Bodo is an industry insider with nearly 40 years of experience not only in precious metals, but also in technology metals and rare earth elements. He started his career with Degussa AG of Germany where he worked as Vice President Precious Metal Chemicals before transferring to the United States. There, he ran the company’s “Platinum Products” unit until the sale of the business in 2001, at which point he launched his consulting business, BASIQ Corporation. Since 2019, back in the corporate world, Bodo is now the Global Head of New Business Development at BASF headquartered in Iselin, NJ.

Bodo was on the board of the IPMI for more than a decade where he served as a member of the executive committee, president and chairman of the board. He is a speaker and writer on the topic of megatrends and the future of the technology metals industry.

Stewart is a Market Research Manager based at Johnson Matthey’s HQ in the UK and has been with the company for nearly 20 years in both autocatalyst development and market research roles. Johnson Matthey’s Market Research team consists of a global team of experts in the supply and demand of platinum group metals, responsible for both long and short-term forecasting of the PGM market. Focussed primarily on sectors of industrial metal demand, Stewart’s specialist areas include forecasting PGM demand from various global automotive markets, the electronics industry, autocatalyst and electronics recycling.

Dr. Jonathan Butler is Head of Business Development at Mitsubishi Corporation, specializing in the sourcing, sales and marketing of platinum group metals, silver and gold as well as leading Mitsubishi’s precious metals research and strategy. Jon has worked at Mitsubishi since 2013 and previously worked in various marketing and research roles at Johnson Matthey plc. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and Masters degrees from the University of Oxford, all in the area of earth sciences. He is a Board and Executive Member of the International Precious Metals Institute, a member of the Management Committee of the London Platinum and Palladium Market and is an active member of the London Bullion Market Association.

David is the Senior Vice President for Trading and Sales at Heraeus Precious Metals New York LLC. He is responsible for funding and price risk management of precious metals to Heraeus sites in the Americas. The trading team offers the same physical metal service to external customers principally from the industrial sector. David joined Heraeus in September 2014. Prior to joining Heraeus, David commenced his career in 1980 working exclusively on precious metals trading desks with experience in both trading and sales at financial institutions ranging from AIG to Commerzbank. David graduated with an honors degree in Economics from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Steven Izatt has over 20 years experience in the development and management of high technology businesses in the separations, chemical, metallurgical and engineering industries. As President of IBC, he has worked extensively in supplying Molecular Recognition Technology separation systems to major corporations worldwide that use and refine precious metals. He holds two Ms degrees from MIT, one in Chemical Engineering Practice and the other in Technology and Policy and received his Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. He is the 2008 Recipient of the IPMI Jun-ichiro Tanaka Distinguished Achievement Award.

Bradley Lusk, PhD is the CEO of Precient Technologies and has successfully started five companies. He has a PhD in Biological Design and specializes in environmental biotechnology research and development. Dr. Lusk has spent nearly 15 years developing and promoting biotechnologies for water treatment and resource capture and has presented at professional conferences in over 30 countries. Previously, Brad worked as a research scientist with the Naval Research Laboratory and has served as an environmental adviser for water based development projects with USAID and the US State Department.

Bart has some twenty years' experience analyzing global precious metals, base metals, energy, and financial markets, as well as North American and global economies. He has worked closely with commodity, equity and FX trading desks in Toronto, New York, Chicago, London and Singapore, and has several forecasting distinctions and top global rankings to his credit.
Bart contributes to the TD Securities strategic view by providing commentary on commodity and various other financial markets and how they relate to the sectoral and macroeconomic outlook. Bart is also a sought after media source for many leading print publications and business television programs including Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, BNN, The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, AFP, BBC, The Wall Street Journal and Barron's. His forecasts are also part of the global consensus. Previous to joining TD, Bart was a Global Commodity Strategist and Sr. Economist at another major global bank. He was also a Senior Economist and Senior Analyst in Treasury and Risk Management/Senior Credit Committee at another major North American financial institution.
Bart holds a master's degree in economics from York University in Toronto, with a Specialization Certificate in International Finance/Banking.

John is Director of Market Relations and Climate Change Lead at the World Gold Council (WGC), leading its climate change research programme and associated engagement with investors, policy makers and stakeholder organisations.

Additionally, he contributes to the organisation’s wider insight and communications outputs to improve understanding of the whole gold supply chain, and the integration of ESG considerations into strategic market and investment perspectives.

John writes extensively and comments regularly on wider gold market dynamics, investment strategies, and responsible and sustainable business practices. He also engages and collaborates with a range of industry organisations and stakeholder groups, including the OECD, the ICMM (International Council on Mining and Metals), and CIBJO (World Jewellery Confederation), where he now serves as President of its Sustainable Development Commission.

John joined the WGC in early 2005. Prior to that, he held a number of senior roles focused on business strategy, product development, trading systems and market analysis. He has degrees from the University of Sussex and Birkbeck College, University of London.

Philip is a founding partner of Metals Focus, with 29 years’ experience. Prior to this Philip was Research Director at GFMS, where he was a key contributor and project manager of the silver, gold and PGM surveys, research reports and consultancy projects.

Mr. Padrono Martini, a native of Padua, Italy, joined IKOI in 2013. Previously, he was the Sales Director for several international companies in the welding and electrical cable industries. He is a graduate of the University of Padua, holding a degree in Statistical Economics.

Rohit Savant has been with CPM Group since 2005 and is the lead author of CPM Group’s precious metals research. He has been a top quartile forecaster for the London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA’s) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 Precious Metals Forecast Survey and was the winner of the LBMA’s 2011 Precious Metals Forecast Survey, for platinum and palladium.

Mr. Savant generates trade recommendations for clients using fundamental and technical market analysis and works with the firm’s commodity price risk management team to formulate solutions for clients using option strategies. Mr. Savant presents views on precious metals to boards of mining companies, institutional investors, and at conferences and is also involved in advising clients about commodity market fundamentals and price direction.

Mr. Savant has contributed articles to various publications and has been extensively quoted by the financial press.

Mr. Savant has earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation, which is recognized globally as the highest standard of educational achievement in the alternative investment field.

Steve Scacalossi is Executive Director, Commodity Sales at CIBC Capital Markets in New York. He has 30 years’ experience in the precious metals market having started at Credit Suisse in 1993. Steve has held senior Head of Sales positions at Scotiabank and Mitsui & Co. Precious Metals, and was a founding member TD Bank’s metals business. Steve is a Board Member of the IPMI and serves on its Audit Committee.

Scott B. Schwartz is the Executive Vice President & General Counsel of FideliTrade Incorporated, a full-service precious metals bullion company that provides wholesale, retail, safekeeping and logistics, and non-consumer financing services through the company and its affiliates. Scott is the Governance & Compliance Officer of IPMI and serves on IPMI's Executive Committee of its Board of Directors. He is an attorney admitted to the New York and Arizona Bar, and the Federal Courts for the Southern & Eastern Districts of New York. Scott is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional/US and earned the CompTIA Security+ cybersecurity certifications.

Grant is the Global head of the Sibanye-Stillwater’s recycling operations. Sibanye-Stillwater own and operate the Columbus Metallurgical Complex, a smelting facility and base metal refinery situated between the Stillwater mine and the town of Billings, Montana. It is one of the world’s largest producers of PGMs recycled from spent automotive catalytic converters. Prior to his recycling role, Grant was focused on Sibanye-Stillwater’s sustainability agenda through his role as Senior Vice President Environment. This role followed as a logical extension from his role as the Vice President for the West Rand Tailings Retreatment Project (WRTRP), ap project involving the recycling of the vast quantity of tailings material scattered over the West Rand in Johannesburg South Africa, for the economic extraction of gold and uranium. In 2007 Grant was the lead on the Uranium Project from tailings for Harmony Gold. In this role within Harmony he lead the creation of Rand Uranium and subsequently joined the company as the Corporate Development Executive. Gold One acquired Rand Uranium in 2011 and Grant joined Gold One as the head of Investor Relations. In addition to the role Grant managed the Joint Venture that was established between Gold Fields and Gold One to exploit the vast on surface tailings resources (WRTRP). Grant joined Sibanye-Stillwater following the acquisition of Rand Uranium by Sibanye from Gold One in 2013. Prior to joining Harmony, Grant was a Senior Manager within the strategy and innovation practice at Deloitte. His management consulting spanned 10 years over a wide range of industries. Grant has a BSc Chemistry and Chemical Sciences and a Post Graduate in Business Administration from Wits Business School in South Africa.

Wilma heads all platinum group metals research at Metals Focus. She has 12 years’ experience in the PGM mining industry focused on metal sales and marketing from her time at Lonmin, where she was Head of Commercial Services. She served as non-executive director on the boards of the Platinum Jewellery Development Association, World Platinum Investment Council and Furuya Metals . She also served as chairperson of The Platinum Incubator from 2016-2019 and is the current Chairperson of Women in PGMs. Wilma holds a MSc in International Business Administration from the University of London.

As Head of Supply Recyclables at Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Thierry Van Kerckhoven is
responsible for the supply of recycling products such as electronic scrap, spent automotive
catalysts and various precious metal bearing materials such as materials ex-incineration ash pre-
processing.
Before joining Umicore in May 1999, Mr. Van Kerckhoven worked as Account Manager for DJE
bvba and Storck bvba. He holds Master-degrees in Economics – International Relationships
(Antwerp Business School, now part of KU Leuven University) and Transport Economics
(Antwerp University).

Founder and director of Precious Metals
Commodity Management LLC.  We focus on the precious metals markets with an emphasis on the Clean
Energy Transition Metal markets. My mantra is simple, “This is going to be the century of Clean Energy
Transition and Mineral Constraints.”  Understanding these markets and our global limits on rapidly
scaling mining is leading us to the current mineral super-cycle.

Keith Weiner is the founder and CEO of Monetary Metals, an investment firm that is unlocking the productivity of gold. Monetary Metals’ innovative gold offerings connect precious metals investors with companies that have a need for gold and silver financing. Companies get financing denominated in gold or silver, which eliminates the need to hedge, while investors earn a yield on precious metals and grow their total ounces."