The composition of our Board and Executive team are designed to encompass diverse skills and experience to deliver value to shareholders through sustainable development and operations. 

Mr Rowley was a co-founder in 1996 of TSX and LSE-listed First Quantum Minerals Ltd. First Quantum is now one of the world’s largest copper production companies and the owner of the Ravensthorpe nickel project in Western Australia. He was previously non-executive Chairman and director of Lithium One Inc., which was acquired by Galaxy Resources Ltd by way of a Plan of Arrangement in July 2012. He is also non-executive Chairman and a director of Forsys Metals Corp, a TSX-listed company in the uranium sector. 

Martin Rowley

Mr Hubbard was appointed a Director of Orocobre Limited in November 2012 and appointed Chairman in July 2016. Mr Hubbard is also Chairman of Healius Limited and a board member of RACQ and LifeLine Australia. Previous roles include, Non-Executive Director of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited and  partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 20 years, where he served as auditor and adviser for some of Australia’s largest resource companies with activities throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea, West Africa and South America.

Robert Hubbard

Mr Pérez de Solay is a qualified industrial engineer with a career spanning engineering, operational improvement, banking, finance and executive management. Prior to joining Orocobre Limited, he was the President and CEO of Petroleos Sudamericanos, an oil and gas producer operating in Argentina and Colombia where he oversaw new operations and assets, and led major stakeholder initiatives. Prior to 2011, Mr Pérez de Solay was CFO and head of Corporate Development of GeoPark, an oil and gas operator in Argentina and Chile. He was a key member of the Geopark executive team that established its asset base and subsequently listed the company on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Mr Pérez de Solay joined Geopark from Citigroup where he had spent a decade in institutional, corporate and restructuring activities.

Martín Pérez de Solay

Mr Oris de Roa is a business leader with a history of developing and operating large enterprises within Argentina. His international career in 1970 with large trading company Continental Grain, working in the USA, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil and Argentina eventually rising through the ranks to be responsible for all of Latin America. As Chief Executive of S.A. San Miguel, Mr Oris de Roa was widely credited with turning the company into the largest and most profitable lemon products company in the world. He has also held the role of Director of Patagonia Gold Ltd and was appointed as Ambassador of Argentina to the United States serving during 2018 and 2019.

Fernando Oris de Roa

Ms Heywood is an experienced ASX non-executive director, with broad general management experience gained through an international career in the mining sector, including 10 years with Rio Tinto. Her experience includes strategic marketing, business finance and compliance and she has led organisational restructures, disposals and acquisitions. Additionally, she has had significant experience in complex cross-cultural negotiations and international customer and stakeholder relationship management (including governments, communities and investment partners). 

Leanne Heywood

Mr Fitzpatrick has more than 47 years’ of technical mining industry experience in project and construction management, engineering, maintenance and plant operations, including acting as a project director for various major mining companies both locally and internationally. Mr Fitzpatrick has held numerous senior positions with leading engineering and mining companies such as Bechtel, BHP, Gold Fields and Newmont Mining Corporation. His experience includes the role of Director Global Projects Engineering and Construction for Newmont, Project Director on Newmont’s US$1.8 billion Batu Hijau project in Indonesia, Project Manager for Phase III of BHP’s Escondida copper project expansion and Principal Consultant for the US$7 billion Las Bambas project in Peru. 

Alan Fitzpatrick

Mr Turner is the leader of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin’s Global Mining Group, a full-service law firm with offices in Canada, the UK, South Africa and China. He has been involved in many of the leading corporate finance and merger and acquisition deals in the resources sector primarily through companies active in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Canada and Australia. Mr Turner has also successfully acted for the financial arranger or sponsor of several global major resource projects. He is also non-executive Chairman of GoGold Resources, a TSX-listed gold and silver mining company and a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for his services in the autism sector. 

John Turner

Ms Heredia has more than 28 years’ experience in the mining industry and is currently a senior partner of the leading Argentinian legal firm Allende & Brea where she heads the Energy and Natural Resources area. She is an expert in mining law with extensive experience advising financial institutions and companies in complex mining transactions in Argentina and has repeatedly represented lenders in all mining project finance arranged in Argentina. The principal focus of Ms Heredia’s work is natural resources, infrastructure and environmental law and finance law related to these areas, assisting multiple companies established in Argentina. Ms Heredia is an active member of the International Bar Association, and is currently Vice Chair of SEERIL (Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law). 

Florencia Heredia

Mr Seville is a mining geologist and geotechnical engineer with over 35 years’ experience in the resources sector including over 25 years’ as either Managing Director or Executive Director of various ASX, TSX or AIM listed companies. He is Orocobre’s founding Managing Director, and oversaw the Company’s IPO in 2007 and first production at the Olaroz Lithium Facility.  Mr Seville was also instrumental in negotiating the Toyota Tsusho Joint Venture in 2010 and obtaining favourable financing from Japan. Mr Seville is Chairperson of Agrimin Limited, an Australian fertiliser development company and a Non-Executive Director of ASX100 mining company OZ Minerals which is a copper-focused, global, modern mining company based in South Australia.

Richard Seville

Mr Pérez de Solay is a qualified industrial engineer with a career spanning engineering, operational improvement, banking, finance and executive management. Prior to joining Orocobre Limited, Mr Pérez de Solay was formerly the President and CEO of Petroleos Sudamericanos, an oil and gas producer operating in Argentina and Colombia, where he oversaw new operations and assets and led major stakeholder initiatives. Prior to 2011, Mr Pérez de Solay was CFO and head of Corporate Development of GeoPark, an oil and gas operator in Argentina and Chile. He was a key member of the Geopark executive team that established its asset base and subsequently listed the company on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Mr Pérez de Solay joined Geopark from Citigroup where he had spent a decade in institutional, corporate and restructuring activities.

Mr Kaplan has over 25 years of experience in senior managerial and finance positions obtained on 4 different continents. His experience in the resources sector was attained working in executive financial roles for Glencore and formerly TSX listed company Coalcorp Mining, both based in Colombia. Mr Kaplan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and is a member of both the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

Neil Kaplan

Mr Sanders is a senior corporate lawyer with over 25 years’ experience, having held legal and commercial roles in top tier law firms and international resource companies. He has a broad range of experience in corporate governance, international mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation and implementing resource projects. Mr Sanders has previously worked for Herbert Smith Freehills, King and Wood Mallesons in Perth and Clifford Chance in London, as well as acting as senior in-house counsel at Woodside Energy and Hess Exploration Australia.

John Sanders

Mr Anthon is a lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in both corporate and commercial law practicing exclusively in the resource sector. He has worked both as a director and adviser to numerous resource companies and has extensive skills in project planning, acquisition and development, capital raising and corporate governance.

Rick Anthon

Mr Porta is qualified chemical engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the chemicals industry, specialising in process engineering, production, process control and quality performance. Mr Porta moved into site management and operations Director roles over his 28 year tenure at the Dow Chemical Company. From 2015 he held the role of General Manager and President of Cabot Corporation in Argentina and from 2019 was Chief Operating Officer at Orocobre Limited. This wide variety of roles at industry leading international companies has provided experience not only in Argentina, but also Brazil and Canada.

Hersen Porta

Mr Muller is a qualified mining engineer with almost 20 years of global experience across multiple commodity mines. Mr Muller has held several leadership roles specialising in strategic and operational planning and mine management with a successful track record in achieving continuous improvements in production, cost and safety. Previous roles include General Manager of Mt Cattlin at Galaxy Resources Limited and Operations Manager at SIMEC – Australia.

Keith Muller

Mr Couture is a qualified engineer with over 25 years of mining experience in Canada, specialising in operations in Northern Quebec where he worked for over a decade, including the James Bay territory. Previous roles include Vice President and General Manager of Ausenco and Project Manager of SNC-Lavalin in Montreal where he gained significant project execution experience. Mr Couture has also managed projects in various commodities and regions and has held leadership roles at Agnico-Eagle Mines and BHP. 

Denis Couture

Ms Freire has over 25 years’ experience in Human Resources, specialising in Talent Management, Organisational Culture and Change and Reward & Recognition. She has performed several managerial roles at Citibank over 12 years, was HR director at Johnson & Johnson for the Southern Cluster and was HR Business Partner for several product lines within Latin America. In 2015 she consulted for several organizations such as Adidas Argentina, Pluspetrol, Telecom, Johnson & Johnson and ITBA.

Ileana Freire

Mr Cortes has nearly 20 years of international business experience across professional services, resources, and chemical products industries gained in Australia, North and South America. He commenced his career as a chartered accountant with PwC, working with large ASX-listed companies for over a decade in audit, business performance and transaction support. Mr Cortes later joined Orocobre Limited and was most recently Director of Finance and Administration where he was responsible for procurement and also marketing the Company’s lithium products, working closely with JV partner Toyota Tsusho Corporation.

Christian Cortes

Mr Calo has over 17 years of corporate management experience in the minerals industry in Argentina and more broadly in South America, specialising in operations and stakeholder relations. Previous roles include Executive Director and President of Barick Gold Corporation’s Argentinian subsidiaries and Regional President or the Company’s South American Business Unit. More recently Mr Calo was General Manager – Argentina at Galaxy Resources Limited. 

Guillermo Caló

Mr Barber commenced his career as a geologist with Mt Isa Mines for 7 years. He later joined Perpetual Investments in Sydney, Australia as a Resources Analyst which was the start of over 11 years in the funds management industry. Mr Barber also worked with Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) in Brisbane where he covered a wide variety of industrial and resources companies. Since 2008, Mr Barber has utilised his extensive experience in the equity markets combined with a solid technical base to provide investor relations and business development services to a variety of companies including Arrow Energy, Bow Energy, Stanmore Coal.