Speakers

Stay tuned for the full Pb2025 Conference programme, which will be released soon including additional exciting speakers.

Confirmed Pb2025 speakers

Andy Bush

Executive Director, International Lead Association

Opening Remarks

Florian von Steinkeller

Executive General Manager, Glencore

Risk and opportunities in lead and ILA’s role supporting the industry’s positioning

James Griffiths

Analyst – Base Metals, CRU London

Global lead market trends and issues

Chihab Boucheffa

Senior Strategy Consultant, KPMG

Lead battery market forecast

Christian Rosenkranz

Vice President Industry and Governmental Relations EMEA, Clarios

Automotive lead battery and low voltage power train trends

Alistair Davidson

Executive Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation

The future for lead battery technology – recent developments and future performance

Huw Roberts

Director, CHR Metals Limited

Is China on the path to a significant structural surplus in lead supply?

Lisa Allen

Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association

Navigating EU Legislation on Lead: The Battery Regulation and Beyond

Susan Bernard

Vice President, Government Relations and Sustainability,, Battery Council International

US regulatory outlook

Jianbin Meng

Director of Economics and Environment, ILZSG

Recent domestic policy developments and their implication for China’s lead industry

Hugo Brodie

Head of Sustainability and Physical Market Development, London Metal Exchange

The LME: facilitating digitisation and trusted sustainable transparency in the global lead market

Mark Stevenson

Director, Global Lead Technologies

The future of responsible lead production

Steve Binks

Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association

Lead Battery 360: A new assurance framework promoting responsible practices in the lead battery value chain

Georg Meckl

VP of Technical Projects and Decarbonisation, Exide

Carbon footprint of lead acid batteries – requirements, methods and reduction

Mark DeLaquil

Partner, Baker Law

US lead battery recyclers communications program

Flávio Bruno de Sousa

Director of Metallurgy, Procurement, and Sustainability, Grupo Moura

Moura Batteries New Recycling Facility Project

Confirmed lead exposure management workshop speakers

Steve Binks

Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, International Lead Association

Opening Remarks

Cris Williams

Senior Scientist Health, International Lead Association

SPHERL – Key findings from the 8-year longitudinal workplace epidemiology study

Susan Bernard

Vice President, Government Relations and Sustainability, Battery Council International

Update on BCI’s Voluntary Blood Lead Program

Maxime Castes

EHS Manager, EUROBAT

EU lead battery industry progress on workplace lead exposure management

Yanni Hereng

Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Officer, International Lead Association

Global lead industry progress on workplace lead exposure management

Jackie Morton

Principal Scientist, UK Health & Safety Executive

Alternative biological monitoring approaches for determining lead exposure

Adrian Sims

LEV Specialist, Vent-Tech Ltd

Control of lead exposure using Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)

Stewart Ayrey

Senior Application Engineering Specialist, 3M United Kingdom Plc

Advancements in Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) Design and Maintenance: Enhancing Workplace Safety and Compliance

Lorena Díaz

EHS Corporate Director, Exide Technologies

Awareness raising and verification initiatives for LIB reduction

Mónica Jiménez

EHS Manager Motion & Recycling Division, Exide Technologies

Awareness raising and verification initiatives for LIB reduction

Enrique Pérez

EHS Manager Automotive Division, Exide Technologies

Awareness raising and verification initiatives for LIB reduction

Uwe Ambrecht

Specialist in General Medicine, Naturopathy and Sports Medicine, Clarios

Workplace Medical Surveillance 

Stephanie Geerts

Head Health & Safety, Campine

Blood lead reduction programme Campine

Toby Williams

HSEC Director, Britannia Refined Metals

Glencore “Lead Safety” awareness campaign – you have a choice