Dr. Gillard is a policy manager for the European carbon and graphite industry at ECGA. Before ECGA, Dr. Gillard taught at university for six years a series of courses ranging from statistics to international political economy, while also investigating the political and industrial stakes revolving around the use of trade defense instruments by the EU. Now, at ECGA, Dr. Gillard acquired experience in the sustainability issues of the battery industry, covering topics such as LCA analysis, recycling and due diligence.

The Pop in My Job: Dr. Gillard loves nothing more than waking up to a new political compromise between the Council and the Parliament, whereby nothing substantial has been agreed upon, and all the nitty-gritty implementation details were postponed to an undefined date. That political indecisiveness usually results in numerous consultations, consultancy reports and industry meetings so that the Commission can transform the initial political compromise into actionable guidelines.

European Carbon and Graphite Association (ECGA), founded in 1995 and based in Brussels, is the voice of EU carbon and graphite producers, including the EU-based graphite electrode producers going into Europe’s steel and foundry industry, electrodes and cathodes for the aluminum and ferroalloy industry, as well as a wide variety of specialty graphite and carbon products for applications ranging from electric motors to modern battery technology.