Jorge Vazquez

About Jorge Vazquez

Specialties: Aluminum and Alumina/Bauxite Senior AnalystPrice Outlook/Hedging Strategiest. Expert Witness in aluminum industry legal disputes and arbitration cases.

Experience

1. Founder & Managing Director - Harbor Aluminum

   Harbor Aluminum

   Jan 1995 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Started in 1995 as an aluminum industry analyst. In 2007, founded Harbor Aluminum and became Managing Director of Market Intelligence and Industry Consulting. Jorge is advisor to the world\'s largest aluminum upstream and downstream companies on topics related to aluminum market intelligence, trade, prices, procurement/marketing strategy, and industry competitiveness. He has become the world’s most sought-after aluminum expert for industry arbitration cases, legal disputes and industry hearings. Mr. Vazquez has been advisor to the US Senate (Carl Levin and John McCain), US Department of Justice, US International Trade Commission and the Canadian Trade Tribunal on matters related to the aluminum industry. Jorge is the only aluminum market expert that has ever been invited to testify on matters related to the aluminum market before the US Senate.

Education

• Tecnológico de Monterrey

  Bachelor's degree, Economics

• New Cambridge Institute

  Business and Economics

Skills

• New Business Development
• Economics
• Strategy
• Manufacturing
• Commodity
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Strategy
• Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Metals
• Leadership
• Mergers
• Project Management
• Hedging
• Procurement
• Financial Modeling
• Restructuring
• International Business
• Due Diligence
• Market Research
• Supply Chain
• Pricing
• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Aluminum
• Trading
• Approvisionnement
• International Trade
• Steel
• Process Engineering
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Commodity Markets
• Finance
• Commodity Risk Management
• Management Consulting