Since 2018, Dr.-Ing.  Sabina Grund is with the International Zinc Association (IZA). As IZA’s Associate Director Sustainable Development, she coordinates all global programs on life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, decarbonization, circular economy, and responsible sourcing of zinc.

Until 2018, Sabina Grund for 18 years managed Initiative Zinc, the network of the German zinc industry which over time became the voice of the German zinc industry. In 1996, she graduated as a doctor of metallurgical engineering at the Technical University of Aachen in Germany.

Since 2019 Sabina Grund chairs the Zinc Experts technical committee of GDMB, the German society for miners and metallurgists. Regularly, she supports the University of Liege as guest lecturer on zinc sustainability. Sabina Grund has published numerous papers and chaired conferences in various global regions. Since 2022, she co-coordinates the Women in Zinc (WIZ) network.

Expertise:

• Experienced speaker, moderator, project manager
• Fluent in English and German (native speaker)
• Adjusts to the audience, presents on compex topics to non-technical audiences in an understandible way.