Cobalt Congress Speaker 2026

Branko Buhavac

CEO IXM, VP & CCO CMOC Group

Branko Buhavac joined IXM in July 2023 and currently serves as its CEO, as well as vice president and chief commercial officer of CMOC. He previously worked at IXM as a senior trader for copper concentrates, overseeing copper metal trading and global copper raw material transactions.

Branko brings extensive international experience, multilingual abilities, and deep expertise in non-ferrous metals trading. Before IXM, he led base metals trading at Mitsubishi Corporation International Europe Ltd. and held various copper and coal trading roles at Trafigura.

Branko holds dual British–Serbian nationality and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.