Thomas Pouzet

• Lead trading activities for finished, semi-finished steel products and raw materials across Sub-Saharan Africa, with a strong focus on West Africa. • Regional specialist, developing long-term commercial strategies tailored to the African market environment. • Manage and mentor a team of two traders, setting performance targets and ensuring professional growth. • Drive project development initiatives in Africa, including partnerships, new market entries, and investment opportunities. • Oversee commercial and financial risk management, including credit exposure, payment security, and market volatility mitigation. • Build and maintain high-level networks with African mills, distributors, and industrial customers, consolidating the company’s presence in emerging markets. • Coordinate logistics, shipping, and financing solutions to optimize supply chain efficiency. • Provide market intelligence and strategic insights on global and African steel and raw materials markets to senior management. • Oversee a strategic project in Africa including sourcing, overland sales, logistics coordination, and export from Africa.

• International Trading of Steel and related Raw Materials, Flat and Long products. • Market Analysis, Strategy and Business Development. • Sourcing from variety of origins in Far East, South Africa, U.A.E., CIS, Europe and North Africa. • Managing Sales accounts with major customers and suppliers in Middle East region, Italy and North Africa.

• Instrumental in the company set up from scratch, commercially and operationally. • Exclusively responsible for the distribution of Jotun Paints in the French Market. • Overseeing the Yachting and Megayacht range exclusively • Managing relationships with key clients, specifically retailers and shipyards • New business development and enhancement of client database • Marketing strategy and brand development to relaunch the brand in the French Market • Extensive travelling to promote the brand and develop client relationships internationally • Ensuring effective marketing collateral including brochures, flyers and advertising materials • First point of contact for media locally and internationally