Advisory Roles
External Senior Advisor
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)
Strategic Advisor on Energy, Climate and Critical Raw Materials
Paris Peace Forum's Global Council for Responsible Transition Minerals
EU Critical Raw Materials Facility, Strategic Advisor
World Economic Forum, Securing Minerals for Energy and Technologies (SMET) International Trade Group, Member
War on the Rocks, 'Tanks, Tech and Tungsten', article co-authored with Fabian E. Villalobos and Khrystyna Holynska of the RAND Corporation, August 2025
McKinsey & Company, Global Materials Perspective 2025, October 2025
McKinsey & Company, Five building blocks to secure CRM supply for German industry, October 2025
EIES, Resources for Europe: Financing critical mineral supply chains, October 2025
Annales des Mines (BRGM), The current state of the EU's dependency and its policies, November 2025
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), report on strategic stockpiling, November 2025
Het Financieele Dagblad, interview in article about Greenland, January 2026
Ukraine, contributed to a McKinsey and Systemiq article about strategic minerals development, January 2026
Institut français des relations internationales, co-author of an ifri paper comparing the US and EU approaches towards critical minerals, March 2026
IEA, reviewer for the report on rare earth elements, April 2026
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Corporate Leaders Group Europe, reviewer for 'The European industry framework and lead markets', April 2026
EU Institute for Security Studies, reviewer for Chaillot Paper 189, 'Beijing's Critical Raw Material Weapon - and how to dismantle it', May 2026
Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, environment and Agriculture, contributor to white paper on unlocking Ukraine's first critical and strategic minerals projects, June 2026
International Energy Agency, Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2026, peer reviewer, July 2026
European Initiative for Energy Security, paper on the EU CRM Centre, July 2026
Policy Magazine (Canada), article on EU-Canada cooperation on CRMs, August 2026
Reviewer & Contributor
In Action as Speaker & Moderator
Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025), moderator panel discussion on critical mineral investment opportunities in Ukraine, 11 July 2025
CRU Silicon Market Forum 2025, 24 September 2025, speaker
Global Security and Innovation Summit, 22-23 October 2025, speaker on CRMs for defence
Resourcing Tomorrow, 4 November 2025, speaker on webinar about CRMs for defence
BBC News, Business Today, 10 November, news item on the first day of the COP30 climate talks
EU-Zambia Lobito Corridor Business Forum, moderator for CRM sessions, 12-14 November 2025
Antimony Day, moderator, 17 November 2025
Aluminium Summit 2025, panellist, 18 November 2025
UK-Africa-Middle East Critical Minerals Forum (MENAF), panellist, 25 November 2025
Resourcing Tomorrow, London Mining Week, panellist plenary and leadership roundtable sessions on minerals for defence, 1-4 December 2025
OECD-World Bank Group High-Level Conference, panellist on global trends and trade dynamics, 5 December 2025
Extractives Podcast, in conversation with Sheila Khama discussing Europe's critical minerals approach, 28 January 2026
IFRI/EIES roundtable on financing critical raw material value chains, March 2026, moderator
Euromines, 30th anniversary, fireside chat with the President, Jan Moström, April 2026
Cobalt Congress, panellist on geopolitics, May 2026
EIT RawMaterials Summit, moderator, May 2026
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, expert witness at hearing on critical raw materials for defence, May 2026
Eumicon 'Raw Talks' podcast #4, interviewee, June 2026
Institut National du Service Public (INSP), discussion with officials on senior management training programme (CSPA), June 2026
L'Institut des Hautes Etudes par les Sciences et la Technologie (IHEST), discussion of European sovereignty, decarbonisation and industrial policy with the 2026 national cycle cohort, June 2026
University of Cambridge & Sciences Po, between de-risking and interdependence: rethinking Europe-China relations, panellist, June 2026
American Bar Association, critical minerals conference, panellist, July 2026