Founder & Managing Director

Sergey Belskiy

Founder & Managing Director, Metal Supply Experts GmbH — Zug, Switzerland

Thirty years across commodities, metals, advanced materials, and supply‑chain architecture. Board-level mandates, P&L ownership, M&A and post-merger value creation, and ESG / CBAM integration.

Sergey Belskiy
ZugSwitzerland

Profile

Global executive with thirty years of full-cycle commercial, operational, and capital execution in commodity-driven sectors.

Full-cycle leadership in physical and derivative trading, supply chain and logistics, P&L ownership, M&A and post-merger integration, risk and hedging, ESG and CBAM compliance, tokenised settlement, and data-driven control towers. Directed approximately $4.5B annual turnover and managed ~8% of global aluminium flows at UC RUSAL.

Founder of Metal Supply Experts GmbH (MSE) in Zug, executing cross-border mandates across industrial strategy, special situations, M&A, procurement and logistics, digital chain-of-custody, and capital structuring. Guest Lecturer at London Business School on "Emergency Commodity Markets, Risks & Investments Management"; featured in Bloomberg, Financial Times, Metal Bulletin, and Aluminium International Today.

Board-level OEM and counterparty relationships across VW Group, Boeing, Airbus, Audi, BMW; Japanese sogo shosha (Sojitz, Toyota Tsusho, Mitsui, Marubeni, Chori); Korean chaebols (Samsung, Hyundai, POSCO, LG); and European industrial primes (Solvay, Eagle-Picher, Wogen).

Current research focus includes programmable settlement architectures and chain-of-custody infrastructure for cross-border commodity flows.

Core Impact Metrics

Operational change delivered.

Outcomes from C-level positions across global commodity, logistics, and supply-chain operations — restructuring, re-architecture, and post-merger integration.

84%→96%
OTIF delivery rate
55→38 days
DSO reduction
+65%
Deliveries growth
28→19 days
EU lane lead time
−40%
Demurrage & detention
−20%
Cost-to-serve
+$65–67M
Annual margin uplift
+$63M
Liquidity restored (TWG)
>$400M
Trade-finance lines

Career Path

Four institutional stations, one continuous execution capability.

1991 — 1996
Raznoimport
Non-Ferrous Metals Trader · Moscow
Export and trading across copper, primary and secondary aluminium, and strategic and rare metals — cobalt, molybdenum, columbium (niobium), tantalum, tungsten, gallium (Ga 4–6N), germanium, indium. Multimodal coordination of MMK steel rebar into the EU.
1996 — 1999
Trans-World Group (TWG)
Director of Trading Operations · Russia / London / Kazakhstan
Multi-commodity portfolio. Stabilised the Kazchrome cluster (~1.5 Mmt/year, ≈15% of global ferroalloys output) — rebuilt trading, logistics, and working capital; +$63M liquidity restored in four months. Steel trading from NLMK, MMK, ZapSib via Odessa; tolling oversight for KrAZ and BrAZ aluminium; controlled exit of Trans-World Fertilizers.
2000 — 2018
UC RUSAL · RUSAL Marketing GmbH
Director Logistics · COO Global Sales · CEO Trading House · Founding team · Switzerland
Progressive leadership across the full commercial and operational stack at a global group managing ~8% of world aluminium output. P&L oversight of the entire sales and logistics operation. Directed post-merger integration of two downstream assets, re-architected RUSAL–SUAL–Glencore export routes, built OEM frameworks with VW Group, Boeing, Airbus, Audi, BMW, and stabilised NKAZ during acquisition, preserving ≈$200M asset value. LME/FX/energy hedging generating +12% EBITDA YoY.
2018 — Present
Metal Supply Experts GmbH (MSE)
Founder & Managing Director · Zug, Switzerland
Independent Swiss strategic and execution platform for board-level special situations, industrial strategy, and M&A in asset-heavy, commodity-driven sectors. Mandate-based engagements requiring senior-level ownership, integrated decision-making, and cross-functional execution under complex regulatory and operational constraints.

Selected Engagements via MSE

Cross-border executive mandates — 2019–2025.

Engagements held under formal mandate, with delivery and P&L accountability. Scope spans metals and strategic materials, cement, advanced powders, energy, procurement and logistics, digital chain-of-custody, and capital transactions. Client identities and full engagement details are confidential and disclosed under client authorisation only.

European Cement Holding
Director
Zurich, Switzerland · 2021–2024
Opened EU cement and clinker lanes via Elbe River and Baltic corridors, with hubs in Berlin, Leipzig, and Dresden. Stabilised vessel discharge rates and terminal throughput across multiple berths. Designed CBAM-compliant logistics and carbon-reporting model for a group with ~60 Mmt/year capacity and export scenarios up to 8 Mmt/year.
Swiss Diversified Commodity & Technology Platform
Managing Director
Baar, Switzerland · 2023–2024
Cross-functional procurement and logistics optimisation across commodities and energy, innovations and high-tech, strategic management, and environmental solutions. Quarterly strategy and risk cadences; supplier governance aligned to AML and ESG requirements.
Central European Advanced Ceramics & Specialty Powders Producer
Chief Commercial Officer
Czech Republic · 2022–2025
Full commercial P&L for Al₂O₃, ZrO₂, and zeolite micropowders. Implemented 13-week S&OP cycle; index-aware pricing with contribution-margin guardrails; +4 Kmt/year capacity scale-up plan; packaging standards and 3PL process harmonisation; ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 roadmap.
Pan-European Bulk & Break-Bulk Terminal Operator
Director, Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives
Rotterdam, Netherlands · 2019–2020
Standardised bulk and break-bulk terminal operations across Europe and Asia. Built throughput, dwell, and cost-to-serve dashboards; established 3PL and forwarder partnerships to stabilise service.

Education, Recognition & Media

Credentials.

Education
MSc, Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous & Rare Metals
National University of Science & Technology (MISIS), Moscow

Advanced Development Programme (ADP)
London Business School
Certifications & Teaching
Guest Lecturer, London Business School
"Emergency Commodity Markets, Risks & Investments Management"

LME Operations
Toyota Production System (Executive)
SAP ERP Integration
Power BI for Business Optimisation
Advanced Negotiation
Recognition & Media
Honorary Medal
Union of Metal & Steel Suppliers

Featured and published in Bloomberg, Financial Times, Metal Bulletin, Aluminium International Today, RBC, Kommersant. Multiple speaker engagements at CRU industry conferences. Television interview, Chinese national television (Tianjin).

Registered expert, Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) Expert Directory.

Languages: English (full professional proficiency), German (basic), Russian (native).
For mandate enquiries: enquiries@metalsupplyexperts.com. Direct correspondence at principal level only.
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