December 22, 2022: Volt Sources mentioned on December 8 that Prashant Chintawar has been appointed CEO efficient January 1, 2023.
Chintawar joined the Australia-based firm as battery metals senior adviser on September 1. He was beforehand director of worldwide enterprise improvement and gross sales for German chemical substances conglomerate BASF.
Volt MD Trevor Matthews will grow to be monetary and business government director on January 1, whereas COO Justine MacDonald, who joined Volt in 2021 after 22 years within the African mining business, will increase her involvement in operations and -progress within the firm’s graphite property, Volt mentioned.
Non-executive chairman Asimwe Kabunga mentioned: “Since becoming a member of Volt, Prashant’s high-level business expertise and deep business networks shine by within the work he has completed and the initiatives he has initiated. .”
On October 4, Volt mentioned it was forming a brand new enterprise unit during which it can provide graphite merchandise for the lead acid and lithium battery markets within the US.
The brand new unit, Volt Vitality Supplies, gives merchandise together with coated spheronized purified graphite (CSPG) for lithium ion batteries and graphite expander components for unfavorable electrodes for lead batteries.
Photographs: Prashant Chintawar (centre) with Justine MacDonald and Trevor Matthews