Critical Traceability: Ensuring Transparency in the Metals and Minerals Supply | APAC
Speakers
Matthew Ekroth
EMEA Corporate Data Strategy
Bloomberg
Matthew Ekroth leads the EMEA Data Strategy effort for Corporate clients. Matt specialises in helping clients solve supply chain problems with Bloomberg's Supply Chain, ESG and Sanctions products. Matt spent over 15 years as a quantitative equities Portfolio Manager at firms including Goldman Sachs and Engineers Gate in both London and New York. More recently he headed data strategy for equities trading at Morgan Stanley in London. Matt holds an MSc in Finance from London Business School.
Bernd Schäfer
CEO & Managing Director
EIT RawMaterials
Bernd Schäfer has more than 30 years of international business experience. Since 2020, he has served as CEO, Managing Director of EIT RawMaterials, the world’s leading innovation network in the raw materials sector, which manages the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA). Before joining EIT RawMaterials, Mr. Schäfer was CEO of apt Group, a European leader in aluminium extrusion and processing. Prior to that, Schäfer held the position of Global Vice President Commercial for Transportation and Industry at Alcoa. He was a long-standing board member of the Aluminium Industry Association and the umbrella organisation of metal-producing companies in Germany until 2020.