermore, she is widely celebrated as the visionary architect behind transformative initiatives such as the Better Living Showcase, Resources Connect Asia, the Future Facing Commodities Conference, and Intlang Marketing. Additionally, Gloria's influential role as Principal at The International College of Communication underscores her commitment to advancing education and fostering industry leadership.

Jenson Ong is Asia Team Lead for Nonferrous Metals pricing at Platts, part of S&P Global, based in Singapore. Jenson’s main areas of focus are the base metals (aluminum value chain, copper, manganese) and ferroalloy markets within the APAC region.

He also works across teams globally on methodology education and benchmark defense for Platts’ Metals enterprise, and strategic price launches for emerging markets across the battery metals space (nickel, lithium, graphite).

Dahui Zhang, Vice President of Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Company Ltd, is responsible for Indonesia business development. Before joining Huayou group in 2018, He began his career in finance, accounting, and worked for Minmetals, Sino Gold, Zijin Mining, Shandong Gold, and CMOC. He has working experiences in China, Brazil, Australia and Indonesia.