Under The Patronage of The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Ministerial Roundtable
14 January 2025
Conference and Exhibition
15-16 January 2025
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14 January 2025
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15-16 January 2025
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Conference Speakers
Eduardo Bartolomeo
Chief Executive Officer
Vale
Stuart Chambers
Chairman
Anglo American
Mark Cutifani
Chairman
Vale Base Metals
Bob Wilt
Chief Executive Officer
Maaden
Jeremy Weir
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman
Trafigura
Mark Bristow
Chief Executive Officer
Barrick Group
Robert Friedland
Founder & Executive Co-Chairman
Ivanhoe Mines
Steele Li
Vice Chairman & Chief Investment Officer
CMOC Group Limited
Vicente Mello
Senior Vice President and Country Manager (Brazil)
AECOM
Princess Mashael Alshalan
Co-Founder
AEON Collective
Princess Noura bint Turki Al-Saud
Co-Founder
AEON Collective
Fuat Tosyali
Chairman
Tosçelik
Driss Berraho
Vice President Business Development Green Hydrogen
ACWA Power
Dr. Alawi Swabury
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Africa Battery Initiative
Mike Brown
Deputy CEO - Mining & Metals
Ajlan & Bros Holdings
William Oplinger
Chief Executive Officer
Alcoa
Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director, Africa & Australia
Anglo American
Helena Nonka
Director, Strategy and Sustainability
Anglo American
Amanda van Dyke
Managing Director
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
Stephen Durkin
Chief Executive Officer
AusIMM
Philip Lindop
Head of Natural Resources (EMEA)
Barclays Investment Bank
David Eades
Journalist / Former BBC News
Chris Maybury
Deputy Chairman
Bermuda Commercial Bank
Dr Kwasi Ampofo
Head of Mining and Metals
BloombergNEF
Rahim Bapoo
Managing Director
BMO Capital Markets
Mikael Staffas
President and Chief Executive Officer
Boliden
Rich Lesser
Global Chair, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
and Chief Advisor, WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders
Martin Feth
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Carole Cable
Partner and Co Head Energy and Resources
Brunswick Group
Martin Horgan
Chief Executive Officer
Centamin
Gracelin Baskaran
Research Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Petar Ostojic
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Center of Innovation and Circular Economy
Eng. Ali Saeed AlQahtani
Chief Operating Officer
Central Mining Holding Co
William Husband
Global Head of Metals and Mining
Citi
Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
Anna Poberezhna
Managing Founder
Clear Earth Hub
Dr. John Bradford
Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Global Initiatives
Colorado School of Mines
Juan Carlos Jobet
Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Julian Treger
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
CoTec Holdings
Pini Althaus
Managing Partner
Cove Capital
Victor Rodriguez
Head of Consulting, EMEA
CRU
Sheila Khama
Non-Executive Director of Listed companies and former Chief Executive Officer
De Beers Botswana
Luisa Moreno
President and Director
Defense Metals Corporation
Florence Drummond
Executive Chairman
Development Partner Institute
Jim Paterson
Principal
Discovery Group
Sheik Abdur Rashid Kader
Executive Vice President Operations
DRA Saudi Arabia
Bernd Schäfer
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
EIT RawMaterials
Andrew Irvine
Legal and Engagement Director
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Remi Piet
Co-Founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
Owen Hegarty
Executive Chairman
EMR Capital
Pascal Lacourie
Chief Executive Officer
EPC Asia Pacific
Ibrahim Al-Nassar
Chief Executive Officer
ESNAD
Ameen AlGhamdi
VP of Inspection
ESNAD
Majed AlHumaid
Vice President of Digital Development
ESNAD
Jonathan Cordero
Head of Corporate Development
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
Paul Mitchell
Global Mining and Metals Leader
EY
Benedikt Sobotka
Chief Executive Officer
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
Hon. Frank Fannon
Managing Director
Fannon Global Advisors and former inaugural U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources
Marco Levi
Chief Executive Officer
Ferroglobe
Frank Giustra
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fiore Group of Companies
Mikko Keto
Group Chief Executive Officer
FLSmidth
Dr. Hyung Hwan Joo
Invited Professor at Seoul National University
Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea
Meshary Al-Judaimi
Chairman
Foulath Holding
Peter Arkell
Chairman
Global Mining Association of China (GMAC)
Brian Hosking
Chief Executive Officer
Gold & Mineral Co
Jeff Currie
Partner Alumnus
Goldman Sachs
Aiden Lee
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Graphjet Technology
Dr Kanat Kudaibergen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
GreyWolf Management
Khaled Abbas
Group Head of Wholesales Banking
Gulf International Bank (GIB)
Christopher Ecclestone
Principal and Mining Strategist
Hallgarten & Company
Joe Lombard
Vice-Chairman
Hatch
Ernst Müller
Senior Associate
Herbert Smith Freehills
Peter Leon
Partner and Africa Chair
Herbert Smith Freehills
Michael Willoughby
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals, Mining and Transition Materials
HSBC
Jun Xu
CTO
Mine Business Unit, Huawei
Hirofumi Katase
Executive Vice Chairman and Director
i-Pulse
Tom Kendall
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals Sales and Origination
ICBC Standard Bank
Sarah Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
IDOBA
Joanne Bate
Chief Operating Officer
Industrial Development Corporation
Oliver Beck
Global Solutions Head
Innomotics
Nils Janssen
Head of Global Projects and Accounts
Innomotics
Roby Stancel
Managing Partner
Innovation Architects
Dr. Patience Mpofu
Founder
Insight Mining Experts
Louise Assem
Head of Global Material Stewardship
International Copper Association
Rohitesh Dhawan
President and Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)
Joseph McGonigle
Secretary General
International Energy Forum
Sergio Mujica
Secretary General
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Dr Hany El Shaer
Regional Director
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Taylor Melvin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ivanhoe Electric
Marna Cloete
President
Ivanhoe Mining
Jean-Raymond Boulle
Chairman
Jean Boulle Group
Dr Saeed Al Shihri
Vice President of Energy and Industry
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Andrew Southam
Chief Executive Officer
KAZ Minerals
Igor Hulak
Partner, Global Head of Metals and Mining practice
Kearney
Konstantin Lyakhov
Partner, Metals and Mining practice
Kearney
Roland Getreide
Founder
Livista Energy
Matthew Chamberlain
Chief Executive Officer
London Metal Exchange
Cyrus Hiramanek
Senior Managing Director
M Klein and Company
Duncan Bradford
Executive Vice President, Base Metals & New Minerals Business Unit
Ma’aden
Tarmo Haehnsen
Chief Investment Officer
Manara Minerals
Dr Donald R. Sadoway
Professor Emeritus of Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jesse Evans
Chief Operating Officer
Maverick Biometals
Agesan Rajagopaul
Partner
McKinseys & Co
Gavan Collery
Founder
Melbourne Mining Club
Richard Morrow
Chairman
Melbourne Mining Club
Frank Wouters
Chairman
MENA Hydrogen Alliance
Pekka Vauramo
President and Chief Executive Officer
Metso
Mzila Mthenjane
Chief Executive Officer
Minerals Council of South Africa
Dr. Jacqui Coombes
Executive Chair
Mining3
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and Entrepreneur
Africa Worldwide Media
Abdulaziz Al Hamwah
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Modern Industrial Investment Holding Group
H.E. Khalil Ibrahim Ibn Salamah
Vice Minister for Industry
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
Satish Rao
Chief Innovation Officer
Newlab
George Cheveley
Portfolio Manager
Ninety One
Gareth Penny
Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairman
NinetyOne
Yamen Al-Hajjar
Managing Partner
Olive Tree Capital
James Rilet
Chief Product Officer
Open Mineral
Rajkumar Mathiravedu
Vice President Digital Solutions
Orica
Michael Barton
Managing Partner
Orion Resource Partners
Matt Fifield
Managing Partner
Pacific Road Capital
Marcel De Groot
Co-Founder and President
Pathway Capital
Nick Myers
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Phoenix Tailings
Sahibzada Tariq
Chief Executive Officer
Piranha Company
Sean Wade
Chief Executive Officer
Power Metal Resources
Dr Thamraa Al Shahrani
Vice Dean of Graduate Studies for Academic Programs and Development
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Farid Habib
Director of the Industrials and Mining Sector
Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Emilie Bodoin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pure Lithium Corporation
Ross Bhappu
Senior Strategic Advisory Partner
Resource Capital Funds
Michelle Michot Foss
Fellow in Energy, Minerals and Materials
Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Kirill Dmitriev
Chief Executive Officer
Russian Direct Investment Fund
David Awram
Senior Executive Vice President
Sandstorm Gold Royalties
Dr. Bashar Al Malik
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR)
Abdulraham Al Mosaeed
Saudi Chemicals Company
H.E. Saad Alkhalb
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Exim Bank
Sheikh Khalid Ahmed Al-Amoudi
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Red Bricks
Dr Klaus Kleinfeld
former Chief Executive Officer
Siemens
Richard Horrocks-Taylor
Global Head Metals and Mining
Standard Chartered Bank
Mutlaq H. Al-Morished
Board Member & CEO
Tasnee
Bakyt Chirchikbayev
Chief Executive Officer
Tau-Ken Samruk
Scott Taylor
Partner
Taylor David Lawyers
Khalid Nouh
Chief Executive Officer
TAQA
Brian Menell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
TechMet
Jonathan Price
Chief Executive Officer
Teck (Virtual)
Dr. Orkun Hasekioglu
Vice President
TENMAK
Veronica Bolton Smith
Chief Executive Officer
The Connect Africa Network
Kimmo Tiilikainen
Director General
The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Wendy Tyrrell
Director
The Long View Consulting
Bruce Bodine
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Mosaic Company
Dr Robin N. Armstrong
Mining Sector Leader, Department of Earth Sciences
The Natural History Museum
Alec Sellem
Founder
UNIMETALS
Eng. Mohammad Dakhilallah Almatrafi
Chief Executive Officer
United Cement Industrial Company
Dr Hamid Rashid
Head, Global Economic Monitoring
United Nations
Emily Olson
Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer
Vale Base Metals
Jay Hambro
Chief Executive Officer
Verdigris Strategic
Andrew Trahar
Partner and Co-Founder
Vision Blue Resources
Ana Gabriela Juárez
Founder
Women in Mining Central America
Dr. Stacy Hope
Managing Director
Women in Mining UK
Dr. Bruno Oberle
President
World Resources Forum
Greg Pitt
Vice President, Battery Materials - Growth
Worley
Eissa Aqeeli
Chairman of the Board (KSA)
Worley Arabia
Shaoyang Shen
Vice President
Zijin Mining Group
Geng Yi
President & Board Director
Norin Mining
Dr. Tim Coughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Royal Road Minerals
John Raymond
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
The Energy and Minerals Group
Dr. Manal Abdel-Samad
Senior Executive Advisor
PwC
Adam Lundin
Chair
Lundin Mining
Ling Lu
Executive Director
Standard Chartered Bank
Moath Al Rawi
Chief Executive Officer
ARGAS
Rogier de la Rambelje
Head of Mining
EAS Advisors
Charles Hendry
Former Minister of State for Energy
United Kingdom
Rob Wood
Commissioner
Geoscience Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
H.E. Dr Abdirizak Omar
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Somalia
Eng. Ali Bin Saeed Al-Ghamdi
Chief Executive Officer
National Center for Environmental Compliance
Saleh M Saleh
Vice President, Characterization and Field Development Geosciences
Saudi Aramco
Rana Zumai
Senior Director of Corporate Communications and knowledge
Saudi Geological Survey, Editor In Chef Arduna (Geology and mining) Journal
Alec Machiels
Board Member
Traxys
Fatma Fahad
Journalist and News Anchor
Al Arabiya
Benjamin Gallezot
Minister-Delegate, Supply of Strategic Minerals and Metals
France
H.E. Salim Mvurya
Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs
Government of Kenya
Dr. Roman Stiftner
Chief Executive Officer
Austrian Mining and Steel Association and Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Association
Hon. Soda Zhemu
Minister of Mines and Mining Development
Zimbabwe
Eithne Treanor
Managing Director
E.Treanor Media
Abdulrahman Al-Belushi
Assistant Deputy Minister of Mining Enablement
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
Suliman Al-Othaim
Chairman
Saudi Gold Refinery Company
Eng. Zouhair Samhi
Chief Executive
Al Haytham Mining Company
Abdulrahman Al-Moseed
Vice President of Explosives Sector, Saudi Chemical
Senior Representative, AMAK
Chuck Price
Chief Operating Officer
Allonnia
Aldo Pennini
Director of Strategy, Program and Content
FMF
Ian Lange
Associate Professor, Economics and Business
Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
Andrew Starkey
Executive Chairman
Merdeka Group
The Hon. J. Peter Pham
former US Special Envoy
Great Lakes and Sahel Regions of Africa
Richard Rothenberg
Chief Executive Director
Global AI
Elefteria Castis
Chief of Strategy and Business
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Reserve Development Authority
Prof. Dieudonné-Louis Tambwe
Deputy Coordinator, Cellule Technique de Coordination et de Plantification Minière (CTCPM)
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Mines
Cyriac Joseph
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Squadrone Infra and Mining Private Limited
Dr. Abdulrasaq Garba
Nigeria Geological Survey Agency
Nigeria Geological Survey Agency
Kamal A. Al Juhani
Board Member and Managing Director
ALS Arabia
Ahmed Al-Aqeel
General Manager of Mining Investment
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
H.E. Eng. Khalid Mohammed Al-Salem
President
Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Suliman Al-Mazroua
Chief Executive Officer
National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP)
Dan Murphy
Anchor and Correspondent
CNBC
H.E. Adel Al-Jubeir
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Envoy for Climate Affairs
Saudi Arabia
H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alabdulkareim
Governor
Saline Water Conversion Corporation(SWCC)
Kanat Sharlapaev
Minister of Industry and Construction
Kazakhstan
Martin Ayisi
Chief Executive Officer
Minerals Commission of Ghana
H.E. Wille Rydman
Minister of Economic Affairs
Finland
T. Kumaresan
Executive Vice-President and Head – Minerals and Metals
Larsen & Toubro
Muhammad Ali
Minister of Energy
Pakistan
Dr. Paul Monks
Chief Scientific Advisor
UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Peter Clack
Director of Global
University of Exeter
Saleem Haddad
Regional Director, Saudi Arabia and Levant
Invest Northern Ireland
Ruchin Garg
Regional Manager
CDE Group
Jamie Mairs
International Sales Director
EvoQuip
Idir Boudaoud
Chief Executive Officer
Sensoteq
Fergal McPhillips
Global Business Development Manager
Terex Washing System
Julian Fegan
Business Development Manager
Tesab
Mark Ashwin
Principal Vice President and Metals and Mining General Manager for Europe,Africa and the Middle East
Bechtel
Eng. Youngwook Yoo
Senior Expert
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Dr. Seungwon Ihm
Senior Expert
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Lamees Mutasim Assidmi
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Maaden
Jacob Mbele
Director-General
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
Mosa Mabuza
Chief Executive Officer of Council
Geoscience
Abdulrahman Bin Muhaya
Exploration Development Manager, Ministry of Mining and Mineral Resources
Saudi Arabia
Othman Hamdan
Business Development Manager, Ministry of Mining and Mineral Resources
Saudi Arabia
Anthony Benham
Regional Director, UK and Saudi Arabia
MSA Mining Consulting UK
Geoffrey Pyatt
Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources
US Department of State
Masood Nabi
Managing Director
Pakistan Minerals Private Limited
Faheem Haider
Managing Director
Mari Petroleum Company Limited
Rebecca Campbell
Partner
White & Case
Glen Ireland
Senior Advisor
RB&A Partner
Al Workman
Senior Associate Exploration Geologist
Watts, Griffis and McQuat (WGM)
Amos Hochstein
Senior Advisor to the President
United States of America
Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair of the Board of Directors Export-Import Bank of the United States
Cornelius Pieper
Managing Director and Senior Partner and the Global Leader in Climate and Sustainability for Industrial Goods
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Fiona Clouder
CCEO, Clouder Vista and Associate, Ambassador Partnership
Ambassador Partnership
Wang Qinghai
Chairman
JCHX Mining Management
George Q. Fang
Board Member and Executive Vice Chairman
Huayou Cobalt
Craig Scherba
CEO
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