Paul Adkins, Founder of specialist consulting firm AZ China Ltd, has had over 30 years’
experience in the aluminium industry, including 13 years at Alcoa, 4 years at Tomago Aluminium
and 3 years at Alcan Australia.
Paul did his undergraduate studies at Deakin University in Australia and attained his MBA with
Merit from the Newcastle Graduate School of Management in Australia.
From 2001, he was Raw Materials Manager at Tomago Aluminium, before being seconded to
Alcan early 2005 to set up their Global Sourcing office in Beijing China. Paul was also involved in
Alcan’s FECRI project, which was aimed at significantly reducing the cost of building new
aluminum smelters.
On completion of that assignment, Paul chose to remain in China and to establish his own
business. Paul registered AZ China Limited in November 2006, and the company commenced
operating in early 2007. In 2021, the company changed its name to AZ Global Consulting
Limited..
AZ Global is a specialist consulting company, with focus on the global and Chinese aluminium
industry. AZ Global publishes multi-client reports on the market trends and outlook, as well as
providing consulting services to individual clients. AZ Global has been holding conferences since
2008.