World Scrap Metal Congress - list of confirmed speakers

Engr. SALAM AL SHARIF is President and CEO of Sharif Group of Companies, where he has acquired 27 years field experience in business administration. Graduated with Double Major in Civil and Metallurgy Engineering from Texas A&M University. Nominated as Chairman for the Ambassadors Committee from Ambassador for the Middle East in 2008 by the...

As the General Manager, Mr. Murat Bayram coordinates the business for Reukema Recycling and is responsible for all export sales. Reukema Recycling is one of the biggest exporters in Europe and independent from any kind of company groups. Mr. Bayram started his career in 1995 at Borowski & Hopp - a family owned scrap company. In 2002, he joined...

Mr. Victor Benitez Vazquez began buying all kind of recyclable materials (including non-ferrous scrap in small quantities) except plastics. In 1989, he founded DIMEXA and started his business focusing on just nonferrous metals. In 1994, Mr. Benitez Vazquez became a co-founder and president of the National Institute of Recyclers in Mexico. By...

大连理工大学高分子材料专业本科毕业，哈尔滨工业大学管理工程硕士，高级经济师。1986年起任SINOCHEM中国化工进出口总公司哈尔滨分公司国际业务部经理，主要从事散装石油产品的进出口工作，1998年至2000年哈尔滨南非共和国约翰内斯堡办事处工作, 2004年至2007就职于黑龙江海外集团任企业管理部/生产运行部副部长,兼任黑龙江海外进出口有限责任公司副总经理，主要从事对俄进出口贸易工作，2007年至2010任 ...

Mr. Zhu Junhong graduated from the East China Institute of Metallurgy (now the Anhui Industrial University) with an accounting degree. Since 2000, Mr. Zhu has served as the chairman of the Shanghai Steel Union E-Commerce Co., Ltd. He has also held positions in the Ministry of Metallurgy, Industry Supply and Transport Bureau, China Steel...

Mr. Anish Mehta currently serves as the CEO of Aadi Imports Pvt. Ltd., a global trading house and part of the diversified Aadi Group with business interests in global trading and oil refining. After finishing Bachelor studies in Business Administration, Mr. Mehta further pursued and accredited himself with Masters Degree in International...

Mr. Juan Patuel’s academic credentials are a Master in Business Administration from the University of Liverpool. On the practical side, the recycling industry has been an integral part of his life for the past 21 years, where he began at the bottom of the ranks and built his way up the ladder to finally be appointed as CEO of Metalco Recycling in...

Mr. Amir Reza Rajabi is head of Deputy of Fleet Modernization (DFM), which is a public company managing ELVs recycling process and recycling centers in Iran. He graduated in Computer Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and has served in this position since 2007. Now there are about 130 authorized ELV recycling centers in Iran that...

QUALIFICATIONS: Graduated in Commerce from Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce & Economics, in 1994~1995. Climbing the growth ladder from bottom to top, Mr. Dhawal Shah is credited for successfully transforming Metco from a simple, sales agency in India for primary metals & Ferro-Alloys, into a large, multi product, international...

Mr. Anil Shah is a chemical engineer by profession & a metal trader at heart is President of Ni-Met Metals & Minerals Inc., a company incorporated in 1990 in Toronto, Ontario Canada with the objective of trading in metals and allied industrial raw materials. Today, Ni-Met’s highly diversified activities have given it a unique market position...

Mr. Bill Wu, established and founded HOTA (USA) Holding Corp. in 2006, serves as Chairman and CEO in HOTA. HOTA is dedicated in global used and scrap vehicles purchasing and has established a vertical services chain including scrap vehicles dismantling, shredding and recycling, used auto parts selling, has a high efficient and patented factory...

Ms. Xu Yabing’s educational and professional backgrounds were mostly in both China and Germany. After nearly 10 years in Germeny, she returned to China to establish production subsidiaries for German companies in the mechanical manufacturing and steel processing industry.In 2011 she joined Cronimet and changed her business focus to scrap business.

Mr. Yan Qiping graduated from University of Science & Technology Beijing in 1970, major was steel making. 1970-2002 served as a manager and head of scrap metal department in Wuhan Iron and Steel Group) Corp. In 2002-2010 served as general secretary in China Association of Metal Scrap Utilization. 2010-Now served as the independent non-executive...

Since June 2008, Mr. Yao has served as China Armco Metals’ chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer. In addition, Mr. Yao has served as the chairman and general manager of China Armco’s subsidiary, Armco Metals International, Ltd., since its inception in 2001. He has experience in the metal industry for more than 15 years. ...