Christopher Dettling

Director at thyssenkrupp materials trading, responsible for their uk based trading team, covering finished materials (ferrous and non ferrous) and raw materials, including now industrial wood pellet and biomass. More broadly I sit within the global senior leadership team responsible for steering the strategic direction of the company. In practice this means strategic alignment with our traditional industrial customer base to help them navigate the fast changing world we live in be that through new technology and materials processing or the nebulous trading environment we live in today regards tariffs and quotas, or all things regulatory when we think of CBAM and carbon taxation. While we are considerable sized trading company in our own right moving 3Mmt of commodities a year we pride ourselves on perhaps being a little under the radar vs others which suits our long term view when it comes to both the markets we operate in but also our relationships with our customers and suppliers man