The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Brussels, has announced that the association’s President Ranjit Baxi has secured the support of Michael Lion to assist in enhancing the promotion and regional impact of BIR’s upcoming World Recycling Convention, 22-24 May 2017 in Hong Kong.
Lion will be acting as special adviser during the preparation for this BIR event, sharing with the BIR Convention Department his in-depth knowledge of the Asian business community.
Lion is the president of Everwell Resources Ltd. of Hong Kong as well as president of Lion Consulting Asia Ltd., a company that until September 2016 exclusively consulted to Sims Metal Management Ltd. for 18 years. During this time, he served as chairman of Sims Metal Management Asia Ltd. for eight years and as a member of the Sims Metal Management Ltd.’s senior global management.
His career in the global nonferrous metals, commodity and financial services industries spans almost 50 years, focusing primarily on the global sourcing, marketing and trading of nonferrous scrap and primary metals, including helping to pioneer the development of China and other Asian markets as consumers of international nonferrous scrap in the early 1970s, BIR says. During his career, he has been engaged in the metals industry as an executive, principal and former owner of international scrap and prime trading and organisations dealing with the London Metal Exchange (LME) ring. He was an original member of the LME secondary aluminium subcommittee that ultimately established the exchange’s initial contract in that commodity.
Lion has played an active role in BIR since 1971. Currently, he serves as chairman of BIR’s International Trade Council (ITC) and as a member of its Advisory Council. Prior to this, he held various positions, including several mandates as president of the Non-Ferrous Metals Division and chairman of the Membership Committee.
He is a past president of the former British Secondary Metals Association and a regular contributor on international nonferrous industry topics via trade conference appearances and international trade press commentaries.