Ladin BSc MSc CSAP Cert NEBOSH ISG works at CARES, an international product certification body that focuses on the production, processing, supply and installation of steel products used in the construction industry. Ladin has studied engineering and proceeded to work as a research assistant on ironmaking and steelmaking. Passionate about steel, the move to private sector was natural fit. With encouragement from colleagues, Ladin has worked for steelmakers and joined CARES in 2009. He has contributed for the development of sustainability and responsible sourcing schemes and digital transformation of CARES internal and external processes to compliment his considerable experience. Ladin is a steering committee member of the Roundtable on the Responsible Recycling of Metals (RRRM), convener of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) TG 5.2 ‘Reinforcing Steel and Systems’, deputy convener of fib TG 7.5 ‘EPDs and Equivalent Performance of Concrete’ and member of Special Activity Group on Sustainability.