Management

MSc (Mining Engineering), MSc (Sustainability), MBA, CPA

Mr Taschereau is both an Engineer and a CPA. Previously, COO at Orbite Technologies. Prior to that, was CEO of Congo Equipment, CEO of Bartrac Logistics and President at Canada Lithium, where he led the feasibility study, financing and construction of its lithium project in Québec.

PhD(Polymer Science)

Daniele has over 20 years of experience in Marketing, Sales and R&D in Europe and Asia. Before joining AEM, Daniele was Head of Global Marketing at Almatis GmbH and Evonik Industries. Previously, Daniele was President of Degussa NTECH in Italy, where he expanded the company's business internationally with a strong focus on Asia. Daniele brings extensive experience across the materials and chemical sectors and has a strong track record of successful product launches to increase revenues, developing and executing commercial and marketing strategies and expanding operations of marketing departments. He holds a PhD in Polymer Science and has business education in Marketing and Finance from the London Business School and Oxford Business School. Daniele is Italian by birth but has spent much of his working life in Germany and currently is based near Frankfurt.

B.Sc Acc, CPA, CPA Audit

Over 20 years of experience. Previously CFO of a startup, Controller and Financial Manager of public corporations of different sizes and 8 years for Deloitte.

BCom, MCom, CPA

Rachel began her career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and served as CFO and Company Secretary with two publicly listed Australian companies for over 10 years.

PhD (Inorganic Chemistry & Materials Science)

Broad international business experience from leading BASF's global mobile emission catalyst business unit, including Asian joint ventures, in the very dynamic automotive market space to heading the world-wide research and development organization for heterogeneous catalysis. Prior cofounder and CEO of a technology company, financing growth and establishing a globally recognized high throughput experimentation company, hte AG in Heidelberg, Germany.

PhD (Chemistry)

More than 35 years’ R&D experience with several UK and USA companies in the battery industry covering fundamental electrochemistry along with anode, cathode, and separator development of many primary and secondary battery chemistries Implementation of research results to battery production for performance improvements and cost reduction. Has held many senior scientist positions within the battery manufacturing industry.

B.Eng (Chem)

Chemical Engineer, with over 35 years’ experience in metallurgical production, plant designs and plant commissioning. Process specialist with recognized skills in engineering of complex or innovative projects, designing and implementing new technologies, developing, commissioning and optimizing processes, including the commissioning of the AEM Cap-Chat plant.

Process plant production veteran, initially appointed as operation superintendent at Cap-Chat in Nov 2012. The Cap-Chat plant has achieved an enviable 7-year LTI free period at while under his supervision. Several start-ups to his credit in pulp and paper, magnesium and alumina.

PhD (Chemical Engineering)

Over 15 years’ experience in engineering, mostly in research and development. Has spent over 9 years working on all aspects of HPA production with Orbite and latterly AEM.

BSc (Industrial chemistry), MSc (Environment & industry)

18 years of experience in commercial and private analytical labs in Morocco, France and Canada; including 3 years for Orbite and latterly AEM.