Giga Europe 2025

Caspar Rawles

Chief Operating Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Geert Muylle

Ambassador – Special Envoy for Energy Security and Critical Raw Materials

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium

Ian Howells

Executive Vice President

Honda Motor Europe

Leon Van Der Merwe

Vice President

Toyota Motor Europe

Vincenzo Conforti

Head of Government Relations - Europe

Glencore

Madalina Ivanica

Deputy Head of Unit, DG GROW

European Commission

Christian Spano

Director of Circularity

Vale Base Metals

Jonathan Vanherberghen

Director External Affairs Europe

Rio Tinto

Chris Heron

Secretary General

E-Mobility Europe

Michael Finch

Head of Strategic Initiatives

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Vincent Veron

Managing Director

BNP Paribas

Mervyn Stevens

Vice President - Battery Mineral & Materials

Worley

Roger Atkins

Founder

Electric Vehicles

Tobias Abt

Manager

Mercedes-Benz AG

Florian Anderhuber

Deputy Director General

Euromines

Bryan Bille

Policy & Geopolitical Principal

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Alberto Castronovo

Cabinet of the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Government of Italy

Roland Chavasse

Secretary General

International Lithium Association (ILiA)

Sarah Colbourn

Head of Sustainability

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Mouad Dahbi

OCP

Stefan Debruyne

Director of External Affairs

SQM

Quentin De Hults

Director General

International Copper Association Europe

Marina Demidova

Head of Communications

Cobalt Institute

Jos Dings

Former Director Public Policy and Business Development EMEA at Tesla

Céline Domecq

Director Government Affairs - Head of Volvo Cars EU

Volvo Car Group

Benjamin Gallezot

Interministerial Delegate for Strategic Minerals and Metals Supply

Government of France

Francesco Gattiglio

VP External Affairs Europe

Albemarle

Denis Geoffroy

CCO

Nano One

Wouter Ghyoot

Vice President Government Affairs

Umicore

Anna Gibbs

Director, Project Development - Emerging Energy

Phillips 66 Limited

Varshan Gokool

Chief Financial Officer

Cornish Lithium

Tim Gould

Chief Energy Economist

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Mina Ha

Battery Recycling Research Lead

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Christophe Hadjal

Managing Director - Regional Head for Europe - Batteries, Mining & Industries

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Evan Hartley

Research Manager

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Corina Hebestreit

Secretary General

European Advanced Carbon and Graphite Materials Association

James Hermanson

Advisor

OECD

Erika Ingvald

Economic Affairs Officer

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Daisy Jennings-Gray

Head of Prices

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Angela Kelly

Agent General

Government of Western Australia

Jeroen Kies

Co-head of Branch

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Rohit Kumar

Director

Standard chartered

Laure Latour

Battery Anode Material, Business Developer

Tokai Cobex

John Lindberg

Policy & Public Affairs Lead

International Council on Mining and Metals - ICMM

Frederic Lucenet

Global Head of Manufacturing and Services

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Cecilia Mattea

Europe Regional Lead

Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)

Mark Mistry

Director Public Policy and Sustainability

The Nickel Institute

Albéric Mongrenier

Executive Director

European Initiative for Energy Security

Cris Moreno

CEO and Managing Director

Vulcan Energy

Jessica Olsson

Head of Energy & Transport Europe & Trade Commissioner for Sweden in Norway Business Sweden

Business Sweden

Adam Panayi

Chief Research Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Alan Parte

Vice President, Lithium Projects

Imerys

Christophe Petit

SVP Country Manager France

Sibanye Stillwater

Martin Phillips

Group Chief Executive Officer

Talga Group

Greg Pitt

Vice President, Battery Materials - Growth

Worley

Julia Poliscanova

Senior Director, Vehicles & Emobility

Transport & Environment (T&E)

Michael Schmidt

Economic Geologist & Senior Analyst

German Raw Materials Agency

Thore Sekkenes

European Battery Alliance Program Director

InnoEnergy

Dr. Michel Siemon

CEO

Primobius GmbH

Mike Smith

Director of Value Chains

The Copper Mark

Nils Steinbrecher

Former Managing Director

SK tes

Balazs Szilagyi

Public Affairs Manager

CATL

Richard Taylor

CEO

Battery Britain

Bruno Tobback

Member of the European Parliament

European Parliament

Kaisa Toroskainen

Senior Manager

Global Battery Alliance

Jacopo Tosoni

Head of Policy

The European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE)

Tim Van Pelt

Global Lead Batteries & Charging, Sustainable Value Chains

ING

Michael Widmer

Managing Director/ Head of Metals Research

Bank of America

Matthias Woitok

Head of Structured Finance for North, Central, South-East Europe

European Investment Bank