Board

Mr Bowen is a partner of the national law firm Thomson Geer. He practices primarily corporate, commercial and securities law with over 40 years of experience and emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, capital raisings and resources.

Mr Bowen holds a Bachelor of Laws, Jurisprudence and Commerce from the University of Western Australia. He has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia since 1979 and is also admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Australia. He is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Australian Society of Accountants.

Mr Bowen is regularly engaged to advise on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, re-constructions, risk management, due diligence and general commercial and corporate law. His clients operate in a range of sectors, including property, resources, technology, contracting and construction.

Mr Bowen has been a non-executive director of several ASX-listed companies and is currently non-executive director of Genesis Minerals Limited (ASX:GMD) and Emerald Resources Ltd (ASX:EMR).

Committee memberships:

Audit and Risk Committee (Member)

Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Member)

Mr Bittar is an accomplished capital markets/finance and resource industry executive with 25 years of experience.  Mr Bittar brings extensive experience from positions held across investment banking, metals and mining and energy companies in relation to funding, exploration, M&A, project evaluation and project development studies.

Mr Bittar is currently a Non-Executive Director of Horizon Oil (ASX: HZN) and holds an Economics (BEc) degree and Law (LLB) degree from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Finance from London Business School.

Committee memberships:

ESG Committee (Member)

Ms Heywood is an experienced non-executive director, audit and risk committee, and people and remuneration committee chair, with broad general management experience gained through an international career in the mining sector, including 10 years with the Rio Tinto Copper Group. Her experience includes strategic marketing, business finance and compliance and she has led organisational restructures, mergers, acquisitions and disposals at both the executive and board level. Additionally, she has significant experience in complex cross-cultural negotiations and stakeholder relationships management, including governments and investment partners and leadership expertise in China, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore and South America.

Ms Heywood currently serves as a non-executive director of Deterra Royalties (ASX: DRR), MAC Copper Limited (NYSE: MTAL, ASX: MAC), and Snowy Hydro Limited. Ms Heywood previously served as a non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Arcadium Lithium, prior to its acquisition by Rio Tinto.

Ms Heywood received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2021 and was named 2019 NSW Business Woman of the Year. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), an Executive MBA (Melbourne Business School) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and CPA Australia (FCPA).

Committee memberships:

Audit and Risk Committee (Chair)

Mr Hay is a high achieving minerals professional with extensive management and technical experience built up over a career spanning 30 years in Australia and internationally. He is currently Executive Chairman of Leo Lithium Ltd (ASX:LLL). Leo Lithium has recently sold its interests in the Goulamina Lithium Project in Mali for gross proceeds of US$343 million, after successful development and construction of the project through to the commissioning and early operational phase.

Mr Hay was formerly non-executive Chair of Battery Future Acquisition Corp.

From July 2019 to November 2021, he was CEO of Galaxy Resources, an ASX listed lithium producer and developer until merging with Orocobre to create a A$5Bn, top 5 global lithium producer. Under his leadership, Galaxy’s hard rock spodumene mine in Western Australia achieved consistent and record production rates, the company’s Sal de Vida project, a tier one lithium brine deposit in Argentina, progressed from feasibility through a piloting phase and to FID and the company also advanced its James Bay hard-rock lithium project in Quebec, Canada to the engineering phase.

Prior to this, as Head of Resource Development for Iluka Resources Limited, Mr Hay was responsible for exploration and geology, mine planning and development, major projects and engineering, technology and innovation functions for Iluka’s portfolio of projects. This included building two mineral sands concentrators in Sierra Leone, West Africa, managing a capital budget of A$300 million per annum and a workforce of approximately 200 people.

Committee memberships:

Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Chair)

ESG Committee (Chair)