Lead with purpose
We are dedicated to accomplishing our goals through our people and our purpose.
To date, we've assembled an integrated delivery team of over 40 people. This includes the core in-house leadership and employee team, alongside our embedded industry-leading commercial partners. We are headed up by a highly-effective board and in-house execution team, who have a wealth of industry experience in their respective fields and proven senior leadership records.
Board of directors
Dominic Kieran
MBA, FAPM, MEng
Chair of the Board
Experienced senior executive with diverse skills and knowledge in sectors and projects relevant to Green Lithium, including at Cameco, Babcock International, Cavendish Nuclear, Urenco and U-BATTERY
Sean Sargent
MEng, CEng, FICE
Chief Executive Officer
Programme leader with track record delivering multi-billion-pound, critical infrastructure projects ranging from £100m to £15bn, with recent director positions at Jacobs and project/site director roles at Magnox, among others
Alex Cheeseman
MSc
Non-Executive Director
Natural resources leader, most recently as a lithium mineral exploration MD at Critical Resources, with recent experience as CEO at Morella and General Manager at Altura Mining, and previously at BHP Billiton’s Iron business
Jo Charles
CA
Chief Financial Officer
Finance professional, most recently in investment banking at Rothschild & Co – other roles include corporate valuations and transaction advisory services at KPMG, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant
Guy Hatcher
MSc, FSG
Head of Strategic Business Development & Co-Founder
Member of the British Standards Institute committee for lithium, background experience in mining and mineralogy, including at Barrick Gold, Rio Tinto, and previously evaluating prospective UK lithium mining sites
Delivering a critical project such as this requires the best proven delivery-focused personnel the large-scale energy infrastructure industry has to offer.
Sean Sargent, Chief Executive Officer
Board advisers
Claire Blanchelande
MSc Energy/Trade/Finance, BA (Hons)
Commodities Adviser
Commodities trading expert with battery metals leadership experience as Head of Lithium at commodities trader Trafigura, leading firm’s relationship with lithium upstream and downstream counterparties
Greg Elton
MSc
Organisational Development Adviser
Experienced professional with expertise in building, shaping and advising leadership teams in some of the most complex environments across the nuclear, oil and gas, renewable, rail and aerospace sectors
Kasra Pezeshki
MSc
Capital Markets Adviser
Banker with extensive private capital markets and project finance experience, currently as MD of Enveq Investments and Non-Executive Director of Aterian, with previous roles including Chief Investment Officer at Britishvolt
Ken Owen
MScEng
Industrial Contracts & Alliances Adviser
Broad experience as commercial director in energy, automotive and infrastructure sectors on the world’s most high-profile ‘mega projects’, including at London Olympics, Heathrow Airport and Hinkley Point C
Kyle Hookey
CFA, BCom
Capital Markets Adviser
Banker with experience across multiple commodity classes, including current roles as Vice President of Corporate Finance at Cronin Capital and in the lithium sector as Non-Executive Director at Volt Lithium Corp
Nick Philpot
BA (Oxon)
Governance Adviser
Founder of a London-based multi-site startup Yolk, and has supported since inception, providing insight in early-stage business governance – his career started in Deloitte strategy and commercial due diligence
Richard Taylor
FGS
Adviser & Co-Founder
Initially a project geologist with petrochemicals, energy and natural resources market/sector knowledge built over a career involving roles in industry at Petrofac and Maersk Oil and in advisory at Deloitte
Sandra Rosignoli
LLM
Commodities & Trading Legal Adviser
Career in multiple lead general counsel roles with vast experience across energy, commodities, derivatives, sanctions, private equity and M&A, including at Vitol, TrailStone and Clarksons Platou, currently as GC
Management & team
Charlie Tasker
MEng
Programme Director
Vast experience delivering global process and power programmes, most recently Development & Construction Director for Horizon Nuclear Power, working to achieve development consent for a UK nuclear power plant
Charlotte Anderson
CIMA, AAT
Finance Manager
9 years of career experience as management accountant and finance manager, managing BAU and complex implementation projects, including at chemical processor and manufacturer SEQENS Custom Specialties
Derryth Young
AMIMechE, BSc Mech, MBA
Engineering Manager
Project engineering and technical plant design lead for mining/metal/mineral processing projects with experience including on large-scale metallurgy and chemicals projects with Worley, Tara Resources, and Jacobs Engineering
Georgina Searle
MA, CMCIPD
Head of People & Talent
Diverse career delivering human capital solutions for complex organisations, such as LafargeHolcim, Siniat and more recently supporting a new build 24x7 manufacturing facility manage recruitment and onboarding for the plant
Greg Bogie
MBA
Commercial Director
Diverse career in commercial strategy and leadership, holding key roles in the UK and internationally with Google, Intel Corp and EDF Energy, including on large-scale infrastructure project Hinkley Point C
Harry Sargent
MEng (Oxon)
Project Engineer
5 years of operations management experience including quality systems, compliance and logistics within the electrical and hazardous waste management industry
Marie-Anne Rogers
BA (Hons)
Procurement Manager
Commercial professional with broad experience in managing complex strategic projects and negotiations, including across commodity tracking, global sourcing and commodity management, SRM and ethical sourcing
Mark Grey
BSc (Hons)
Head of Lithium Sales
Chemicals and battery metals specialist with expertise selling within the chemicals sector, most recently as EMEA regional sales manager for global lithium chemicals manufacturing business Livent
Max Hunt
BCom, CA
Corporate Development Manager
Qualified chartered accountant, previously with 5 years of professional services experience with PwC, working in the corporate finance and private business client service teams
Michael Howe
BScEng
Project Manager
Mechanical engineer with 16 years’ experience in both brownfield and greenfield major projects within the oil and gas industry, within roles across a very broad spectrum of project delivery functions such as project management, engineering, construction and commissioning
Milan Thakore
MSc, BSc
Market & Strategy Manager
Career experience in the energy, commodities and battery supply chain sectors, with roles as senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie and in industry as principal analyst at Johnson Matthey’s battery metals division
Neil Richmond
MSc, Process & Technology Management
Manufacturing Operations Manager
Process development engineer and operations manager with most recent role in the leadership team of a top-tier COMAH site, overseeing a team of I&E and production technicians responsible for two 65,000tpa refinery units
Rob Smith
MEng
Senior Process Engineer
Highly-skilled process engineer with experience across a broad range of subjects including process technology development and scale-up, process modelling, economic evaluation, PFD & P&ID development, and detailed equipment design and specification
Rubli Carran
BSc
Process Engineer
Geochemical specialist with a passion for materials processing and renewable technology solutions and wide-ranging experience in geological exploration in the UK, Egypt, Tanzania and Georgia
Sue Brittain
PA & Office Manager
Over 30 years of PA and administrative experience, supporting senior management in the construction and oil and gas industries, and most recently within an NHS Trust
