

Giga Africa
All Speakers
Meet all the speakers presenting at Giga Africa

Andrew Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Caspar Rawles
Chief Operating Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Adam Panayi
Chief Research Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Ryad Mezzour
Minister of Industry and Trade
Kingdom of Morocco

Leila Benali
Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development
Kingdom of Morocco

Pfungwa Kunaka
Secretary for the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development
Republic of Zimbabwe

Faisal Sultan
President - Middle East
Lucid Motors

Jay Yang
Vice President of CNGR Advanced Material & Chairman and CEO of Cocbo
COBCO

Peter Yang
CEO
BTR Morocco

Khalid Qalam
Chairman of the Board
Gotion Power Morocco

JianJun Deng
General Manager of the Basic Material BU
TINCI Materials

Matthieu Bos
President and Chief Executive Officer
Falcon Energy Materials

Xiaoshen Wang
CEO and Vice Chairman
Ganfeng Lithium

Quentin Lamarche
CEO
TechMet SCM

Rob Williamson
Managing Director
Alpha HPA

Imad Toumi
Chairman
Managem

Evan Horetsky
Founder and CEO
Atlas partners

Mujeeb Ijaz
Founder
Our Next Energy (ONE)

Nassim Belkhayat
Founder and CEO
NEO Motors

Ashish Patki
Director, Business Development and Market Intelligence
Rio Tinto

Abdelghani ElKacimi
Chief Technology Officer
INNOVX

Shaun Verner
Managing Director and CEO
Syrah Resources

Luc Geysen
Global Director Battery Business
PSA BDP

Pierre Georget
Director, Batteries, Mining and Industries EMEA
Societe Generale

Anass Joundy
Associate Director
EBRD

Vincent Veron
Managing Director
BNP Paribas

Rory Townsend
Head of Battery Metals Analysis
Trafigura

Deshan Naidoo
Managing Director
Afrivolt

Guy Kioni
Advisor Board Member
Buenassa

Ciani Smith
Director, Office of Infrastructure
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Abdessadek Ait Si Brahim
Co-founder and COO
Voltaire Minerals

Vivas Kumar
CEO and Co-Founder
Mitra Chem

Maxime Treves
CEO
Battri

Diana Fu
Chief Marketing Officer
Sichuan Union Shine New Energy Sci-Tech Co.,Ltd

Astrid Karamira
Sustainability and Governance Manager
International Lithium Association

Ali Seddiki
Director General
AMDIE

Idriss Alami
Managing Partner
ALEXEC Consulting

Mervyn Stevens
Vice President - Battery Mineral & Materials
Worley

Roger Atkins
Founder
Electric Vehicles

Ciprian Gabel
International Business Director -(EMEA) Electrolytes Division
TINCI Materials

Bryan Bille
Policy & Geopolitical Principal
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Mouad Dahbi
OCP

James Hermanson
Advisor
OECD

Shruti Kashyap
Product Director - Anode
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Adam Megginson
Principal Analyst
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Neha Mukherjee
Research Manager - Rare Earths
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Will Roberts
Automotive Research Lead
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Othman Tlemçani
Head of Financings & Portfolio Management
INNOVX
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