The leadership team offers a unique combination of experience and expertise that is ideally suited to the successful development and commercialisation of our lithium projects.
This includes some of the world’s leading lithium extraction and DLE experts, alongside wider industry, financial and commercial experience in Chile and more widely around the world.
Our Team
Steve Kesler
Executive Chairman & Interim CEO
Operational/Fundraising
45 years of executive and board roles experience in the mining sector across all major capital markets including AIM. Direct lithium experience as CEO/Director of European Lithium and Chile experience with Escondida and as the first CEO of Collahuasi.
Gordon Stein
Chief Financial Officer
Commercial/Fundraising
Commercial CFO with over 30 years of expertise in the energy, natural resources and other sectors in both executive and non-executive director roles. A chartered accountant has worked with start-ups to major companies, including board roles of six LSE companies.
Jonathan Morley-Kirk
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Commercial/ESG
30 years of experience including 17 years in Non-Executive Director roles with expertise in financial controls, audit, remuneration, capital raisings, taxation/ structuring and risk management.
Maha Daoudi
Non-Executive Director
Commercial/ESG
Over 20 years of experience holding several Board and senior level positions across commodities, energy transition, finance and tech-related industries, including a senior role with leading commodity trader, Trafigura. Holds expertise in offtake agreements, developing international alliances and forming strategic partnerships.
Tommy McKeith
Non-Executive Director
Operational / Commercial
30 years of experience as a public company director and geologist having worked in bulk, base and precious metals in Canada, Africa, South America and Australia across several ASX listed mining companies and an international mining company. Mr McKeith currently serves as Non-Executive Director of Evolution Mining Limited and as Non-Executive Chairman of Arrow Minerals Limited.
Claudio Campos
Studies & Projects
Mining Engineer from the University of Chile, 30 years of experience in the copper and gold mining industry, for major and junior companies. Mainly has worked in the development of engineering for mining projects and metallurgical mining planning in operations.
Maria Fernanda Rojas
Senior Hydrogeologist
María Fernanda is a Chilean Geologist and Hydrogeologist with more than 30 years of experience in water supply and environmental projects in Andean basins as a consultant and public regulator.
Rodrigo Rivas
DLE Processes Manager
Metallurgical Engineer with extensive experience in Quality Management, Processes and Production of Lithium Carbonate and Hydroxide plants. Directly responsible for the start and development of battery grade lithium production at SQM and Orocobre.
Marcela Sepúlveda
Community Relations Manager
Professional with more than 15 years of experience in areas related to community development, with focus on the development of local skills, promotion of territorial development and the creation of public, private and community alliances. Worked in the mining industry, mainly in the Atacama Region and in the NGO sector.
Sabine Macaya
Operations Manager
Industrial engineer and mathematician with more than 25 years of experience in operations of multinational companies from different industries such as mining, retail, pharmaceuticals, achieving successful results leading to an ascending career to corporate level.
Nick Baxter
Head of Communications and ESG
Strategy and corporate communications experience, having worked with start-ups to FTSE100 and NASDAQ companies across media, environment, social and manufacturing industries. Previously held senior roles at award-winning ESG consultancy Blurred, Natural History Museum and Freuds Communications.
Guillermo Trujillo
Logistics and Administration Manager
29 years of experience in administration, finance and logistics management. Leading supply and logistics projects with minimal environmental impact in remote and difficult-to-access areas such as Antarctica and the high peaks of the Andes.
Geraldine Carmona
Finance Manager
Geraldine joins CTL as Finance Manager in Chile and is a Certified Public Accountant in both Venezuela and Chile. Geraldine gained extensive experience from her time at PwC and KPMG. Since moving from practice to industry, Geraldine has focused on working with environmental and renewable energy companies in Chile.
Dermot Boylan
Group Financial Controller
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland. Dermot brings extensive international, technical, corporate and commercial finance experience from the natural resources sector and more recently from within the small cap AIM-listed corporate environment.
Alvaro Florez
Legal Manager
Alvaro Florez Keim joins CTL as legal manager in Chile. Alvaro is a lawyer qualified in Chile and Australia, with 12 years of experience focused on mining, corporate matters and project development in Chile and Australia.
Jason Baverstock
Executive Strategy & Development
Co-founder of CleanTech Lithium, 20 years of finance and mining sector experience in China, HK & Australia.
Marcelo Bravo
Technical Advisor
Expert with broad experience in providing specialised analysis of evaporation pond systems, processing plants and process design. Former head of processing at SQM’s Atacama project, the world’s largest lithium production base.
Aldo Boitano
Consultant
Operational/ESG
Co-founder of CleanTech Lithium, 25 years of management roles in the US & Chile, board member of the International Leadership Association. Pioneer in Chile’s solar industry with >800MW of projects deployed.