Directors | Pure Battery Technologies

Stephen Wilmot
Chairman

Highly experienced Metallurgist, Manager and Company Director.
after +15 years’ demonstrated success in the growth, strategic development, governance, risk management and team development.
Previous Owner / Principal Engineer of a boutique engineering design firm, sold successfully in 2012.
Previous directorships include a start-up fin tech, an international mining investment group and an engineering consulting / design firm.
Bachelor of Engineering – Mineral Processing, University of Queensland

Bjorn Zikarsky
Managing Director / CEO

Business Builder / Entrepreneur / Manager.
Finance / Investment Banking / Private Equity.
Co-founder (2009) and Director of Square Resources Group.
Interim CEO for VSPC, downstream material processing technology company for the battery industry in 2015.
Prior to Square Senior Vice President of Lehman Brothers / Nomura Australia in natural resources, metals and mining.
MBA from The Wharton School of Business.

Dr William Hawker
CTO

Lecturer in Hydrometallurgy at the University of Queensland.
12 years’ experience in operation, design, industrial and fundamental research for processing of base minerals, rare earths, gold and PGMs.
Point researcher of the SAL selective nickel leaching process.
PhD research on low energy synergistic copper processing now developed for commercial use by a major resource company.
Recipient of numerous awards and scholarships.

Richard Wittig
Project Director

Certified Practicing Project Director (CPPD).
15+ years’ experience in all Project Management phases.
Experienced in Owner Operator, EPC/M and consulting organisations.
Management experience includes Geology (drilling test work programs), Mining & Mineral Processing, Infrastructure (civil works including roads, dams, bulk commodity ports, marine dredging and trans shipping), Utilities, Environment & Social (impact assessments, project approvals).
Master of Project Management (Bond)
Global Strat. Management Cert. (Harvard Business School).

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