Staff & Secretariat

	Inga Petersen Executive Director Inga Petersen is an experienced sustainability professional with over fifteen years’ expertise in natural resource management, governance and public-private partnerships. She started her career delivering technical assistance projects to enhance the development dividends of the mining sector. She worked directly with governments and donors, designing and managing extractive industries governance projects across Africa and Asia. This allowed her to witness the opportunities and challenges related to natural resource extraction first hand. She subsequently worked with global business leaders and policy makers at the World Economic Forum to lead the mining and metals sector’s transition to a sustainable world. Prior to joining the GBA as Executive Director, Inga acted as Senior Extractives Adviser to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Inga holds a Bachelor from the University of Bath, a Masters in International Relations & International Security from the Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po), Paris and an Executive Master in Global Leadership from the World Economic Forum (WEF).

	Graham Lee Head of Programme - Battery Passport grahaml@globalbattery.org Graham Lee brings to the GBA over 14 years’ experience of sustainability and ESG in mineral supply chains. He has led responsible sourcing and supply chain due diligence projects for some of the largest global automotive and technology companies, and has contributed to thought leadership on the future of mineral stewardship for the World Economic Forum and others. Graham is passionate about the societal challenge of scaling up critical mineral production and battery manufacturing to drive forward the clean energy transition, without creating further harm to people and planet. Prior to setting out on his sustainability career, Graham served as a Captain in the British Army. Earlier, he trod a highly quantitative academic path, and he relishes the confluence of information technology and sustainability in the battery passport programme. Graham has two degrees in pure mathematics from Cambridge University in the UK, and specialised in the study of infinities. However, he still uses his desktop calculator to add up numbers larger than 20.

	Kaisa Toroskainen Programme Manager ktoroskainen@globalbattery.org Kaisa is a resource governance expert with ten years of experience in promoting good environmental, social and governance practices in mineral supply chains, and advising governments, companies and civil society on compliance with related standards. Prior to joining the GBA, Kaisa worked as a component manager in the German development cooperation/GIZ and European Union’s West Africa Regional Resource Governance project, as Africa Governance Officer at the Natural Resource Governance Institute, as well as a management consultant and a researcher. She holds an MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Management from the Helsinki School of Economics.

	Pramoda Gode Programme Manager pgode@globalbattery.org Pramoda is an expert in electric mobility with over 15 years of experience in sustainable transportation planning. She has worked extensively with international think tanks, consulting firms and governments from around the globe to decarbonise urban mobility. Before joining the GBA, Pramoda led the World Economic Forum’s Moving India initiative. At the Forum, she built several public-private-philanthropic partnerships to promote the adoption of electric vehicles, build charging infrastructure and expand battery recycling. She has published several papers and participated in many distinguished panel discussions on electrifying the road transport sector. She holds a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Clemson University, USA.

Alexander Sorokin
Adviser and Project Manager - Battery Passport pilots

asorokin@globalbattery.org

Alex is acting as an independent part-time adviser to the GBA, having previously been seconded to the GBA from member company Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) since 2020. Alex’s responsibilities within the GBA Secretariat include project management of the battery passport pilots. Previously, Alex has been leading Operational Excellence in ERG since 2015, prior to that he worked for Boston Consulting Group. Alex graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Johannes Drielsma

Convener of Greenhouse Gas working group
drielsma@resources-europe.eu

Johannes Drielsma, an independent freelance consultant trading under the name Drielsma Resources Europe, has provided part-time advisory, consensus-building, and project management services to the GBA since June 2021. He has over 25 years' experience working with mining, automotive, telecoms and related service industries in the fields of environmental science, resource economics and environmental engineering. He provides advisory, facilitation, project management and review services covering environmental policy & legislation, mining, raw materials, and sustainability to several multi-stakeholder organisations and consulting companies internationally.


	Jennifer van Niekerk Administrative Coordinator jvanniekerk@globalbattery.org Jennifer has over 12 years of administration-related experience working in corporate and no-profit, multicultural environments in South Africa. Besides her passion for admin matters, she is also very passionate about human rights and sustainability.

	Alessio Misseri Intern amisseri@globalbattery.org Alessio holds a BA in European Studies and an MA in International Relations, specialising in geopolitics and connectivity. His academic interests are related to economic development, humanitarian affairs, energy, and the environment, with a particular focus on the politics of natural resources and the challenges of the energy transition. As recent graduate, he previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Stockholm Environment Institute exploring the geopolitics of mining and minerals, with an emphasis on EU and Russian foreign policy in Africa. In addition, he worked as EU Policy Trainee at DeHavilland EU, deepening his understanding of EU policy, particularly in the areas of energy and the environment. In his free time, Alessio engages in documentary and underwater photography. He is based in Brussels.