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Benchmark Week 2025
Benchmark Week 2025
All Speakers
Meet all the speakers presenting at Benchmark Week 2025
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Spencer Aertker
VP of Mining
Eden
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Jose de Castro Alem
President South America
Lithium Chile
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David Anonychuk
Global VP Metallurgy & Consulting
SGS
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Bari Bean
Deputy CEO of Natural Resources
County of Imperial
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Tara Berrie
Director of Battery Cell Materials & Rare Earth Sourcing
Rivian
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Flemming Bjoernslev
Senior Advisor
Aquatech
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Andrew Bogrand
Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Resource Justice
Oxfam
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Patrice Boulanger
Vice-President Sales, Marketing & Business Development
Nouveau Monde Graphite
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Trelynd Bradley
Deputy Director Innovation & Emerging Technologies
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
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Peter Breuer
Senior Director Strategic Programs
Peak Energy
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Ken Brinsden
Chief Executive Officer
PMET Resources
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Megan Carr
Associate Director for Strategic Resources, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
U.S. Department of the Interior
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Matthew Cooper
VP of Business Development USA & China
Green Li-ion
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Ryan Corbett
Chief Financial Officer
MP Materials
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Stefon Crawford
Partner
GM Ventures
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Stefan Debruyne
Director of External Affairs
SQM Lithium
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Marina Demidova
Head of Communications
Cobalt Institute
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Tristan Doherty
Chief Product Officer
LGES Vertech
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Thomas Fickett
CFO
Panasonic Corporation of North America
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Michael Finch
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Daniel Fletcher-Manuel
Director - Indexing & Derivatives
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Noemi Gallardo
Commissioner
California Energy Commission
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Bob Galyen
Owner
Galyen Energy LLC
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Sean Gilmartin
Sr. Analyst, US Chelmicals
Bloomberg
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Jeff Gonzalez
Assemblyman
California State Assembly
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Albert Gore
Executive Director
ZETA
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Christian Graf
Director
Dorfner Anzaplan
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Julia Greenwald
Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Rock Zero
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Marcus Greer
Equity Investment Analyst
Capital International Investors
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Tyler Hall
President
ExploreTech
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Ryan Hanrahan
CEO
Wave International
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Viren Hira
Executive General Manager Strategy & Business Development
Syrah Resources
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Patrick Howarth
Global Lithium Business Director
ExxonMobil
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Iola Hughes
Head of Research
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Erez Ichilov
Founder
Cedrus Arbor LLC
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Tina Jeffress
Group Manager for Energy and Sustainability
Panasonic Corporation of North America
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Ryan Kelley
Supervisor
Imperial County
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Zac Komur
Executive Director – Project Delivery of Kangankunde Rare Earths
Lindian Resources
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Stephen Kosowski
Manager, Long Range Planning & Strategy
Kia USA
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Rich Kradjel
Managing Director – Head, Equity Private Placements
Société Générale
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Bob Lee
CEO, North America
LG Energy Solutions
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Jamie Liang
President and CEO
TerraVolta Resources
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Michael Lodge
Barrister, former Secretary General
International Seabed Authority
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Joe Lowry
President
Global Lithium
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Nicholas Lugansky
Head of Mining
SLB
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Amit Mathrani
Vice President, Senior Energy Transition Research
Rabobank North America
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Celina Mikolajczak
Advisor to the Battery Industry
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Andrew Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Roger Mortimer
Independent Director, Investment Committee Member
CVW Sustainable Royalties Inc.
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Brian Newmarch
CFO
E3 Lithium
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Michael O'Kronley
CEO
Novonix
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Brian Ostroff
President & Director
Arianne Phosphate Inc
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Senator Alex Padilla
Senator for California
U.S. Senate
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Adam Panayi
Chief Research Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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David Park
CEO
Standard Lithium
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Michael Parton
Supply Chain Group Manager of Battery Raw Materials
Lucid Motors
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Ashish Patki
Director, Business Development and Market Intelligence
Rio Tinto
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Caspar Rawles
Chief Operating Officer
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
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Chris Reed
Managing Director & CEO
Neometals
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Christopher Robb
Principal
Robb Commodity Consulting
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Michael Schmidt
Economic Geologist & Senior Analyst
German Raw Materials Agency
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Craig Shesky
Chief Financial Officer
The Metals Company
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Fiorella Sist
Project Director
Hargrove Engineers and Constructors
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Mitchell Smith
Director | Partner, Metals & Mining
Battery Metals Association of Canada | Moneta Securities
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Christian Spano
Director of Circularity
Vale Base Metals
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Darryl Steane
Chief Development Officer
Ceibo
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Grant Thornley
VP Engineering Solution Sales
Forward Water Technologies
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Anthony Tse
Founder
NEO Capital
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Nathan Vandekerkhof
Executive Director
Hyundai North America
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Rutger Van Raalten
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Carbon X
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Andrew Walker
Chief Commercial Officer
Evove Ltd.
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Adam Webb
Head of Battery Raw Materials
Benchmark
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Mike Wittner
Global Head of Oil Market Research
ICE (Intercontinental Exchange)
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