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Robin Francois is a Swiss engineer with 16 years at Glencore, where he has built deep expertise in trading a range of critical metals including copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, tin, and lithium. He currently leads Glencore’s lithium desk, which he founded three years ago, and has played a key role in structuring major financing deals such as a $400 million prepay facility for Eramet’s lithium project in Argentina. A pioneer in developing the spot market for lithium spodumene, Robin is actively engaged in building new global lithium supply chains to support the energy transition.