Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade

Alyssa works as a responsible supply chain program manager for Google, focused on conflict minerals. Alyssa has over 20 years of experience in the energy and environmental sector. She worked in broad range of Corporate Social Responsibility functions (private sector, government, and global nonprofits). She launched SunPower’s sustainability efforts in 2008, including the SunPower Foundation, where she managed more than $5 million in global energy programs and over 1MW of donated solar power technology. She's an advisor and board member to several nonprofits working at the intersection of conflict-climate change-conservation. When she's not working on humanitarian causes, she's running-biking-swimming-adventuring, producing stories, or working in her garden with her partner and two dogs.

Guillaume de Brier has joined the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) in 2015. IPIS is an independent research institute providing tailored information, analysis and capacity enhancement to support those actors who want to realize a vision of durable peace, sustainable development and the fulfillment of human rights.

At IPIS, Guillaume’s research mainly focuses on artisanal 3T and gold mines in Eastern Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic. In DRC, Guillaume has led multiple projects that aimed at strengthening responsible sourcing through mining sites mapping, risk assessment & conflict analysis. In Central African Republic, Guillaume has focused on conflict mapping and drivers of the conflict, which includes minerals extraction, trade and cattle transhumance. Prior joining IPIS, Guillaume has worked for 5 years in the Great Lakes Regions, firstly in Burundi (2.5 years), with the Belgian cooperation (Enabel) and then as a researcher on access to justice. Afterwards, he worked as a Human Rights programme officer at UNAIDS, in Kigali, Rwanda, in charge of HIV prevention amongst prisoners, youth and LGBT community. Guillaume holds a Master in International Relations (Conflict & Development Master, cum laude) from the Gent University and a bachelor in Contemporary History (magna cum laude) from the Free University of Brussels (ULB).

Jean-Paul Meutcheho, Ph. D. is Global Advanced Metals (GAM) Director of Sourcing and Corporate Sustainability. He develops and coordinates implementation of GAM’s responsible minerals sourcing objectives. His focus includes managing the associated procurement and audit requirements as well as establishing policies and procedures related to conflict-free tantalum raw material sourcing. He leads corporate outreach efforts with industries, NGOs, and governmental organizations to support the adoption and propagation responsible minerals sourcing practice.

Jean-Paul has more than twenty years of experience in purchasing and commodity management in many organizations including  Ford Motor Company. During his 15 years tenure at Ford Motor Company, Jean-Paul held multiple Purchasing/procurement roles, including ISE, and led corporate initiatives to develop a sustainable supply chain for conflict minerals and to comply with related U.S. legislation, and was the company executive loan to the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and chairperson of the conflict minerals workgroup at AIAG.

Jean-Paul has an extensive background in supply chain management, he holds a doctorate in management with research interest in sustainable supply chain management contribution to corporate profitability. Jean-Paul sits (or sat) on the Steering/governance committees of many organizations and workgroups including: the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly CFSI), the Auto Industry Action group (AIAG) corporate social responsibility, Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) multi-stakeholders minerals workgroup.

Jean-Paul is fluent (and does work) in Spanish, French and English.

Olivier Demierre is a Swiss Certified Accountant since 1992. Olivier was active in audit and business advisory for 15 years until mid-1998, for the most part with Arthur Andersen as well as with Swiss Bank Corporation. He then took operational responsibilities as COO of Société Générale Paris, Zurich branch until the end of 2000.

In 2001, he joined the MKS Group (MKS is a leading precious metal refining, trading and manufacturing Group based in Geneva and present in 15 countries), first as COO of a joint venture between JP Morgan, AngloGold and MKS (between 20010and 2003) , then as SVP Special Projects leading group development projects (such as the set-up of a new refinery in India that is fully operational since 2012).

In November 2012, Olivier was appointed SVP Corporate Social Responsibility. In that capacity, Olivier leads various ASM metal responsible sourcing initiatives for the Group and participates actively in a number of responsible sourcing initiatives and forums.

Sasha Lezhnev is a Senior Policy Analyst at Enough, where he focuses on peace and conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is also Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group, an organization that helps former child soldiers in Uganda. Previously, Sasha worked as Policy Adviser at Global Witness on U.S. conflict resources and energy policy. He worked for 2 1/2 years in Uganda as Senior Program Officer with the Northern Uganda Peace Initiative and peace process advisor to the northern Uganda mediator.

He is author of the book Crafting Peace: Strategies to Deal with Warlords in Collapsing States.  Sasha also previously worked with the International Crisis Group's Africa Program and the U.S. Institute of Peace.  He holds a Master's in International Relations from Cambridge University and a B.S. in Foreign Service magna cum laude from Georgetown University.