Executive Board
Executive Board Policy
The Executive Board is made up of the Chairman, the two Vice-Chairmen, the Treasurer and the Executive Director. The past Chairman may also be invited, but not required, to serve on the Executive Board Committee. The Executive Board Committee will meet from time to time, as is necessary, to discuss and take action on matters of particular importance and urgency. The Executive Board Committee will also be charged with proposing a list of candidates for office to the General Assembly (IMnI organizational chart).
IMnI CHAIRMAN
Paul Desportes
Paul has a combined 30 years experience working at Eramet in the sales and marketing of raw materials for the steel industry. For the past 4 years, he has been in charge of the Commercial Department of the Mining & Metals Division covering all manganese, nickel and mineral sands products.
Paul is currently the Chairman of the International Manganese Institute .
MEMBERS
Branislav Klocok
IMnI Vice-Chairman and Managing Director
Branislav started to work for the Mn industry in 1999, when he first time joined OFZ. He worked his way through the marketing organization of the company and in 2006 he has joined Vale's Mn division. While in OFZ, he represented the company in several associations including IMnI.
In Vale, Branislav was responsible for global sales of Mn (more than two millions tons of Mn ore and half a million tons of Mn alloys) and also represented the company in IMnI as the chairman of the statistic's committees, member of M&C committee and also in the board of the association. In October 2012, Branislav rejoined OFZ as its Managing Director and is responsible for the strategy of the company. He also represents OFZ in IMnI.
Adrian Low
IMnI Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of OM Materials Singapore
Adrian Low has worked at OM Holdings, a vertically integrated manganese ore and ferroalloys company, for over 10 years and currently serves as the Managing Director of OM Materials Singapore, the group marketing and procurement arm.
Throughout his tenure, Adrian has held various positions and currently assumes responsitility for general sales and procurement, market research, and business development, with a secondary function in corporate strategy and relations.
Adrian holds a Master's in Finance from Princeton University and a bachelor's in Mathematics from the University of Chicago
Sergio Romero
IMnI Treasurer and Managing Director
Sergio Romero is Autlán EMD Managing Director. He joined Cegasa in 2001 after his Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering at Mondragon Unibertsitatea. Sergio held a number of different positions within Cegasa in its different businesses: Zinc Air Alkaline batteries, Lithium batteries, EMD and Cogeneration plant. He is Energía Portátil Cogeneración Chairman since 2019, a Joint Venture with Iberdrola. In 2020, Cegasa’s EMD business was acquired by Autlán, were Sergio has followed heading the EMD business.
Aloys d'Harambure
Executive Director
Aloys d’Harambure joined the IMnI in December 2014. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, with a Master’s of Science in Administration from l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal’s prestigious business school. Prior to joining the IMnI, he was the Business Analyst at the International Chromium Development Association.
