Bernd Schäfer

Bernd Schäfer is CEO and Managing Director of EIT RawMaterials, the world‘s largest innovation community in the raw material sector; mandated by the European Commission to manage the European Raw Materials Alliance. 
Previously, he was CEO of apt Group, a leading European aluminium company, and Vice President Commercial for Global Commercial Transportation and Industrial at Alcoa, overseeing global markets, innovation and technology strategy. He was a board member of the trade association of the aluminium industry and the umbrella of metal-producing companies in Germany until 2020.