The Basic Industries Group, LLC provides unique insights into various basic industries for the investment community through a series of seminars by industry experts both in Boston and New York City. Our seminars are timely and our small group size provides an excellent forum in which to ask questions and get follow-up information.

Kathy Walton - Kathy has been in the financial services industry for over 15 years. Kathy spent five years as an equities analyst covering metals and mining equities in the Global Research and Economics Group at Merrill Lynch. Kathy then went to UBS as Director of Global Basic Materials Sales. After leaving UBS, she spent 3 years as Director and Co-Head of Global Sector Sales at Deutsche Banks, specializing in basic industries. Most recently, Kathy was a Managing Director and Head of Specialist Sales with Soleil Securities. She has been appointed by the Secretary of Energy for the past 10 years to the National Coal Council and is a member of the Finance Committee. Kathy has a BA in English from the George Washington University in Washington, DC and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Darren Dunay - Darren has been involved with the metal industry for over 14 years. Initially he was part of the trading department at Commonwealth Metal Corp. Darren then spent 10 years with Metal Bulletin in several different strategic roles. As Commercial Manager of the Americas, Darren played a significant key role in driving business growth in North and South America. In 2001 after Metal Bulletin acquired American Metal Market, Darren was responsible for much of the management of AMM. After returning AMM to profitability, Darren helped drive the growth of the AMM business.