Martin Pei is the Chief Technology Officer of SSAB, a Nordic and U.S.-based steel company and a world market leader in advanced high-strength steel. Mr. Pei is the initiator of the HYBRIT initiative, a cooperation between SSAB, mining company LKAB and energy company Vattenfall. The HYBRIT initiative aims to create a fossil-free value chain for iron and steel production using fossil-free electricity and hydrogen, thus minimizing the carbon dioxide emissions. Mr. Pei also serves as chairman of the board for SWERIM—the Swedish Research Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Metals Research, and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy for Engineering Sciences. He holds a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.