Jessica Roberts is Head of Forecasting for Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, leading a team of global analysts responsible for Benchmark’s forecast subscription services. She has spent the past 15 years demystifying the opaque world of critical materials, at global research and consultancy organisations including Wood Mackenzie, Roskill, and Fastmarkets. Jessica has worked across a range of critical minerals and metals, including those for renewable energies, aerospace and electronics sectors, both as a research manager and industry analyst. She is an authoritative voice on critical material supply chain dynamics, featuring in print and broadcast media, including the BBC, Reuters and Wall Street Journal. Jessica is a on a mission to reconnect us all with what makes our modern lives possible – not magic, but mining.