Arabal

Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Public Business Sector, Egypt

The Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL) combines a strategic conference with an international exhibition. It is the premium trade event for the Middle East’s aluminium industry and the only conference attended by every primary smelter in the region.

This will be the 24th edition of ARABAL. The event will be hosted by Egyptalum in Cairo, Egypt from 29th November to 1st December 2022.

Today ARABAL sees the participation of more than 500 top executives who attend its conference, and thousands who visit its exhibition.

HOST (2022)

Egyptalum (Egyptian Aluminium Company) is the largest aluminium producer in Egypt and one of the largest in Africa. Established in 1969, the Egyptalum Aluminium smelter is located at Nag’ a Hammady, some 100 km north from Luxor governorate and is supplied with the electric energy it needs from the Aswan High Dam. Egyptalum smelter has 6 production lines with a total annual production of around 320,000 tonnes.

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Hassan ElArdy

Vice President for Power systems for Northeast Africa and Levant,

Schneider Electric

Hassan is currently leading Schneider Electric as NEAL Power Systems VP, with more than 28 years of experience. Hassan is an innovative, profit-oriented Vice President with demonstrated success in increasing revenues, market share, and earnings. Creating and developing successful partnerships and market channels and achieving cost reductions.
Hassan has led SE to achieve the maximum results with effective planning, leading business, organizational transformation, and communication skills as well as a solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving solutions. After 2 years in OGP operations, he has joined Schneider Electric in 1995, since then he started leading the company to be one of the pioneers in the field of digital transformation & energy management solutions in NEAL. Previously Hassan has held different positions starting with the design office, moving to the project management, and then joining sales world where he could draw the main strategic policies inside SE to keep up with the market needs and trends.
As board member of Schneider Electric Distribution and one of the leadership team Schneider Electric NEAL Cluster; he led the company global direction to move forward more digitized Energy management and advisory company.
During this journey he has held the strategic move of Transactionalizing the power system activity all over the cluster to keep Schneider intimacy with key decision makers and executives all over the cluster presenting Schneider in most governmental and strategic events to sustain company leadership position in full coherence with the company profitable growth plans.
Hassan proudly succeeded to develop and incorporate pricing, sales and sales channel creation, development, customer service, cost reduction, and technological strategies. Facilitate delivery of end-to-end customer experience. Reputation as a change agent with the ability to analyze issues, devise continuous process improvements, and incorporate business process outsourcing initiatives to increase efficiency, streamline operations, and decrease aggregate expenses with limited resources. Talent for analyzing competitive landscape, conducting research, and aligning product offerings with customer requirements which translates into optimized product development and implementation costs.

Ali Al-Baqali

Chief Executive Officer,

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)

Appointed as the CEO on 13 February 2020, Al Baqali has been part of the Alba family for
more than 2-decades and brings years of thought leadership and honed experience from
within the Company. Al Baqali joined Alba as a Purchasing Officer in 1998 then moved further
up the ranks to become Manager for Procurement (2010), Chief Financial Officer (2013),
Deputy CEO and Chief Supply Chain Officer (2017) and Acting CEO (2019). In his Executive
Management roles, Al Baqali has been instrumental in Alba’s landmark Line 6 Expansion
Project, especially in securing the US$3 billion financing for the Project and formulating
sourcing strategies for key raw materials. As a Bahraini who grew from within Alba, Al Baqali believes
that Alba’s growth and success depend heavily on the Company’s entrenched principles on Safety, Development of Human Capital, Social and Civic Responsibility as well as Community Development. Al Baqali places Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) matters at the top his priorities; his beliefs have translated into Alba establishing c.US$40 million first-of-its-kind Spent Pot Lining Treatment Plant Project, achieving the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Certification, setting-up a Fish Farm at the Calciner & Marine Operations amongst many other initiatives.
Al Baqali was recognised as one of the top business leaders in the Forbes Top CEOs in the Middle East 2021, and his leadership skills has placed Alba as one of the top Bahraini companies in the Forbes Top 100 Companies in the Middle East 2021.

He is also a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), UK; Deputy Chairman of the International Aluminum Institute (IAI), Member of the board of INJAZ, Member of the Board, Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC), Member of GCC Board Directors Institute, Member of the Board, St. Christopher’s School, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bahrain Polytechnic and is on the Board of Tenmou, the first Bahraini Business Angels Company.
Ali holds a B.Sc. degree in Accounting from the University of Bahrain and an MBA from the French Arabian Business School – ESSEC.

Executive MBA from Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, USA; MBA from the French Arabian Business School, ESSEC and a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Bahrain.

Senior Consultant	Advisian
Senior Consultant	Advisian
Sales & Marketing Derictor	Al Taiseer Group Talco industrial Company
Group Chief Executive Officer	Al Taiseer Group Talco industrial Company
Sr. Manager Business Development	AlCircle Pte Ltd
Deputy General Manager	AlCircle Pte Ltd
Country Manager	Aleastur Group
C.O.O	Aleastur Group
C.O.O	Aleastur Group
Area Manager	Aleastur Group
Technical Director	Alprof
Tehnic Quality Director	Alro S.A
Research & Development Manager	Alro S.A
Chief Operation Officer	Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)
Commercial Sales Director	Aluminium International Today
CEO	Aluminium United Group
President	AluQubec
Project Manger	August Mssner GmbH + Co. KG
Chairman	Bahrain Aluminium Extrusion company (Balexco)
Senior Director	Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company
MANAGING DIRECTOR	BAHRAIN RECYCLING PLANT
OPERATIONS HEAD	BAMCO
Vice President and General Manager	Bechtel
Aluminium & Alumina Centre of Excellence	Bechtel
General Manager Europe Africa Middle East	Bechtel
General Manager	Bechtel
Business Development Manage Middle East	Bechtel
GM- ME	Bisley Chemicals Trading LLC
Head of Government Affairs and Market Communications, Importer Regions	BMW Group
CEO	Cairo Metal Trade
Deputy Director	Carborundum Universal Limited
CEO	Carborundum Universal Limited
General Manager- MKTG	Carborundum Universal Limited
Head Of R&D	Carborundum Universal Limited
President - Marketing	Chandi Steel Industries limited
Senior sales	Clauser Group
Head Office Manager	Clauser Group
Head of Primary Aluminium and Recycled Metal Analysis	CRU
Principal Consultant	CRU
	D.I.C.
Trader	DL HUDSON Ltd
Sales Manager	Ducab Metals Business
DMB CEO	Ducab Metals Business
Director	Duys Engineering Group
Director	Duys Engineering Group
Manager - Events Projects & Governance	EGA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT	EGA
Chief Executive Officer	Egyptalum
CFO	Egyptalum
Financial Department	Egyptalum
Financial Department	Egyptalum
Financial Department	Egyptalum
Financial Department	Egyptalum
Financial Department	Egyptalum
Head of Procurement Sector	Egyptalum
Procurement department	Egyptalum
Procurement department	Egyptalum
Procurement department	Egyptalum
Procurement department	Egyptalum
Foreign Sales Manager	Egyptalum
GB Domistic Sales	Egyptalum
Foreign Sales department Manager	Egyptalum
Export Deartment Manager	Egyptalum
Sales Department	Egyptalum
Sales Department	Egyptalum
Logistics Manager	Egyptalum
Sales Department	Egyptalum
Logistics Manager	Egyptalum
Legal Counsel	Egyptalum
Legal Department	Egyptalum
Administration Office	Egyptalum
Administration Office	Egyptalum
Head Of Engineering sectors	Egyptalum
Engineering sectors	Egyptalum
Engineering sectors	Egyptalum
Head Of Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Head Of Production Sectors	Egyptalum
Production Sectors	Egyptalum
Production Sectors	Egyptalum
Head Of Forming Sectors	Egyptalum
Forming Sectors	Egyptalum
Forming Sectors	Egyptalum
Forming Sectors	Egyptalum
Factories Sector	Egyptalum
Factories Sector	Egyptalum
Factories Sector	Egyptalum
Factories Sector	Egyptalum
Factories Sector	Egyptalum
Administration Dept.	Egyptalum
Administration Dept.	Egyptalum
GM of Chairman Office	Egyptalum
I T	Egyptalum
GM Of Security Department	Egyptalum
HR Department Manager	Egyptalum
Forming Sectors	Egyptalum
Production Sectors	Egyptalum
EX CEO	Egyptalum
EX CEO	Egyptalum
CHAIRMAN	Egyptalum
Member of the Board	Egyptalum
Member of the Board	Egyptalum
Member of the Board	Egyptalum
EX-Manging Director	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
Technical sectors	Egyptalum
GM Of Domistic procurement	Egyptalum
Chairman of the Workers' Union	Egyptalum
Managing Director	EKW Middle East FZE
Excetive Member	Elvalhalcor
Technical Advisor to CEO	Emirates Global Aluminium
Vice President	Emirates Global Aluminium
Senior Vice President Government Relations	Emirates Global Aluminium
SENIOR MANAGER	EMIRATES GLOBAL ALUMINIUM
Senior Vice President Government Relations	Emirates Global Aluminium
Senior Director, Marketing & Sales - Asia	Emirates Global Aluminium "EGA"
Lead Engineer- Technology Transfer Business	Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
Manager	Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
Chief Supply Chain & Bus. Dev. Officer	Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA_)
Co-Founder & Director	Extrucoat21
	FATA S.P.A
Manager	Federal Arab Transport Co
Partner and Director of Hydrocarbon Division	Fishawy & Shazly
VP SALES & MARKETING	FIVES ALUMINIUM DIVISION
Regional Sales Director Middle East & North Africa	FIVES ALUMINIUM DIVISION
Sales Manager	FIVES SERVICES GULF
Managing Director	FIVES SOLIOS
Senior Contract Performance Manager	GE Gas Power
Business Development Leader, Decarbonization Strategy & Partnerships	GE Gas Power Europe, Middle East & Africa
Sales Director Gas Power	General Electric Vernova
International Sales Representative	GIGASENSE AB
Sales Manger	Gouda Refractories BV
CEO	Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C
Chief Executive Officer	Gulf Fluor L.L.C
Cheif Executive Officer	GULF MARKETS INTERNATIONAL W.L.L
Founder	GULF MARKETS INTERNATIONAL W.L.L
Chairman	GULF MARKETS INTERNATIONAL W.L.L
REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR	GULF MARKETS INTERNATIONAL W.L.L
Engineering Manager	Hatch
Partner	HFW
Manging Director	HOESCH Metallurgie GmbH
Regional Sales Manager	HOESCH Metallurgie GmbH
Metallurgical Engineering	HOESCH Metallurgie GmbH
Business Development Director	Huawei Digital Power
Managing Director	Hydro Aluminium Asia Pte.Ltd
PRESIDENT	ICTC
Business Development Manager	ICTC
MARKETING MANAGER	ICTC
Cheif Executive Officer	IMPEC
Senior sales	IMPEC
Vice President	Indiano Global LLC
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER	INNOVATION WORLDWIDE DMCC
Secretary General	International Aluminium Institute
	Jam Trading Company
CEO	Jam Trading Company
CEO	K Home International
President & CEO	KAN-NAK
MANAGER SALES AND PROJECTS	KAN-NAK SA
Plant Manager	Kandil group
Bussiness Development Manager	Kandil group
Civil and Structural consultant	Kandil group
CEO	Kemet
Acting Senior Manager - Commercial & Business Development	KEZAD GROUP
Sr. Specialist - Commercial & Business Development	KEZAD Group
Sales Director	Kwan Tee Limited
Director	Kwan Tee Limited
Vice President for Sustainability	London Metal Exchange
General Manager	M&G RESOURCING LLC
Senior Specialist, Digital Reach I	MA'ADEN
Vice President, Aluminium Sales & Marketing	MaÕaden
Sales Manager - Middle East	Magneco-Metrel
Senior sales	Magneco-Metrel
DIRECTOR	Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt Ltd
DIRECTOR	Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt Ltd
General Director	Master Solutions
Director	Masturlal Private Limited
Sales Manager	MENA Carbon
Sales Manager	MENA Carbon
Director	MENA Carbon
Director	MENA Carbon
Ex Chairman	Metal Industries Holding
Chief Executive Officer	MIDAL CABLES COMPANY LIMITED
Director	MIDAL CABLES COMPANY LIMITED
Manager	MOH
Senior Associate	Mumtalakat
Head of Manufacturing Sector	National Program of Ecconomic diversification
	P-D Refractories GmbH
Owner & Chief Executive Officer	Pan Gulf Steel
Area Manager Sales & Engineering	Precimeter Control AB
CEO	ProfilGlass
Senior Operations Director	Progesys International
Managing Director	Protrade
Deputy General Manager	Protrade
Sales Manager	PSI Metals Non Ferrous GmbH
Sales Manager	Pyrotek
CEO	Qatar Aluminum Extrusion Company
CEO	R&D Carbon Ltd
Managing Director	REEL Alesa
Vice President , Sales & BD - BU A&C	REEL Aluminium Inc
DIRECTOR - BU ANODE & CASTING	REEL GmbH
Director Business Development	REEL International
Director Aluminium Division	REEL International
Head of Sales & Marketing	REEL Norway AS
Managing Director	Refratechnik Ceramics GmbH
Technical Sales Manager	REFRATECHNIK Steel GmbH
Business Unit Director	RIEDHAMMER GMBH
Sales Manager	RIEDHAMMER GMBH
Sales Director	Rio tinto
Services & Products Director	Rio tinto
Director, Marketing & Planning	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Manager, Hot Mill Operations	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Lead Engineer, Process Engineering II	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Director, Operations MRC	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Section Head, Sales Asia	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Director, Strategy and Financial Performance	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Director, Primary Aluminum Sales	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Manager, Inventory Management & Logistic	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Senior Representative, Documentation I	SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)
Vice President for Power systems for Northeast Africa and Levant	Schneider Electric
Managing Partner	Schrder Schmierstofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Managing Partner	Schrder Schmierstofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Chief Executive Officer	Setinternational Lda
Sales and Technical Support Engineer	SEW-EURODRIVE FZE
Managing Director	SEW-EURODRIVE FZE
GPC/ CPC Director	Sinoway Carbon Co Ltd
SVP Industry Division	Skamol Group
CEO	SMF laser
General Manager Human Resources and Corporate Affairs	Sohar Aluminium
General Manager Strategy & Growth	Sohar Aluminium
Operation Director	Sohar Aluminium
Chief Financial Officer	Sohar Aluminium
Anode Plant Manager	Sohar Aluminium
Casthouse & Port Manager	Sohar ALUMINIUM
Legal Counsel	Sohar Aluminium Company LLC
General Manager - Business Development	Special Technical Services L.L.C
DCEO	Specta Gulf FZE
Head Of Gulf Office	Specta Gulf FZE
President	STAS Inc
Procurement Expert	STAS NV
Metals Strategy	Steelmet SA
Co-Head of Base Metal Sales	StoneX Financial Limited
Vice President	StoneX Financial Limited
Director Storvik AS	Storvik AS
Director Storvik Iceland	Storvik AS
Manager Cast Products	Storvik AS
CEO Storvik Group	Storvik AS
SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER	SUMITOMO CORPORATION MIDDLE EAST FZE
Managing parnter	T.T Tomorrow Technology S.P.A
Group CEO	Taha Resource Management GmbH
Senior Business Development	Tata International
Managing Director	Tazeez Trading
Business Development Manager	Techmo
Head of Corporate Sales	The London Metal Exchange
Head of Trading	Tiberius
CEO	Tiberius
Sales Director Cathodes	Tokai COBEX
Sales Director Cathodes	Tokai COBEX
Director Technology & Development	Tokai COBEX GmbH
Chief Commercial Officer	Tokai COBEX GmbH
Sales Manager Cathodes	Tokai COBEX GmbH
Director Technology & Development	Tokai COBEX GmbH
Managing Director	United Integration for Metal Extrusion & Coating WLL
General Manager	United Integration for Metal Extrusion & Coating WLL
Sales & Marketing Director	Vimetco Tranding SRL
Area Sales Manager - UAE	Wagstaff, Inc.
VP CFO and Treasurer	Wagstaff, Inc.
Tx manager	We company
Research Director	Wood Mackenzie
Vice Chairman of Metals and Mining	Wood Mackenzie
Trader	Zopco SA

ARABAL

HOST (2022)

Dhafer AbuHetlahi

Vice President , Technical Services,

Ma’aden

Zaid Aljanabi

Principal Consultant,

CRU

Diana France

Partner,

HFW

Ghannam Al Ghannam

Vice President, Aluminum Sales & Marketing

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden)

Dr Eng Mahmoud Agour

Chief Executive Officer,

Egyptalum

Paul Williams

Head of Aluminium,

CRU

Agnello Borim

Chief Operating Officer,

Sohar Aluminium

Christoph Eibl

CEO

Tiberius

Waleed Tamimi

Chief Supply Officer,

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)

Abdullah Alghamdi

MRC President,

Ma’aden

René von Kaenel

President & CEO,

KAN-NAK

Miles Prosser

Secretary General,

International Aluminium Institute

Khalid A. Latif

Chief Marketing Officer

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)

Julian Kettle

Vice Chairman of Metals and Mining,

Wood Mackenzie

Hugo Brodie

Vice President – Group CEO Office (Sustainability and Commodities Strategy),

London Metal Exchange

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban

Chief Executive Officer,

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

Enrique Sela

Bahrain Country Manager,

Aleastur

Solimon Solimon

Partner and Director of Hydrocarbon Division,

Fishawy & Shazly

Said Al Masoudi

CEO,

Sohar Aluminium

Hassan ElArdy

Vice President for Power systems for Northeast Africa and Levant,

Schneider Electric

Yasin Kasirga

Business Development Leader, Decarbonization Strategy & Partnerships,

GE Gas Power Europe, Middle East & Africa

Ali Al-Baqali

Chief Executive Officer,

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)

Mohamed Madkour

Business Development Direct,

Huawei Digital Power

Christian Bahoo

Head of Government Affairs and Market Communications, Importer Regions,

BMW Group

Christian Hermetschweiler

Head of Trading,

Tiberius

Ehab El Alwany

Head-Marketing Sector,

Egyptalum

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)