Speakers

UK Metals conference programme includes the opportunity for you to meet with top industry experts, peers and numerous leading suppliers. They will share knowledge, experiences and best practice and unveil the latest technology available right now.

Lord Rupert Redesdale - Speaker photo

⠀Lord Rupert Redesdale

Conference Chairman

UK Metals Expo

T.V. Narendran, CEO & Managing Director of Tata Steel

⠀T. V. Narendran

CEO & Managing Director

Tata Steel

Abbasi Gandhi, Business Development Executive - Space Sector at TWI

Abbasi Gandhi 

Business Development Executive - Space Sector

TWI

Dr Adam Amara, Chief Scientist, UK Space Agency

Adam Amara

Chief Scientist

UK Space Agency

Adam Crookes, Steel Market Researcher at MEPS International

Adam Crookes

Steel Market Researcher

MEPS International

Adam Payne, Founder of New Way Growth

Adam Payne

Founder

New Way Growth

Silhouette

Adrian Musgrave

Head of Sales

Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd

Adrian Tautscher Speaker Photo

Adrian Tautscher

Project Advisory Group Member

BACALL

Ahmed-Elsayed speaker photo

Ahmed Elsayed

Modelling theme Lead

AFRC

Alan Scholes is the Chief Technology Officer for the Materials Processing Institute

Alan Scholes

Chief Technology Officer

Materials Processing Institute

Alex Small speaker photo

Alex Small

Digital Platforms & Innovation lead

Tata Steel UK

Alexandra Williams, Government Affairs and Policy at Novelis

Alexandra Williams

Government Affairs and Policy

Novelis

Alison Taylor Speaker Photos

Alison Taylor

Head of Sales - Bar

Marcegaglia

Amy Bird, CEO of Countrywide Metals Ltd

Amy Bird

CEO

Countrywide Metals Ltd

Andrea Wilson, Director of Hone-All Precision Ltd.

Andrea Wilson

Director

Hone-All Precision Ltd.

Andreas Reimer Speaker Photo

Andreas Reimer

Program lead for Remanufacturing

National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS)

Andrew Barrow, Associate Fellow – Nuclear Materials at Rolls Royce

Andrew Barrow

Associate Fellow – Nuclear Materials

Rolls-Royce

Andrew Sherlock, Director of Data-Driven Manufacturing at the NMIS

Andrew Sherlock

Director of Data-Driven Manufacturing

NMIS

Andrew Thomson Speaker Photo

Andrew Thomson

Technical Director

Ultrapanel Building Technologies

Ann Watson, Enginuity Group CEO

Ann Watson

CEO

Enginuity

Anthony Brewster

Anthony Brewster

General Manager, Commercial Non Ferrous

EMR

Anthony Marsh, Director at RJ Facade Systems Ltd

Anthony Marsh

Director

RJ Facade Systems Ltd

Anthony Riley

Anthony Riley

BIW Core Strategy Manager

Jaguar Land Rover

Antonia Grey Speaker Photo

Antonia Grey

Head of Policy and Public Affairs

The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA)

Ashok Kumar Speaker Photo

Ashok Kumar

Head of Strategic Technical Development

Tata Steel UK

Beene Mmembe Bryan Speaker Photo

Beene M’membe-Bryan

Strategy Manager

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)

Ben Speaker Photo

Ben Burggraaf

CEO

Net Zero Industry Wales

Ben Cunliffe, Director of Sustainability at British Steel

Ben Cunliffe

Director of Sustainability

British Steel

Benjamin Evans, Materials Engineer at United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

Benjamin Evans

Materials Engineer

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

Benn Godfrey Speaker Photo

Benn Godfrey

Former Vice President Procurement

Rolls-Royce

Bruce Miller Speaker Photo

Bruce Miller

Commercial Director

EMR Group

Calum Boyd, Senior Policy Advisor at HM Treasury

Calum Boyd

Senior Policy Advisor

HM Treasury

Cameron Leitch, Policy and Public Affairs Executive, British Metals Recycling Association

Cameron Leitch

Policy and Sustainability Manager

British Metals Recycling Association

Cameron Pleydell Pearce Speaker Photo

Cameron Pleydell-Pearce

Professor of Engineering

Swansea University

Carl Maitlan, Senior Global Procurement Manager at JLR

Carl Maitland

Senior Global Procurement Manager

JLR

Carles Rovira, 7 Steel UK CEO

Carles Rovira

CEO

7 Steel UK

Catherine Scott, Life Cycle Assessment Consultant at Decerna

Catherine Scott

Life Cycle Assessment Consultant

Decerna

Catrynm Newton Speaker Photo

Catryn Newton

Director, Communications and Community Investment

Bute Energy

Charles Keen

Charles Keen

Co-founder

BACALL Aluminium

Charlotte Stamper, Strategic Partnerships & Public Affairs at EMR

Charlotte Stamper

Strategic Partnerships & Public Affairs

EMR

Cheryll Pitt Speaker Photo

Cheryll Pitt

Non-Ferrous & Light Metals Group Chair

IOM3

Chris Bayliss, Climate Change & Decarbonisation Director at

Chris Bayliss

Climate Change & Decarbonisation Director

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative

Chris Greenough, Managing Director CEL Sheetmetal Ltd

Chris Greenough

Managing Director

CEL Sheetmetal Ltd

Chris McDonald Speaker Photos

Chris McDonald

Member of Parliament

for Stockton North

Chris Vaughan Speaker Photo

Chris Vaughan

Technical Director

British Steel

Chris Williams Speaker Photo

Chris Williams

Head of industrial Decarbonisation

Industry Wales

Chris Wiseman Speaker Photo

Chris Wiseman

Industry Sector Manager - Corporate Development

TWI

Christiane Taylor Speaker Photo

Christiane Taylor

Pricing Manager

Tata Steel UK

Chris Pilgrim Speaker Photo

Christopher Pilgrim

Knowledge Transfer Manager - Materials

Innovate UK Business Connect

Claire Kimpton, Chair of The Welding Institute and UKAEA Capability Lead

Claire Kimpton

Chair of The Welding Institute

UKAEA Capability Lead

Clare Richardson Barlow Speaker Photo

Clare Richardson-Barlow

Research Fellow in Industrial Decarbonisation

University of Leeds

Curtis Tatner, Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Rolls-Royce

Curtis Tatner

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Rolls-Royce

Dan Bunting Speaker Photo

Dan Bunting

Head of Business Development

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Danielle Densley Tingley Speaker Photo

Danielle Densley Tingley

Senior Lecturer in Architectural Engineering

The University of Sheffield

Dave Horton, Head of Project Delivery & Asset Management at Shell Energy

Dave Horton

Head of Project Delivery & Asset Management

Shell Energy

Dave Taylor, Business Development Manager at Tata Steel Europe

Dave Taylor

Business Development Manager, Colorcoat®

Tata Steel

Dave Worsley Speaker Photo

Dave Worsley

Head of Department Materials Science and Engineering

Swansea University

David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics at Birmingham Business School

David Bailey

Professor of Business Economics

Birmingham Business School

David Huck, Chief Operating Officer at Peel Ports Group

David Huck

Chief Operating Officer

Peel Ports Group

David Nicol Speaker Photo

David Nicol

Innovation Manager - Energy efficiency and sustainability

High Value Manufacturing Catapult

David Weatherall, Head of Business Development at Norsk Hydro

David Weatherall

Head of Business Development

Hydro Aluminium

Deeksha Sampath Speaker Photo

Deeksha Sampath

Technology Transfer Engineer

SME Group, WMG, University of Warwick

Dr Diane Aston, Head of Education & Professional Development at The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

Diane Aston

Head of Education & Professional Development

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

Dinesh Thirunavukkarasu

Dinesh Thirunavukkarasu

Head of Automotive Program Management

Norsk Hydro

Dr. Elaine Smith The Leadership Psychologist HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Elaine Smith

HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist

The Leadership Psychologist

Ed Bower, Innovation and Advanced Technology Senior Expert, Aston Martin Lagonda

Ed Bower

Innovation and Advanced Technology Senior Expert

Aston Martin Lagonda

Edwin Richards, Technical Sales Manager - Building Systems UK at Tata Steel

Edwin Richards

Technical Sales Manager - Building Systems UK

Tata Steel

Ella Quigley

Ella Quigley

Principal Research Engineer - Building Performance

Tata Steel UK

Evgenia Yakushina

Evgenia Yakushina

Principal Knowledge-Exchange Fellow

NMIS

Ewelina Pieckowska, Trade Compliance Manager at Arconic Chair of The Aluminium Federation Trade Committee

Ewelina Pieckowska

Chair of The Aluminium Federation Trade Committee

Trade Compliance Manager at Arconic

Flavia Popescu, Multi Chartered Senior Project Professional at Babcock International Group

Flavia Popescu

Multi Chartered Senior Project Professional / STEM Ambassador

Babcock International Group

Frank-S. Aaskov Director, Energy and Climate Change Policy at UK Steel

Frank S. Aaskov

Director, Energy and Climate Change Policy

UK Steel

Fraser Jardine - Speaker Photo

Fraser Jardine

Lead Product Engineer

Howden, A Chart Industries Company

Gabriel Rozenberg - Speaker Photo

Gabriel Rozenberg

CEO

Cbamboo

Gabriella Nizam - Speaker Photo

Gabriella Nizam

Head of Sustainability & Strategy

7 Steel UK

Gareth Beese - Speaker Photo

Gareth Beese

Principal Consultant

CRU

Gareth Davies, Sales Director at Peel Ports Group

Gareth Davies

Sales Director

Peel Ports Group

Gareth Jones - Speaker Photo

Gareth Jones

Managing Director

In-Comm Training

Gareth Stace, Director General, UK Steel

Gareth Stace

Director General

UK Steel

Gavin Coull, UK & Ireland Sales Manager European Metals Team Leader at SKF

Gavin Coull

UK & Ireland Sales Manager European Metals Team Leader

SKF

Gavin Shipley, echnology Centre Director at Sarginsons Industries Ltd

Gavin Shipley

Technology Centre Director

Sarginsons Industries Ltd

Gaynor Tennant, Founder and Chair at Offsite Alliance

Gaynor Tennant

Founder and Chair

Offsite Alliance

Geoff Scamans - Speaker Photo

Geoffrey Scamans

Professor of Metallurgy at Brunel University

Chief Scientific Officer at Innoval Technology

Geraldine Bolton, CEO of Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM)

Geraldine Bolton

CEO

Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM)

Glyn Holland - Speaker Photo

Glyn Holland

Managing Director

Double Check Digital Engineering

Godfrey Watt - Speaker Photo

Godfrey Watt

President

The International Steel Trade Association (ISTA)

Graham Winter - Speaker Photo

Graham Winter

Senior Advisor (Waste Strategy), Environment & Business

Environment Agency

Grant Adams, CEO Sertec

Grant Adams

Chief Executive Officer

Sertec Group Ltd

Hannah Ashton - Speaker Photo

Hannah Ashton

Area HR Manager

Tata Steel

Hans Bjerkaas currently serves as the Head of Sourcing/Sorting Global at Norsk Hydro

Hans Bjerkaas

Head Of Sourcing/Sorting Global

Norsk Hydro

Harriet Wollerton - Speaker Photo

Harriet Wollerton

ADS Services Director

ADS Group Ltd

Harry Bhadeshia, Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge

Harry Bhadeshia

Professor of Metallurgy

Queen Mary University of London, University of Cambridge

Hermione Williams-Copp, Head of Sustainability Finance at Jaguar Land Rover

Hermione Williams-Copp

Head of Sustainability Finance

JLR

Hongbiao Dong, Director of EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Transformation of Metals Industry

Hongbiao Dong

Director

CDT in DigitalMetal

Howard Stone, Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge

Howard Stone

Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy

University of Cambridge

Silhouette

Ian Jeffries

Titanium and Special Alloys, Castings

AIRBUS

Jack Robison - Speaker Photo

Jack Robison

BuildingPoint UK Sales Consultant

KOREC Group

Jack Worrall -Speaker Photo

Jack Worrall

Tekla Draughtsman

Taziker

Jacqui Murray Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, South Wales

Jacqui Murray

Director South Wales

High Value Manufacturing Catapult

James Barry - Speaker Photo

James Barry

Chief Executive

Renewable Parts Ltd

James Filder -Speaker Photo

James Filder

Senior Policy Advisor

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

James Harwood, Sustainability Strategy Manager - Supply Chain at Jaguar Land Rover

James Harwood

Sustainability Strategy Manager - Supply Chain

Jaguar Land Rover

James Kelly, CEO of British Metals Recycling Association Ltd

James Kelly

CEO

British Metals Recycling Association

James Rolph – Senior Materials Technologist at Aerospace Technology Institute

James Rolph

Senior Materials Technologist

Aerospace Technology Institute

James Selka, CEO of Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA)

James Selka

CEO

Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA)

Jamie Burns, Managing Director Ailsa Reliability Solutions Ltd.

Jamie Burns

Managing Director

Ailsa Reliability Solutions Ltd.

Jan Lukaszewski -Speaker Photos

Jan Lukaszewski

Technical Manager

The Aluminium Federation ALFED

Jennifer Hughes, General Manager at Transicon,

Jennifer Hughes

General Manager

Transicon

Jeremy-Makepeace - Speaker Photo

Jeremy Makepeace

Commercial Director

Sheffield Forgemasters

Jerry-Lawson - Speaker photo

Jerry Lawson

Founder

Frog Bikes

Joanna-Brookes -Speaker Photo

Joanna Brookes

Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive

John-Bisset - Speaker Photo

John Bisset

UK Commercial Manager

Celsa UK

John-Goodwin - Speaker Photo

John Goodwin

Regulatory Affairs Director

Johnson Matthey

Johnathan-Dudley - Speaker Photo

Johnathan Dudley

Head of Manufacturing Industry

Crowe LLP

John-bolton - Speaker Phot

Jon Bolton

Co-Chair

UK Steel Council

Jon Harrison, Regulatory Affairs Manager at UK Steel

Jon Harrison

Regulatory Affairs Manager

UK Steel

Jon-Warren - Speaker Photo

Jon Warren

Market Maker - Industry

Energiesprong UK

Jonathan-Clemens - Speaker Photo

Jonathan Clemens

CEO

BCSA

Jonathan-Davis - Speaker Photo

Jonathan Davis

Associate Technical Director

William Hare Ltd

Jonathan-Thacker -Speaker Photo

Jonathan Thacker

Owner and Operations Director

Walsall Wheelbarrow Company

Josh Brough, Director at JBM International Ltd

Josh Brough

Chair of the Young Traders Group

Bureau of International Recycling

Kamal-Rajput - Speaker Photo

Kamal Rajput

Strategic Business Development Lead

Tata Steel UK

Karl Dearn, Head of School of Engineering, University of Birmingham

Karl Dearn

Head of School of Engineering

University of Birmingham

Kathy Christofidou

Katerina Christofidou

Chair in Digital and Sustainable Metallurgy

Henry Royce Institute

Kaye Ayub, Head of Price Analysis & Forecasts at MEPS International

Kaye Ayub

Senior Consultant

MEPS International Ltd

Ken Stevenson, Strategy & Transformation Director at Sheffield Forgemasters

Ken Stevenson

Strategy & Transformation Director

Sheffield Forgemasters

Kevin-OGrady - Speaker Photo

Kevin O’Grady

Director of Kognitive

CEO Urban.MASS

Kirsty-Davies-Chinnock - Speaker Photo

Kirsty Davies-Chinnock

Managing Director

Professional Polishing Services

Kristian-Bowling - Speaker Photo

Kristian Bowling

Managing Director

Van Leeuwen Ltd

Laura Baker, Sales Director at Tata Steel

Laura Baker

Sales Director

Tata Steel

Laura-Capper - Speaker Photo

Laura Capper

Head of Manufacturing & Construction

NatWest Group

Laura Davies

Managing Director

Marshall Harmony

Lauro-Castelo - Speaker Photo

Lauro Castelo

Trader

Trasteel International SA

Les-Gill - Speaker Photo

Les Gill

Principal Consultant

Liam Bates, President, Long Products at Marcegaglia

Liam Bates

President, Long Products

Marcegaglia

Lliam Conway

Liam Conway

Co-Founder

Greenfields Energy Group

LiLiang Wang, Professor in Sustainable Manufacturing at Imperial College London

LiLiang Wang

Professor in Sustainable Manufacturing

Imperial College London

Louise Slade, COO, DEEP Manufacturing

Louise Salde

COO

DEEP Manufacturing

Luca Bertoldi, Sales Director at Vecchiato Officine Meccaniche

Luca Bertoldi

Sales Director

Vecchiato Officine Meccaniche

Lucia-Suggitt - Speaker Photo

Lucia Suggitt

Policy team leader

HM Revenue & Customs

Luciana-Ciubotariu - Speaker Photo

Luciana Ciubotariu

CEO

Celtic Freeport

Lucy Smith, Co Director at FISC (Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium)

Lucy Smith

Co Director

FISC (Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium)

Marc Thirkell, Editor at Manufacturing and Engineering Magazine (MEM)

Marc Thirkell

Editor

Manufacturing and Engineering Magazine (MEM)

Marcus-Henry - Speaker Photo

Marcus Henry

Research Manager

Jaguar Land Rover

María Riveras García, Global Strategic Procurement Manager at JLR

María Riveras García

Senior Global Strategy Procurement Manager

JLR

Marijn Rietveld, Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, Hydro Aluminium AS

Marijn Rietveld

Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships

Hydro Aluminium AS

Mark-Allan - Speaker Photo

Mark Allan

Group Manager – Sustainable Industry

Materials Processing Institute

Mark Jones, Director of CONTEZ

Mark Jones

Director

CONETZ

Mark Weymouth, Managing Director of PLUS Automation Ltd

Mark Weymouth

Managing Director

PLUS Automation Ltd

Matthew Hatfield - Speaker Photo

Matthew Hatfield

Dept for Business & Trade

Head of Critical Minerals