About

Boris has more than 16 years experience in management, commercial and financial roles. Prior to founding Open Mineral AG, he was with Glencore for 8 years in various functions including CFO of Kazzinc, Asset Manager for their base and precious metal mines and smelters, in addition to working as a trader of zinc, lead, copper, gold and silver concentrates. Boris also has extensive experience in finance – particularly private equity and venture capital – having spent a number of years at Pacific Corporate Group. Boris obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Wen joins Open Mineral with 30 years of experience in nonferrous metal trading with specific expertise in copper, lead, zinc and gold markets. Wen brings with her in-depth concentrate market knowledge following many years as a trader at Mark Rich Co Ag, in addition to further regional experience as a result of setting up and running her own trading business, Sunny Water. In addition, Wen has lead a number of regional and global businesses including heading up the operations of Cliveden and MRI Shanghai.

David has more than 8 years of experience in commercial and management roles. Before Open Mineral AG, he worked at Glencore for 4 years in Perú in the roles of zinc/lead trader, traffic, and in charge of zinc blending/ logistics operations. Prior to that, he worked at Hochschild Mining in their commercial and finance departments; he has also experience in consulting, specifically in risk management and cost optimization. David obtained his MBA at I.E. Business School and his B.A in Business at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima.

Ilona is a member of the senior management team and is in charge of Strategic Projects and Partnerships. She brings to Open Mineral extensive experience in strategy consulting and business development. She started her career at McKinsey&Co in Moscow and Buenos Aires and subsequently held a range of leadership positions in financial institutions such as BBVA and Credit Suisse driving corporate programs in product development, procurement and marketing. Ilona has rich international experience having lived and worked over the last 20 years in Russia, USA and several European and Latin American countries. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in International Commerce from MGIMO (Moscow).

Max has around ten years experience across commodities and dry-bulk shipping in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Open Mineral, Max worked as a Shipbroker at Howe Robinson Partners in London and Shanghai. More recently, Max was a Chartering Manager for ship owner Torvald Klaveness, during which he serviced a broad portfolio of industrial clients from multi-national traders to Chinese state owned mining conglomerates. Max studied Chinese language and literature at East China University and obtained an MBA with Distinction from Warwick Business School. In addition to his native English, Max is a fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.