As a globally renowned leader in the metals and mining industry, I have successfully navigated companies through the complexities and cyclicality of the past 25 years. I have led market intelligence, strategic foresight, strategy, sales, marketing, trading, sourcing and origination activities to create billions of dollars of investments and market-winning strategies, delivering millions of tonnes of essential products to fuel sustainable prosperity. My career includes extensive experience working for and with many of the leading firms, experts, financiers, and industry bodies.My approach is rooted in deep industry knowledge and a commitment to building ethical, value-driven supply chains from mine to market, combining decades of experience with an unrivalled network.Having grown up and worked in mining and steel towns, I bring a unique understanding of the critical role that industry plays in communities and the essential role communities play in industry. I help clients achieve progress while creating value that benefits both companies and society.I established Ascentia Resources to help businesses create competitive advantages through strategic foresight, build sustainable supply chains, and to deliver the resources the world increasingly needs to advance.Ascentia Resources offers tailored, agile solutions that address today’s challenges while setting a foundation for tomorrow’s success. We collaborate closely with clients to identify growth opportunities, mitigate risks, and implement transformative strategies. By leveraging deep industry knowledge, robust forecasting, and a collaborative approach, we empower businesses to thrive in a world that demands both profitability and responsibility.We advise, co-create, reimagine, provide solutions, and see them through to completion – delivering value and advancing sustainable prosperity.www.ascentiaresources.comBase metals | Nickel | Copper | Battery metals | Lithium | Cobalt | Manganese | Stainless steel raw materials | Ferronickel | Chrome | Molybdenum | Stainless steel | Steel | Recycled materials | ScrapStrategy | Sales | Marketing | Pricing | Sourcing | M&A | Due diligence | Divestments | Investments | Financing | Project development | Leadership | Talent | News | Reports | Market Analysis | Forecasting | Demand | Competitors | Opportunities | Threats | Offtake | Royalties | Equity | Debt | Decarbonisation | Expert witnesses
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CeoAscentia Resources Ltd Nov 2024 - PresentAscentia Resources helps businesses create competitive advantages through strategic foresight, build sustainable supply chains, and deliver the resources the world increasingly needs to advance.Ascentia Resources offers tailored, agile solutions that address today’s challenges while setting a foundation for tomorrow’s success. We collaborate closely with clients to identify growth opportunities, mitigate risks, and implement transformative strategies. By leveraging deep industry knowledge, robust forecasting, and a collaborative approach, we empower businesses to thrive in a world that demands both profitability and responsibility.We advise, co-create, reimagine, provide solutions, and see them through to completion – delivering value and advancing sustainable prosperity.
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Principal Sourcing & Origination - MetalsAnglo American May 2023 - Oct 2024London, England, GbResponsible for Sourcing & Origination activities across Base metals, Battery materials, Precious metals, PGMs and Recycling. Accountable for the commercial value arising from creating, developing and driving the execution of Sourcing & Origination, its pipeline and deals that underpin the delivery of long term value within risk tolerances, governance frameworks and commodity strategies.Establishing and maintaining relationships with senior executives from prospective and existing counterparties, such as CEOs, CFOs, Heads of Business Development at miners, banks, financial institutions and funds worldwide.Developing and managing the pipeline of Sourcing & Origination opportunities. Due diligence of companies, projects and mines. Leading value adding interactions and negotiations with counterparties.Strengthening existing and new relationships with financial institutions, banks, debt and private equity funds to enable structured origination deals and the creation of ethical value chains from mines to end users. -
Principal Market Intelligence - Stainless Steel & Battery Raw MaterialsAnglo American Jul 2012 - Aug 2023London, England, GbHeadhunted to Anglo American to create the market intelligence function and help successfully bring to market a new production facility .Created the required customer knowledge and marketing strategy. Success here led to the integration of other production locations and products into the marketing sales book, leading to significant increases in sales volumes and value. Delivered a step-change in the knowledge of customers, competitors and the relative “value in use” of Anglo American products. Design and management of intelligence systems and market demand, supply and price forecasting models. Annual raw material price forecasts have been within 10% accuracy and often under 2%.Marketing strategy formulation, tactical sales planning, market development and term contract negotiations. Promotion and implementation of actionable insights, strategies, recommendations and commercial value generation initiatives to a range of stakeholders.Build out of Trading and Sourcing & Origination capability. Value adding interactions with counterparties.Identification of value growth in battery raw materials. Creation and implementation of the battery raw material strategy.Selected as Anglo American’s representative on the following external committees and working groups: World Economic Forum’s Global Battery Alliance, the International Energy Agency’s Taskforce on Critical Raw Materials for Electric Vehicles, the Nickel Institute’s Battery Taskforce, its Strategy & Planning Committee, and its Market Development Committee. Chairman of the International Nickel Study Group’s Industry Advisory Panel. Selected as part of a 4-person team of high potentials from Anglo American to co-locate in Berlin and later London, with BCG Digital Ventures to create innovative new businesses. Trained by IBM in agile and design thinking.
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Anglo American – Bcg Digital VenturesBcg Digital Ventures Sep 2017 - Jan 2019Manhattan Beach, California, UsCreating and leading the implementation of innovation and digitalisation. Leveraging the latest in agile, design thinking and sprint methodologies to identify, create and launch innovative and profitable new businesses. -
Business Intelligence Manager, Corporate Strategy And PlanningOutokumpu Aug 2006 - Jun 2012Helsinki, FiIn this role, Barry led Outokumpu's market intelligence function to provide industry leading intelligence and superior market insights concerning the external environment in which the company operated, and promoted foresight concerning industry dynamics, risks and opportunities. Barry worked with leaders of the organisation to utilise these insights to shape the organisations corporate and commercial strategy. He managed 4 direct reports and the wider company intelligence network.Responsibilities in this role included managing, developing and maintaining the mechanisms for the acquisition, generation and provision of value adding insight concerning stainless steel demand, raw material industries (e.g. nickel, ferrochrome, moly, scrap), end use industries, competitors, and the economic environment. Barry was involved in many strategic and commercial projects, leading market analysis for mergers and acquisitions, divestments and closures, market assessments, green and brownfield expansions, raw material investments, routes to market analysis and optimisation, marketing communications, promotional activities, customer satisfaction surveys, competitor positioning and market entry, involving all global regions.Trained as a change agent by McKinsey and played a key role in delivering strategic and commercial change.Barry was responsible for managing the BI core team, the company wide network and for promoting a knowledge culture throughout Outokumpu. During this time Barry was Vice Chairman of the International Nickel Study Group’s Industry Advisory Panel, 2011 to 2013; the official representative in the European Nickel Alloys Committee, 2008 to 2012; the official representative in the International Stainless Steel Forum’s Economics and Statistics Committee, 2005 to 2012; and the official representative in Eurofer’s Stainless Steel Trends Committee, 2004 to 2012. -
Business Intelligence Manager, Group MarketingOutokumpu Aug 2004 - Aug 2006Helsinki, FiDelivery of commercially focused insight.Member of the group’s Commercial Management team, which was responsible for company wide Commercial strategy.Active role in instigating and facilitating a group wide Commercial change program in association with a leading management consulting firm.Set-up and management of group BI intranet.
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Market And Sector Analyst, Group MarketingOutokumpu Sep 2002 - Aug 2004Helsinki, FiBarry joined Outokumpu's Group Marketing function following university as a Market & Sector Analyst on the Graduate Management Development Program. This program comprised modules designed to develop personal competences and effectiveness as well as organisational knowledge and international cultural appreciation. This was a multinational program and participants originated from business units in Finland, Sweden and the UK. Training modules took place in a variety of international locations. The main task within this role was to provide regular analysis of stainless steel markets to senior management and to use this knowledge to contribute to commercial strategy formulation. Barry was responsible for providing market intelligence via reports, presentations and the intranet. Barry managed many market studies for internal clients, and in addition to other international assignments, spent 3 months managing marketing projects in Sweden.
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Marketing - One-Year Industrial PlacementCastrol Sep 2000 - Sep 2001Pangbourne, Berkshire, GbBarry gained valuable experience working within this global business and on a number of marketing projects, as the business transitioned from a supplier of products mainly through distributors, to an integrated solutions and services provider. He was responsible for managing the company’s market intelligence system and for setting up its intranet. Marketing projects that he participated in included market research, internal/external communications, product rationalisation and marketing strategy. -
Summer WorkerVhe Construction Plc 1996 - 2000Chapeltown, England, GbVarious (summer) work at a variety of locations across England 1996-2002, e.g. Banksman, assisting Service Engineers with servicing and maintenance of earthmoving equipment, driving of various machinery.
Barry Jackson Education Details
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Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent UniversityManagement -
Sheffield Hallam UniversityBusiness
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Don Valley High SchoolA Levels
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Barry Jackson attended Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Sheffield Hallam University, Don Valley High School.
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