LIBERTY Steel Group | Select another site to see content specific to your location Change site LIBERTY Steel Group Daksesh Patel President, Australia & USA Daksesh Patel (Dak) is a respected businessman, leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the Australian steel industry. Dak was the InfraBuild CEO from October 2019 to July 2021, delivering a strong performance turnaround during a global pandemic. In this role he set the foundations for future growth and oversaw a planned leadership transition to incoming CEO Vik Bansal. Dak has held senior leadership roles in privately-held businesses operating throughout the Oceania region. These businesses own and operate diversified portfolios in manufacturing, distribution and building products, including the steel industry, and collectively employ over 2000 people. Dak became Chairman of Energy Fiji limited in 2016 and oversaw its transition from a government owned statutory body into a newly corporatised entity in 2018. From 2019 to current, under Dak’s leadership, EFL achieved partial divestment with an aim to eventually list on the local stock exchange positioned as one of the few utilities in the region achieving a sustainable level of return on assets. Determined to drive a sustainable future, Dak is a key supporter of EFL’s commitment to the cultivation of clean, renewable sources of energy. Dak is married with two children and loves rugby union,. LIBERTY STEEL GROUP Contact Us 40 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7GG United Kingdom Legals Sitemap Careers © 2021 LIBERTY Steel Group

LIBERTY Steel Group | Select another site to see content specific to your location Change site LIBERTY Steel Group Arnaud de Weert Chief Operating Officer Arnaud de Weert joined GFG Alliance in June 2019 to lead ALVANCE, the group’s aluminium division, before being appointed COO for LIBERTY Steel Group in March 2020 whilst retaining an oversight role in ALVANCE. A highly-experienced industry leader, Mr de Weert, was previously CEO of aluminium producer Aludium, which is headquartered in Amsterdam and has mills in France and Spain. The Dutch national graduated in business economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and has spent most of his career in manufacturing; spearheading major change and growth programmes for large international enterprises in sectors including hygiene products, packaging, hand tools and power products, as well as aluminium, which has been his principal focus. Immediately prior to his role at Aludium, Mr de Weert was operating partner at Atlas, a US-based private equity firm which bought the Aludium assets from Alcoa. Before joining Atlas, he was North American President for Owens-Illinois, one of the world’s largest glass bottle makers and previously he’d held senior roles at global aluminium producers Constellium and Novelis. LIBERTY STEEL GROUP Contact Us 40 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7GG United Kingdom Legals Sitemap Careers © 2021 LIBERTY Steel Group