Jon chaired the employers’ body, UK Steel for 5 years, and jointly chaired the UK Steel Council with the Secretary of State for Business, which advises government and provides strategic leadership to the sector. In addition to a distinguished career in the UK, Jon held top positions over a five-year period in the USA. Jon was awarded the prestigious Bessemer Gold Medal in 2019 and is a Fellow of the institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Jon has a passion for developing the skills of young people and is the founder and official ambassador for Industrial Cadets, the programme inspired and supported by HRH The Prince of Wales  which seeks to inspire young people to pursue a career in industry.

From 2014 to 2018, he was Australian High Commissioner to the UK. He has also served as Executive Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus.

In 2004, Mark joined General Electric (GE) as General Counsel of GE Insurance Solutions based in Kansas City before being appointed in 2006 to lead GE’s legal and regulatory affairs for EMEA based in Brussels. From 2009 to 2018, Mark served as GE’s President & CEO for the UK and Ireland, which involved acting as corporate leader for GE’s UK-based industrial businesses in thermal and nuclear power, aviation, healthcare & bioscience, renewables, transportation, water, energy management & grid, oil & gas, and digital industrial. In this role, Mark worked closely with the UK government and the devolved administrations, as well as with key customers and other stakeholders. Mark retired from GE in Jan 2018.

He was also a company director for the family firm, Kimbolton Fireworks.

In parliament, Lord Lancaster became a government minister in 2012 when he was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. Later, he became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel before his appointment as Minister of State for the Armed Forces in 2017 until 2019. Lord Lancaster took up his seat in the House of Lords in September 2020.

Henri then took up the reins as Chairman and CEO of EDF in November 2009, serving the company for over five years.

Between 2004 and 2014, Anne held several senior executive positions for the internet business solutions group Cisco. She co-founded software start-up Mentis in 2014 and served as CEO until 2017.

She currently sits on the board of four companies – Orange, Pernod-Ricard, Inditex (Zara) and FFP (Peugeot Family).

Throughout his career, Sigieri has worked for several financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan. He was the Founder CEO and Chairman of GWM Financial Group and Chief Executive Officer of Danish renewable energy listed group Greentech A.S. Sigieri is today Founder and Executive Chairman of Italian private equity firm Armōnia SGR and Chairman of the Pallavicini Family Holding.

Peter subsequently joined General Electric as a President and CEO for Central & Eastern Europe before taking on the whole European operation.

Peter currently runs his own business advisory and was recently appointed a supervisory board member for OTE a.s., the Czech electricity and gas market operator.

Following his return to Romania, Cristian spent a decade as GE’s President & CEO for Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova. He was a board member of Banca Italo – Romena and Exim Bank Chisinau. He is currently a board member of Chimcomplex SA Borzesti, ISEO Feroneria Arad and Hospital Monza.

Michael has managed companies in Europe, the USA, South America and Asia and held multiple board memberships across the steel industry. In 1988, he became Managing Director of international steel trading company Novosteel SA before becoming the sole owner from 2000 until 2007. More recently, he was Managing Director and Executive Director for Nucor Trading SA.

Michael served as Chief Executive of Liberty Steel USA from 2018 to 2020.

Nominated by President Barack Obama, he served as Secretary of Transportation from 2009 to 2013. During his tenure, he oversaw the construction or replacement of 350,000 miles of highway, repair of 20,000 bridges and renewal or construction of 6,000 miles of rail track. As Secretary for Transportation, Ray was in overall control of an agency with 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget.

Ray currently serves as Senior Adviser to The Dirksen Congressional Centre and is co-chair of Building America’s Future, which pushes for improvements in the nation’s infrastructure.

Ray was awarded an Order of Australia for his service to the steel industry and service to disadvantaged youth. Ray was appointed to the LIBERTY Steel Group board in April 2020 as an independent non-executive director and remains an independent non-executive director of InfraBuild.

Simon has served as Chairman of Australia’s peak scientific research organisation, CSIRO and was the Founding President of the Australian Takeovers Panel.  He was appointed as a non-executive director of National Australia Bank earlier this year. He was Australian of the Year in 2011 in recognition of his support of a wide range of philanthropic causes including in the areas of medical research, global aid, disability and homelessness.

Michael was at Nyrstar for a decade, where he was responsible for operations employing around 3,000 people at seven sites in Europe, USA and Australia, and led the US$500m flagship project to completely revitalise the ageing Port Pirie lead smelter in South Australia.

His positions have included among others Founding Board Director of the Lowry Institute for International Policy, Board Director of Asialink, Chairman of Bank of Western Australia and Australian Ambassador to China between 1985 and 1988.

Ross is also a prolific writer, contributing to 48 books as an author and editor as well as numerous influential articles in scholarly journals.