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Started in 1995 as an aluminum industry analyst. In 2007, founded HARBOR Aluminum and became Managing Director of Market Intelligence and Industry Consulting. Jorge is advisor to the world’s largest aluminum upstream and downstream companies on topics related to aluminum market intelligence, trade, prices, procurement/marketing strategy, and industry competitiveness. He has become the world’s most sought-after aluminum expert for legal disputes, arbitration cases, and government hearings. Mr. Vazquez has been advisor to the US Senate (Carl Levin and John McCain), US Department of Justice, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Defense, US International Trade Commission and the Canadian Trade Tribunal on matters related to the aluminum industry. Jorge is the only aluminum market expert that has ever been invited to testify on matters related to the aluminum market before the US Senate.

Tim Weiner has been with HARBOR for the past three years as the Head of the newly created autonomous Aluminum Pricing and Risk Management Unit. He comes to us from the Molson Coors Beverage Company (MillerCoors & SABMiller), where he was, among several other vital roles, responsible for overseeing the development and execution of all financial risk management & hedging strategies for their global commodities portfolios. He is a current member of the London Metals Exchange Physical Markets Committee and has over 25 years of risk management, asset management and trading experience.

Started his career in 2006 as a financial planning analyst for Alcoa. In 2008, became commercial liaison for Latin America for Alcoa’s Flat Rolled Products Group. In 2011, became marketing analyst for Alcoa’s Material Management Group. In 2014, joined HARBOR as Senior Aluminum Trade Analyst (slab, billet, PFA, WR and P1020).

Started in 2001 as macroeconomic analyst for HARBOR Intelligence. In 2006, became an aluminum analyst for HARBOR Aluminum. In 2007, became co-editor of HARBOR’s publications: Aluminum Market and Price & Premiums Outlook. In 2010, became Vice President of Aluminum Industry Analysis (scrap and primary aluminum markets).

Gerardo Solorio is a Senior Analyst of HARBOR’s Aluminum Intelligence Unit. He is co-editor of HARBOR’s Price Outlook and Intelligence Reports, specializing in futures prices and industry fundamentals. Gerardo joined HARBOR in 2010 and holds a Master’s degree in Investment Management from Imperial College London.

Mr. García is head of the Alumina & Bauxite unit of HARBOR Aluminum, lead of HARBOR’s Green Markets unit, and co-editor of HARBOR’s Production Intelligence Report. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from The University of Sydney, Australia.