Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE, OTCQB:LLKKF) is making good on its commitment to strengthen and broaden the experience of its board as it progresses to a new development stage with the appointment of Ana Gomez Chapman as a director, effective January 1, 2023.
Internationally experienced
Chapman is an internationally experienced executive and board director with business experience in the US, Argentina, and Australia, and a capital markets expert who has held senior roles at institutional investment firms over 25 years, most recently at Hamilton Lane, where she is currently managing director.
She previously served on the Board of Directors of MP materials, a US-based sustainable rare earth production and refining company where she steered the company through an operational turnaround that led to a New York Stock Exchange listing.
Past roles include senior relationship manager and alternatives lead at Allianz (ETR:ALVG) Global Investors, president of JHL Capital Group LLC, and vice president at Goldman Sachs (NYSE:NYSE:GS) in their Latin American, Asian and US equities businesses.
Chapman holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Her appointment follows the board appointments of Howard Atkins and Dr Cheemin Bo-Linn, announced earlier this week.
Building out the team
“This is another important appointment as Lake builds out its senior management team and board while moving toward execution on the Kachi Project,” Lake executive chairman Stuart Crow said.
“Our board continues to focus on board refreshment to ensure it has the right individuals to fulfil its key responsibilities of strategic oversight, succession planning, ESG and risk oversight,” said CEO David Dickson.
“Ms Chapman’s knowledge of critical minerals supply chains, her contacts in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and her capital markets expertise is a significant enhancement to our board,” added Dickson.