days 00
:
hours 00
:
minutes 00
:
seconds 00

Critical raw materials and trading commodities

18/04/2024

About

A lot of focus today is on the supply of critical raw materials, like lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper and earth metals, which will not keep pace with a rapidly increasing demand due to the climate transition and digitalisation of our economy. New technologies to build electrical vehicles, and solar and wind power systems will require many of those raw materials. This will inevitably lead to scarcity risks added to the geographical concentration of supply in a few countries, such as Indonesia, Congo, Australia, Chile and China.

But also other more traditional commodities like steel, iron ore and agri-commodities have recently been quite volatile in and after the high inflation period.

In this webinar, we will take a closer look at those resource-related risks by bringing different specialists together. COFCO International, a global agri-business, and global management consulting firm McKinsey will share experiences from their respective perspectives. Finally, Credendo will suggest how to react to the current challenges.

Find the programme below (from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. CET):
 
> Welcome and Introduction
by Group Deputy CEO of Credendo Nabil Jijakli and webinar moderator Björn Crul

> Recent trends and outlook of metals and mining markets
by Michel Van Hoey, Senior partner @ McKinsey

> General overview of key commodity sector risks
by Florence Thiéry, Senior Country and Sector Risk Analyst @ Credendo

> Testimonial from COFCO International
by Falk Widmann, Global Head of Credit risk @ COFCO international

> Credendo’s response to the current challenges
by Jean-Paul Steenbeke, Deputy General Manager @ Credendo – Short-Term Non-EU Risks

> Q&A session

Registration Form

Speakers

Speakers

Michel Van Hoey

Senior partner @ McKinsey

Michel Van Hoey is a Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Brussels office, and serves companies in the materials sector. Since joining McKinsey in 2002, he has been serving companies in the materials sector on cost, commercial, and sustainability transformations. Michel is also leading McKinsey’s Global Materials Insights group, which is the global research and expert consultant organization for the Materials sectors, and is leading McKinsey’s research in the field of the Materials Transition.

Michel Van Hoey holds a degree in Civil Mechanical Engineering with "Magna Cum Laude" from the University of Gent in Belgium and an MBA from INSEAD.

Falk Widmann

Global Head of Credit risk @ COFCO International

Falk Widmann is heading the global credit risk function at COFCO International for more than 4 years.  In this role, he leads an international team of credit experts managing credit and country risk covering more than 100 countries as well as origination activities in more than 30 countries, overseeing activities across all Agri commodity platforms.
Prior to joining COFCO International , Falk was heading the credit risk function at ED&F Man. His other previous roles include various Risk assignments. Earlier in his career he held senior Finance functions in the Commodity world, Lufthansa and IHG.

Falk holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business Management from Leeds Beckett University.

Nabil Jijakli

Group Deputy CEO @ Credendo

Nabil Jijakli is Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Credendo and of Credendo – Export Credit Agency. Before joining Credendo in 2010, Nabil Jijakli worked for 21 years at the National Bank of Belgium (Belgian central Bank), where in his last position he was the Secretary General of the Financial Stability Committee (2007 – 2010) during the financial crisis. He has been also responsible for the coordination of the euro introduction in Belgium (1997 – 2003) and has worked for three years as expert at the European Commission (2004 – 2007) to prepare the euro changeover in the new member states.

Jean-Paul Steenbeke

Deputy General Manager @ Credendo

Jean Paul Steenbeke has a degree of Commercial Engineer and is the current head of Sales of Credendo – Short-Term Non-EU Risks, he is also Deputy General manager and Executive Board Member.  He has been at Credendo since 1995.  

Overseeing the sales of all entities of Credendo – Short-Term Non-EU Risks, he has contacts with quite some trading companies.

Florence Thiéry

Senior Country and Sector Risk Analyst @ Credendo

Florence Thiéry holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). She started to work as a teaching and research assistant at the University of Namur before entering the Federal Planning Bureau in 1999 where she mainly worked on EC-financed projects aimed at assessing the impact of fiscal and environmental policies at the macro and sectorial levels. She then joined Credendo in 2012 as a country and sector risk analyst, where she is more specifically in charge of the monitoring of the risks in European countries and in a range of sectors, among which commodities.

Moderator

Björn Crul

Moderator

Björn Crul is a business journalist, working for Belgian media such as Kanaal Z/Canal Z. He is founder and managing director of The Content Company, which produces written and audiovisual content for B2B customers, public institutions and non-profit organisations.