10-11 SEPTEMBER 2025, The NEC Birmingham |

Chris Williams

Head of industrial Decarbonisation

Industry Wales

Chris Williams is a Fellow of the IMechE and the EMA. Chris has 30 years experience in the steel industry and was seconded from Tata Steel into Industry Wales during 2020 to continue his leadership role for the South Wales Industrial Cluster.

I will be speaking at the following session(s):

September 11, 2024

12:00 - 12:50The Big Issues Theatre
How can the UK metal industry decarbonise and achieve Net Zero?

Other speakers

Timothy Stock

Head of Green Industrial Strategy

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

Lucia Suggitt

Policy team leader

HM Revenue & Customs

Tim Vaesen

Commercial Director

United Autosports

Dan Bunting

Head of Business Development

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Roger Morton

Managing Director for Technology and Innovation

European Metal Recycling (EMR)

Matthew Teague

Senior Architect

Tata Steel

Matthew Hatfield

Dept for Business & Trade

Head of Critical Minerals

Philippa Oldham

Stakeholder Engagement Director

Advanced Propulsion Centre

Deeksha Sampath

Technology Transfer Engineer

SME Group, WMG, University of Warwick

Johnathan Dudley

Head of Manufacturing Industry

Crowe LLP

Terry Sargeant

CEO

SteelBuy

James Filder

Senior Policy Advisor

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

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