Experience is key Board of Directors.
Experience is key Board of Directors.
The Vulcan expert team is supported by a Board with decades of leadership and expertise in the lithium industry, geology, and investment banking.
Executive Chair Dr Francis Wedin
Dr Wedin is a battery materials and renewable energy industry executive, focused on developing global scale decarbonisation opportunities. Dr Wedin founded Vulcan Energy and its ZERO CARBON LITHIUM™️ Business, a dual renewables and lithium chemicals company and the world’s first zero fossil fuels, carbon neutral lithium project.
Dr Wedin was previously Executive Director of ASX-listed Exore Resources, where he developed two new lithium resources, on two continents. He is bilingual, has a PhD and BSc (Hons) in geology, an MBA in renewable energy, is a Fellow of the Geological Society, London, and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Managing Director and CEO Cris Moreno
Mr Moreno has over 20 years’ global experience in successfully delivering major, unique, and challenging projects, including in the lithium chemicals, cathode, and LNG sectors.
In the LNG sector, he has held leadership roles with Santos, Woodside, and Shell, including working on the Browse, Gorgon, and Prelude LNG projects. Prior to joining Vulcan, Mr Moreno worked in the lithium chemicals and battery cathode sector in Europe, as Senior Director Programs for Northvolt–Cathode Active Material (CAM) Business Unit, and Vice President – Engineering and Development for Aurora Lithium, Northvolt’s lithium hydroxide refinery in Europe.
Non-Executive Deputy Chair Gavin Rezos
Mr Rezos has held Executive Chair/CEO positions of three companies that grew from start-ups to the ASX 300. He has extensive international investment banking experience, as Investment banking Director of HSBC with senior multi-regional roles in investment banking, legal and compliance functions. Mr Rezos is currently Chair of Resource and Energy Group, principal of Viaticus Capital, Non-Executive Director of Kuniko Limited and Non-Executive Chair Resources & Energy Group Limited.
Non-Executive Director Annie Liu
Ms Liu was the Executive Director of Purchasing for the Ford Model e Line, for all electric products and technology. She started her 20+ year career as an engineer at Microsoft before moving to Tesla where she progressed to Head of Supply Chain, Battery and Energy. Ms Liu is experienced in building and leading teams from product incubation stage to scale up and mature market bringing a unique blend of entrepreneurial initiative and ability to meet organisation and market growth needs.
Non-Executive Director Dr Heidi Grön
Dr Grön is a chemical engineer by background and an accomplished business leader with over 22 years’ experience in the chemicals industry. Since 2007, Dr Grön has been a senior executive with Evonik, one of the largest specialty chemicals companies in the world, with a market capitalisation of €14B and 32,000 employees.
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the ARESG committee Josephine Bush
Ms Bush is a qualified solicitor and chartered tax advisor, as well as earning the CFA ESG investing qualification and a sustainable finance certification. She has an MA in Law from Cambridge University. She built and led the UK and Ireland Renewables Tax Practice and developed latterly the EY global renewables business plan. Ms Bush was a member of the Ernst & Young Power and Utilities Board and UK&I Governance Board and was a senior partner at EY for 14 years.
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the PPC and Nomination committee Ranya Alkadamani
Ms Alkadamani is the Founder of Impact Group International. A communications strategist, focused on amplifying the work of companies that have a positive social or environmental impact. She has experience in working across media markets and for high profile people, including one of Australia’s leading philanthropists, Andrew Forrest and Australia’s former Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the POC committee Dr Günter Hilken
Dr Hilken has over 35 years’ experience and a deep understanding of the German chemicals, renewables, and infrastructure investment sectors, and, through leading industry advocacy associations, the German Government at the State and Federal levels. Dr Hilken is a Senior Advisor to Macquarie Asset Management, Director of Currenta, and President and Chairman of the Board of the German Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (VIK).
Special Advisor Julia Poliscanova
Ms Poliscanova is a senior director with the EU’s Transport and Environment. She is instrumental in shaping policies around EU vehicle CO2 standards and sustainable batteries. Ms Poliscanova previously worked for the Mayor of London as a senior EU policy officer. She is also on the steering committee for the Battery CO2 Passport program of the Global Battery Alliance.
Vulcan’s visionary and Experienced Team.
Vulcan has proven itself to be a competent, experienced, and reliable partner when it comes to realising projects in the fields of geothermal energy and district heating. The OneVulcan Team is also dedicated to conducting research and development and strives to innovate and improve existing processes and adapt and combine commercially proven technologies to decarbonise lithium chemicals for batteries. The commitment of the whole OneVulcan Team to research also helps to make work processes more efficient in terms of materials and resources, in the field of geothermal energy for green energy solutions.
Where passion meets purpose, and together, we will shape a greener, more sustainable future. Join our team!