Roger Emmott is a highly regarded management consultant, business developer, innovator and advisor to the global metals and mining sector. For over more than 20 years he has advised more than 50 clients in over 50 countries. Roger has held senior positions with Steel Business Briefing, Atkins Plc in the UK and Hatch Associates of Canada. In these roles he gained in-depth experience of strategic, due diligence, market and feasibility studies including interview and research techniques, information synthesis, validation and presentation.

David Howes has spent over 35 years in the domestic and international Steel Trading business. Following a recent spell with Trade Finance Partners [TFP], opening up opportunities for transactional trade finance in the steel space, he is currently consulting and lecturing on steel processes and international trade markets, whilst looking for new challenges in the steel sector. Prior to that he spent 20 years as Senior Steel Trader for Stemcor focused on bottom-line profits by building and developing long-term trading relationships with suppliers and customers. He has traded steel globally and has a long career in looking at opportunities in Africa. David is fully versed in all aspects of global trading activities including: supplier/customer negotiation, finance, shipping, logistics and documentation procedures. He is well versed in regional customs and business practices, negotiations of trades, clean execution and follow-up and has an extensive knowledge of steel-making processes and steel products. He is also a fluent French speaker.

Adam Smith is Senior Editor Middle East for KallanishSteel and has over 7 years of steel industry reporting and editing experience. Prior to joining the Kallanish team, Adam was worked as journalist for SBB in London covering CEE markets. Subsequently he moved to Dubai in 2010, as Middle East Editor, managing a team of 3 journalists. He worked for a short period in Platts/SBB, as well. Adam speaks fluent Polish and graduated the University of Sheffield.

Tariq Asghar is founding member of the Metpro Group having developed a strong finance record in the international steel industry. Tariq is a graduate of Physics from the University of Cambridge, holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Warwick and is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Covering a ten year period Tariq was Finance Controller and more recently Acting Director for an international steel projects business within Corus Group plc. In this period turnover of the business increased from US $50m to US $600m, this being successfully underpinned by equity, debt funding and appropriate trade finance facilities. During this period of rapid growth the level of complexity and management experience, in accounting regulation, reporting, control, IT, tax and risk management was high. Within the Metpro Group as Finance Director Tariq plays an active operational and strategic role in financial management and financing development across all activities of the Group.