Mr Hay joined Leo Lithium as Managing Director and CEO in January 2022. Prior to joining Leo Lithium, Mr Hay was Chief Executive Officer of ASX-listed lithium company, Galaxy Resources Limited. The culmination of his role as CEO was the A$5 billion merger of equals with Orocobre Limited, to create the world’s fifth largest lithium producer Allkem (ASX:AKE) in mid-2021.

Mr Hay has an astute knowledge of the lithium market and is well regarded in the capital markets for having created value at Galaxy. Mr Hay holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours (Chemistry), and a Master of Applied Science (Metallurgy) from the University of Melbourne.

Tom Blackwell, commenced as Project Director in June 2022. He has overall responsibility for the delivery of the Goulamina Lithium Project through to commissioning and handover. He will bring a planned approach to managing the project scope, cost, schedule and HSEC risks.

Tom has completed tertiary education in Engineering, Science and Project Management, plus specific learning in Business Administration and General Management from both Deakin University and INSEAD.

Tom is an experienced executive leader specialising in the development and execution of projects. He has over 20 years’ experience leading teams through the delivery of both green and brown field projects. In his most recent role, he was Project Director at Galaxy Resources, overseeing two lithium development projects in Argentina and Canada. Previously he worked for Iluka Resources and in his last role, required to oversee key strategic mineral and technological developments. Prior to this he successfully managed multiple capital projects across various phases of feasibility, execution and commissioning to establish sustainable mining and processing operations. Tom brings a strength in building teamwork and alignment in large, culturally diverse teams.

John has over 25 years' experience in corporate law, governance and company secretarial matters. He was most recently General Counsel and Company Secretary at Allkem Limited prior to its merger to form Arcadium Lithium plc.

Leonard joined Leo Lithium in September 2022 and is experienced in corporate development, investor relations, strategy and planning, finance and M&A across the resources and energy sectors. Prior to joining Leo Lithium, Leonard led a number of strategic acquisitions for Western Areas which culminated in the acquisition of Western Areas by IGO in June 2022 for A$1.3bn. Prior to this he was part of the London based group business development team which helped grow Xstrata into a major diversified miner before its eventual US$90bn merger with Glencore in 2013.

Leonard is a CFA charter holder, holds a BCom (Hons) in Quantitative Finance and Mathematics from the University of Western Australia and an MBA from Oxford.