Contributors Acknowledgements The World Economic Forum would like to extend their gratitude to the following individuals for their valuable contributions to this report. The paper does not necessarily reflect the views of these individuals and/or their organizations. Expert advice is purely consultative in nature and does not imply any association with the takeaways or conclusions presented within this paper. Saleem Ali Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware Dylan Bos Senior Policy Advisor International Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands Catherine Chevauche Circular Economy Director, Veolia Inhee Chung Corporate Vice President, Corporate Sustainability Center, Samsung Electronics America Alex Colloricchio Data Analyst, Circle Economy Wouter de Groot Senior Director of Group Sustainability, VELUX Marc Delobelle Head of Fossil-free Materials Purchasing, AB Volvo Mark Draeck Chief Technical Advisor on SWITCH2Circular, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Paul Ekins Professor of Resources and Environment Policy, University College London (UCL)Tim Forslund Circular Economy Specialist, SITRA (Finnish Innovation Fund) Naoko Ishii Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo Latifahaida Latif Assistant Director, ASEAN Secretariat, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tania Laurençont International Chair, ISO TC82/SC7 Sustainable mining and mine closure, International Standards Organization (ISO) Marvin Nusseck Senior Strategist, Finance Programme, Circle Economy Ntokozo Nzimande Deputy Director General, Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Government of South Africa Henrique Pacini Silva Economic Affairs Officer, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Bruno Pelli Global Mining Technical Services Director, Vale James Pennington Global Director for Sustainability Services, Lenovo Group Inga Petersen Executive Director, Global Battery Alliance (GBA) Janez Potočnik Co-Chair, International Resource Panel (IRP)Lead author Jack Barrie Lead, Global Materials Cooperation, World Economic ForumSupporting authors Anis Nassar Manager, Materials Systems, World Economic Forum Ralitza Naydenova Specialist, World Economic Forum The Future of Materials Systems: Cooperation Opportunities in a Multipolar World 31

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