Indium Corporation Expert Takes Role as MMTA Board Chair
May 12, 2021
Indium Corporation’s Donna Vareha-Walsh, director of sales and global supply chain and trade compliance, has taken on her new role as the chair of the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) Board of Directors.
Unanimously approved for a three-year position in 2021, she is the MMTA’s first female and first American chair to hold the position.
MMTA is the world’s largest association involved with minor metals. Its international membership consists of companies actively involved in all aspects of the international minor metals sector. Founded in 1973, MMTA has evolved from covering the markets and applications of just seven elements to 49 metals and now organizes a diverse range of international conferences and events.
The MMTA Board of Directors is comprised of employees of MMTA member companies that stand for election and serve on a voluntary basis. The MMTA board creates subcommittees to assist with specific tasks, while defining goals and moving projects forward.
“I am eager to take on the role as chairwoman of the board for such a prestigious global organization as the Minor Metals Trade Association,” Vareha-Walsh said. “I’d like to thank former Chair Simon Boon for his assistance in preparing me for the role.”
Vareha-Walsh is director of sales and global supply chain and trade compliance and director of sales for Indium Corporation’s Metals, Compounds, Solar, and Recycling business unit. She also leads the Supply Chain and Trade Compliance functions. She is responsible for all inventory, sourcing, and supply chain strategies for Indium Corporation. Vareha-Walsh has more than 21 years of metals market experience from numerous roles and responsibilities, including director of global procurement for a global premium alloy company and director of metallurgical operations and procurement for a global tungsten-based business. Additional experience includes finance responsibilities as a business unit controller, sales expertise as director of sales and a new business development manager, and participation in the metals recycling and scrap/reclaim markets. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Duquesne University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Certified Public Accountant, holds certificates in leadership development and manufacturing excellence, and has a Lean Green Belt. She is the chair of the Board of Directors of the MMTA, a global minor metals trade association.
About Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
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About the MMTA
The Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) is a not-for-profit organization, which serves to benefit and promote the interests of its international membership, comprising companies actively involved in all aspects of the international minor metals sector. The MMTA is the world’s largest association involved with minor metals. From just 19 founding members, the MMTA is now comprised of companies from across the globe, engaged in all aspects of minor metals activity, the association having long since broadened from its original member base of trading companies.