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Jacquelyn Birdsall, Senior Engineering Manager, Toyota North America

Jacquelyn Birdsall is the Senior Engineering Manager of the Fuel Cell Integration Group at Toyota Motor North America Research and Development. She specialises in hydrogen infrastructure, high-pressure hydrogen systems and associated standards and regulations. Prior to joining Toyota in 2012, Jacquelyn held several roles in the automotive industry. She has over seventeen years of experience in hydrogen, including a thirteen‐month assignment at the Toyota Motor Corporation Global Headquarters in Japan working on the 2021 Toyota Mirai. Jacquelyn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University.

Dwight Anderson, Founder and CEO, Ospraie Management, LLC

Dwight W. Anderson is a US hedge fund manager and the founder of Ospraie Management, LLC, a commodities-focused asset management company. Dwight received an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1994 and an AB in History from Princeton University in 1989. He is the recipient of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Young Alumni Award (2000) and MBA Alumni Merit Award (2007). In 2004, he established Ospraie as an independent company with investments in commodity markets and basic industries worldwide based on fundamental, bottom-up research.

Paola De Luca, Founder and CEO, The Futurist Ltd

Paola De Luca is the CEO and founder of The Futurist Ltd., a creative intelligence agency specialising in strategic and editorial projects in the luxury and jewellery sectors. In 2002, Paola launched The Jewellery TrendBook in partnership with CRU, the first forecasting publication for the jewellery and watches industry. In 2012, Paola co-founded TRENDVISION Jewellery & Forecasting, an independent observatory focusing on consumer culture, emerging phenomena, and jewellery and watches directions. As Creative Director, Paola leads strategic projects for brands, trade shows, international and governmental organisations.

Arne Frandsen, Chairman, Sedibelo Platinum Mines

Arne H. Frandsen is Chairman of Sedibelo Platinum Mines and Managing Director at The Pallinghurst Group. He is a lawyer by training and received a LLB and a Master of Law from the University of Copenhagen. After completing his legal research, Arne commenced a career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. In 2006, he became one of the founders of The Pallinghurst Group and for the past fifteen years has acted as the Group’s CEO and Co-Managing Partner, raising and investing almost $2.5bn of equity for natural resources projects in Europe, North America, Australia and Africa. Arne is also Chairman of Nouveau Monde Graphite and is a member of the Board of Directors of Nemaska Lithium.

Richard Stewart, Group Chief Operating Officer, Sibanye-Stillwater

Richard Stewart was appointed Group COO in December 2020 and has more than 20 years of experience in South Africa’s geological and mining industries. Richard joined Sibanye-Stillwater in 2014 and has contributed significantly to a successful and value-accretive acquisition strategy. Prior to this, he served on the Gold One Executive Committee, most recently as Executive Vice President: Technical Services, and previously as CEO of Goliath Gold Limited. He has held various management positions in the mining industry and was also an investment consultant for African Global Capital Proprietary Limited.

Beresford Clarke, Director of Research, SFA (Oxford)

Beresford’s principal remit is to service SFA (Oxford)'s wide range of clients worldwide. He has responsibility for the analyst team, product delivery and innovation, and is the lead research author. Beresford has been a critical commodity analyst and consultant for 18 years, covering platinum-group metals on a daily basis on behalf of clients, but also providing in-depth analysis on the lithium, cobalt, gold and other commodity markets. In this time, his development and deep understanding of these markets have been fast tracked with extensive exposure throughout the upstream and downstream industries.