Anant Mishra is Chief Marketing Officer at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), where he leads the development and execution of commercial strategies across the US, European and Asian markets. He manages key mining relationships, commercial risk and profitability across multiple commodity portfolios.

Anant brings more than 20 years of international leadership experience across marketing, procurement, supply chain and business development in the mining and metals sector. He has led businesses across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Americas, with deep expertise in copper, zinc, lead, aluminium, battery metals, concentrates and refined products.

Prior to KCM, Anant held leadership positions across Vedanta’s Copper, Zinc and Aluminium businesses and at boutique commodity firms, where he led global concentrates procurement, market development, logistics and trade finance activities. Throughout his career, he has developed new markets, structured complex commodity transactions, optimised supply chains and built long-term partnerships with leading mining companies, smelters and financial institutions.

His areas of focus include commodities, strategic business development, trade finance, category management, commercial leadership and building high-performing multicultural teams across global markets.