Benchmark Week 2025

Andrew Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Caspar Rawles

Chief Operating Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Adam Panayi

Chief Research Officer

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Senator Alex Padilla

Senator for California

U.S. Senate

Megan Carr

Associate Director for Strategic Resources, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

U.S. Department of the Interior

Thomas Fickett

CFO

Panasonic Corporation of North America

Bob Lee

CEO, North America

LG Energy Solutions

Nathan Vandekerkhof

Executive Director

Hyundai North America

Jeff Gonzalez

Assemblyman

California State Assembly

Stephen Kosowski

Manager, Long Range Planning & Strategy

Kia USA

Tara Berrie

Director of Battery Cell Materials & Rare Earth Sourcing

Rivian

Christian Spano

Director of Circularity

Vale Base Metals

Bari Bean

Deputy CEO of Natural Resources

County of Imperial

Bob Galyen

Owner

Galyen Energy LLC

Stefan Debruyne

Director of External Affairs

SQM Lithium

Patrick Howarth

Global Lithium Business Director

ExxonMobil

Celina Mikolajczak

Advisor to the Battery Industry

Noemi Gallardo

Commissioner

California Energy Commission

Michael Parton

Supply Chain Group Manager of Battery Raw Materials

Lucid Motors

Mike Wittner

Global Head of Oil Market Research

ICE (Intercontinental Exchange)

Tristan Doherty

Chief Product Officer

LGES Vertech

Michael Finch

Head of Strategic Initiatives

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Tina Jeffress

Group Manager for Energy and Sustainability

Panasonic Corporation of North America

Ashish Patki

Director, Business Development and Market Intelligence

Rio Tinto

Adam Webb

Head of Battery Raw Materials

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Daniel Fletcher-Manuel

Director - Indexing & Derivatives

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Christopher Robb

Principal

Robb Commodity Consulting

Fiorella Sist

Project Director

Hargrove Engineers and Constructors

Spencer Aertker

VP of Mining

Eden

Jose de Castro Alem

President South America

Lithium Chile

David Anonychuk

Global VP Metallurgy & Consulting

SGS

Flemming Bjoernslev

Senior Advisor

Aquatech

Andrew Bogrand

Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Resource Justice

Oxfam

Patrice Boulanger

Vice-President Sales, Marketing & Business Development

Nouveau Monde Graphite

Trelynd Bradley

Deputy Director Innovation & Emerging Technologies

The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Peter Breuer

Senior Director Strategic Programs

Peak Energy

Ken Brinsden

Chief Executive Officer

PMET Resources

Matthew Cooper

VP of Business Development USA & China

Green Li-ion

Ryan Corbett

Chief Financial Officer

MP Materials

Stefon Crawford

Partner

GM Ventures

Marina Demidova

Head of Communications

Cobalt Institute

Sean Gilmartin

Sr. Analyst, US Chelmicals

Bloomberg

Albert Gore

Executive Director

ZETA

Christian Graf

Director

Dorfner Anzaplan

Julia Greenwald

Director of Strategy and Partnerships

Rock Zero

Marcus Greer

Equity Investment Analyst

Capital International Investors

Tyler Hall

President

ExploreTech

Ryan Hanrahan

CEO

Wave International

Viren Hira

Executive General Manager Strategy & Business Development

Syrah Resources

Iola Hughes

Head of Research

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Erez Ichilov

Founder

Cedrus Arbor LLC

Ryan Kelley

Supervisor

Imperial County

Zac Komur

Executive Director – Project Delivery of Kangankunde Rare Earths

Lindian Resources

Rich Kradjel

Managing Director – Head, Equity Private Placements

Société Générale

Jamie Liang

President and CEO

TerraVolta Resources

Michael Lodge

Barrister, former Secretary General

International Seabed Authority

Joe Lowry

President

Global Lithium

Nicholas Lugansky

Head of Mining

SLB

Amit Mathrani

Vice President, Senior Energy Transition Research

Rabobank North America

Roger Mortimer

Independent Director, Investment Committee Member

CVW Sustainable Royalties Inc.

Brian Newmarch

CFO

E3 Lithium

Michael O'Kronley

CEO

Novonix

Brian Ostroff

President & Director

Arianne Phosphate Inc

David Park

CEO

Standard Lithium

Chris Reed

Managing Director & CEO

Neometals

Michael Schmidt

Economic Geologist & Senior Analyst

German Raw Materials Agency

Craig Shesky

Chief Financial Officer

The Metals Company

Mitchell Smith

Director | Partner, Metals & Mining

Battery Metals Association of Canada | Moneta Securities

Darryl Steane

Chief Development Officer

Ceibo

Grant Thornley

VP Engineering Solution Sales

Forward Water Technologies

Anthony Tse

Founder

NEO Capital

Rutger Van Raalten

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Carbon X

Andrew Walker

Chief Commercial Officer

Evove Ltd.