Agenda

Khalid A. Latif is a highly accomplished executive with more than 35 years of experience in the aluminum industry. In April 2024, he was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Midal Cables B.S.C (C), bringing to the role extensive expertise in both operations and marketing, as well as a proven record of strategic leadership.
Mr. Latif began his career at Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) in 1989 as an apprentice and advanced steadily through the organization. In 2012, he was named Marketing & Operations Manager, a dual role that gave him responsibility for both commercial development and operational performance. His success in this position led to his promotion as Chief Marketing Officer in 2015, where he further built his reputation as an industry leader.
He holds an MBA from the French Arabian Business School / ESSEC (Bahrain) and is recognized for his ability to integrate business insight with operational expertise. His leadership style emphasizes collaboration, efficiency, and long-term value creation.
Today, as Group CEO of Midal Cables, Mr. Latif oversees the company’s international footprint, including plants in Bahrain, Mozambique, and Saudi Arabia, and offices in Canada and the United Kingdom, guiding its global operations with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and continuous growth.

is Executive Vice President (EVP) of Hydro Aluminium Metal, leading primary production and recycling plants of Hydro globally. She joined Hydro in 1994 and has held several senior leadership positions across the company, including EVP People & HSE and key roles within Hydro Energy.

Mrs. Simensen i holds a Master of Management degree from BI Norwegian Business School.

Paul Voss is Director General at European Aluminium, the industry voice of the aluminium value chain in Europe. Mr. Voss is a long-term public affairs and governmental relations expert with 20 years of experience in the Brussels and energy sector. Prior to joining the aluminium industry, Mr. Voss served as Managing Director at Euroheat & Power, the association for the European district energy sector, and as Head of Public and Industrial Affairs at energy solutions provider Danfoss District Energy.
A British-Belgian national, Paul Voss is married with three children and holds degrees in Political Science and European Public Administration from Universities in Canada, France and Belgium.

David Leah leads the outlook for automotive demand, production and electrification at CRU. He is a narrator of the unprecedented change in the automotive industry and its significance for commodity markets. David has a wealth of experience working at leading automotive forecasting and analysis firms. He holds a MSc in International Business Economics from Oxford Brookes University.

Mark White is the Technical Director of Alumobility, an NGO that works with OEMs to demonstrate the advantages of lightweight through the application of aluminium in automotive, to maintain the performance of the reference vehicle whilst reducing weight, emissions & vehicle complexity for a more sustainable & cost effective future transport solution. Mark has worked with many of the Global OEMs, Tier 1s & Material suppliers since he retired from JLR after working there for 30 years in a leadership role most of his technical career.

​Zaid is a principal analyst covering primary and secondary aluminium, value-added products, aluminium raw materials, and carbon products in North America and worldwide. Prior to joining the aluminium analysis team, Zaid spent six years with CRU’s consulting division as head of aluminium consulting. Before CRU, he worked for several years at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in the UAE where he led the market research unit and held various positions within marketing and sales, corporate strategy, and finance. He previously worked in London for a number of commodity-focused firms as an analyst, including Thomson Reuters and Diapason Commodities Management, where he managed the precious and base metals research unit. He began his commodities research career in 2002 as an economist with AUPEC, an oil and gas consultancy firm. Zaid holds an MA with honours in Economic Science from the University of Aberdeen and an MSc in Economics from the University of Amsterdam. Zaid is fluent in Arabic and French.

Ron joined China Hongqiao Group in January 2020, following 11 years as Secretary General of the International Aluminium Institute (London). Previous roles include Executive Director of the Australian Aluminium Council (2002 to 2008).

Alex Tuckett is Head of Economics at CRU. He has over 15 years experience in economic analysis. Alex joined CRU in 2020 from PwC, where he was a Senior Manager in their economics advisory practice, leading analytical projects for a range of clients as well as contributing to their macroeconomic commentary. He began his career in the UK Treasury, later moving to the Bank of England, and has provided macroeconomic modelling and analysis to policymakers in fiscal, monetary and financial policy. He has published his analysis through a number of working papers, journal articles and blog posts on topics including productivity, exchange rates and modelling credit flows. Alex has an MSc in Economics from University College London, and a BSc in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics.

Helen Amos joined BMO in 2025 as Managing Director and Commodities Analyst, as part of the Metals and Mining Commodities team in Equity Research, based in London. Prior to BMO, Helen served as a Commodities Strategist at Morgan Stanley and before that, Helen was Macro and Commodity Research Lead at Anglo American. She began her career at CRU as an Analyst specialising in Steelmaking Raw Materials.

Srivatsan Govindarajan is a Senior Analyst in CRU's Aluminium Assets team, focusing on asset costs & emissions data across mines, refineries, smelters, rolling mills. Before joining CRU in 2025, he spent 8 years as a Lead Analyst at Beroe Inc., where he developed market intelligence reports and cost models for a wide array of metal markets. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he has led multiple end-to-end market research projects and holds a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from TU Delft.

Emilio Braghi is Chief Operating Officer, Novelis Inc., and President, Novelis Europe. In this role, he oversees 10 European manufacturing facilities that recycle and manufacture aluminium for many markets, including automotive, aerospace, beverage cans, building, packaging, and transportation.

Mr. Braghi previously was Vice President, Operations, Novelis North America. Before that, he served as Vice President, Sales and Operations for Novelis Asia, with responsibility for all commercial and manufacturing activities in the region. Prior to joining the Asia leadership team in March 2012 as Vice President, Operations, Mr. Braghi served as Vice President and General Manager to the Specialties value stream in Europe. From 2006 to 2012, he held various general management roles with Novelis Europe’s Litho and Painted Products value streams.

Prior to the formation of Novelis, Mr. Braghi had been with Alcan since 1999, where he began as Sales Manager, Europe.

Mr. Braghi graduated from Politecnico di Milano with a degree in engineering and industrial production technologies.

Chelsea joined ASI as Standards Director in April 2024. In this role, she leads the ongoing development and rollout of ASI Standards and Guidance, including periodic revisions, in support of ASI’s mission to foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. Chelsea has more than 18 years of experience working on sustainability in both the private and non-profit sector, including for voluntary standards such as Better Cotton and the Global Reporting Initiative. Her expertise centres around building practical and innovative standard systems to drive positive impact.

Deeksha is a Sustainability Professional with 3 decades of work experience in Consulting and Corporate set-ups. She is currently the Group Chief Sustainability Officer for the Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where she drives the sustainable business transformation agenda across all its locations on Strategic, Operational, Communication and Advocacy aspects of Sustainability.

Prior to this at ABG, she led the sustainability agenda at Hindalco Industries Limited wherein, she worked across geographies, functions and aspects towards mainstreaming sustainability in the business. Over years, she has worked at prestigious firms like PwC, EY, Engineers India Limited and Chemtex Engineering Limited.

Deeksha has worked across diverse industry sectors across all aspects of sustainability. She serves on the boards and committees of various industry bodies such as IAI, WBCSD, CII, FICCI, BCCI among others. She is also serves on the ESG advisory committee for Securities and Exchanges Board of India.

• Overview of the Standards revision
• What’s changing – top 5 changes and what they mean for you, plus key points from first public consultation period
• Views from the ASI Champions

Gabriel is the Circularity Research Manager at ASI, driving the aluminium sector toward a more resource-efficient and circular value chain. He specialises in life cycle sustainability assessment, material flow analysis, and circularity metrics. With 15 years of experience, Gabriel has worked on EU projects covering nanomaterials, additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0, as well as in the steel industry and with Latin American firms in the extractives, infrastructure, and transport sectors. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems (University of Lisbon) and a master’s in Industrial Ecology and Energy Efficiency (University of Zaragoza).

Laura is Deputy Head of DNV’s ESG Supply Chain Sustainability practice in London, and has over ten years of experience in advising clients on material sustainability risks and opportunities with a focus on ESG due diligence in the supply chain and independent assurance over ESG data & claims.

Laura worked extensively in the metals and mining sectors, leading on-the-ground site assessments. She is an approved Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Lead Auditor and Auditor for the Responsible Steel Standard. She led independent assurance engagements for a number of DNV’s clients over supply chain due diligence, including assessments against ASI, OECD, LME, CSDDD, CSRD/ESRS, IRMA, ICMM, ISAE3000, GRI, ISO 14064.

James leads the Control Risks Business & Human Rights team. He has over 20 years of advanced international experience as a lawyer and responsible business practitioner.
His work spans the full extent of the global BHR practice but he has a particular specialism in labour rights and worker welfare issues.
As a co-founder of the UN award winning fair labour company FSI Worldwide, James is a recognised international expert on migration for work. This was also the subject of his PhD from King’s College London.
James regularly advises senior executives on business and human rights issues and is recognised for bringing clarity to complex situations and developing innovative and practical solutions for companies and rightsholders.
In addition to his PhD, James holds degrees in Law, International Relations, Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is a regular writer, speaker and commentator on business and human rights issues.