Giga Europe 2026

Andrew Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Caspar Rawles

Chief Operating Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Adam Panayi

Chief Research Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Geert Muylle

Ambassador – Special Envoy for Energy Security and Critical Raw Materials

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium

Agnès Pannier‑Runacher

Member of the French Parliament and

Former Minister of Energy Transition

Matthieu Hubert

General Secretary

ACC - Automotive Cells Company

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

Ruth Nic Aoidh

Director of Vehicle Programmes

Jaguar Land Rover

Jonathan Vanherberghen

Director External Affairs Europe

Rio Tinto

Pau Sanchis

EU Affairs & Policy Director

CATL

Daan De Jonge

Lead Analyst - Copper Demand & Prices

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Patrick Keating

Head of Government Affairs

Honda Motor Europe

Francesco Gattiglio

VP External Affairs Europe

Albemarle

Céline Domecq

Director Government Affairs - Head of Volvo Cars EU

Volvo Car Group

Bill Williams

Global Director Business Development ‑ Battery Manufacturing

Baltimore Aircoil

Manfred Boeckmann

Chief Commercial Officer

Vulcan Energy

Wouter Ghyoot

Vice President Government Affairs

Umicore

Frederic Lucenet

Global Head of Manufacturing and Services

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Dominic Raab

Head of Global Affairs

Appian Capital Advisory

Christophe Mille

Co-Founder & Executive Technology Advisor

Verkor

James Watson

Director General

Eurometaux (European Metals Association)

Arthur Corbin

Business Adviser to Executive Vice-President

European Commission

Jean Paul Gueneau de Mussy

Executive Director

European Lithium Institute

Iola Hughes

Head of Research

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Steen McCollin

Chief Commercial Officer

Carbon X

Martin Phillips

Group CEO

Talga Group

Vasileios Tsianos

Vice President, Neo Performance Materials & Chairman, Global Rare Earths Industry Association (REIA)

Mervyn Stevens

Vice President - Battery Mineral & Materials

Worley

Florian Anderhuber

Deputy Director General

Euromines

Bryan Bille

Policy & Geopolitical Principal

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Freddie Bloomfield

Senior Analyst - Battery Raw Materials & Recycling

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Jacob Carpenter

Head of Recycling

Gelion

Matthew Ganser

SVP, Sales & Government Affairs

Lilac Solutions

Varshan Gokool

Chief Financial Officer

Cornish Lithium

Shruti Kashyap

Product Director - Graphite & Battery Chemicals

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Antti Koulumies

CEO

Terrafame

Mike Smith

Director of Value Chains

The Copper Mark

Axel Wenke

Director of New Energy

Neptune Energy