Piedmont Names Lithium Industry Veteran as Chief Operating Officer
31 March 2021 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
- Mr. David Klanecky to join Piedmont Lithium as Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- Mr. Klanecky most recently served as Albemarle Corporation’s
Vice President – Lithium Operations – APAC/EU, with responsibility
for hard rock lithium mining and chemical processing
activities
Piedmont Lithium Limited (“Piedmont” or the “Company”)
(Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL) is pleased to announce that it has
appointed Mr. David Klanecky as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer. Mr. Klanecky brings deep lithium industry
engineering, construction, and operations experience to the
Piedmont team. As COO, David will lead the implementation of the
Company’s integrated US-based lithium chemicals business, and
development of the Company’s operational capabilities.
Mr. Klanecky has spent most of his career in senior operational,
research & development, commercial, and strategic leadership
roles. From 2013 to 2021, he served in increasingly senior
management roles within Albemarle Corporation, the world’s leading
lithium producer, including as VP Strategy and Corporate
Development and most recently serving as Vice President – Lithium
Operations – APAC/EU, with global responsibility for Albemarle’s
manufacturing/operations, process technology and product management
within the global lithium business. David also served as interim
CEO of the MARBL joint venture between Albemarle and Mineral
Resources Ltd, which includes the Kemerton and Wodgina assets in
Australia.
Before joining Albemarle, David had an impressive twenty-year
career with The Dow Chemical Company that spanned the globe
including expat assignments in Spain, Switzerland, and China across
a number of innovative industries. In his last role with Dow, David
launched the Dow Energy Materials Business, focused on Lithium-Ion
Battery Materials offerings to cell manufacturers and Auto OEMs,
where he served as the Global Business Director for this business
unit prior to joining Albemarle in 2013.
David has a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of
Nebraska and an Executive MBA from Arizona State/Thunderbird School
of Global Management. He will join Piedmont in April 2021 and will
be based in the Company’s Belmont, North Carolina headquarters.
Keith D. Phillips, President and Chief Executive Officer,
commented: “We are very pleased to welcome David to our senior
management team. David’s experience in and enthusiasm for this
industry are unmatched. Having had responsibility for the world’s
leading hard rock-based lithium hydroxide business, including
spodumene investments in Western Australia, lithium hydroxide
plants in China, and the lithium hydroxide project currently under
construction in Kemerton, Western Australia, David is uniquely
qualified to lead Piedmont’s operating team as we move into the
execution stage of building America’s #1 integrated lithium
hydroxide business.”
This announcement has been authorized for release by the
Company’s President & CEO, Keith D. Phillips.
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E: kphillips@piedmontlithium.com
Brian Risinger Vice President – Corporate Communications
T: +1 704 910 9688 E: brisinger@piedmontlithium.com
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