Filippo Faralla

Filippo Faralla is a coal expert with over 20 years’ experience in the mining industry, majority of which was in metallurgical coal and anthracite. Mr Faralla held management and commercial roles across the coal resource value chain including mining, processing and commodity trading companies. He was general manager of African Carbon, the largest metallurgical char producer in South Africa; coal investment manager for Vitol; commercial manager and member of the founding Riversdale Mining team; global coal investment manager for Gunvor, one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, and had established and developed Gunvor’s global coal and anthracite trading business including investments into Keaton Energy (South Africa) and Signal Peak Energy (USA). Mr Faralla has degrees in Chemical Engineering and Business
Administration from the University of Witwatersrand.