お知らせ • May 01
Piedmont Lithium Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 13, 2024 Piedmont Lithium Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 13, 2024, at 11:00 US Eastern Standard Time. Agenda: To elect the three Class I director nominees, each to serve for a three-year term until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024; to approve the compensation of the company's named executive officers; to approve the grant of up to 169,903 stock options to Mr. Keith Phillips; to approve the grant of up to 64,362 restricted stock units to Mr. Keith Phillips; to approve the grant of up to 257,442 performance stock units to Mr. Keith Phillips; to approve the grant of up to 13,976 restricted stock units to Mr. Jeff Armstrong; to approve the grant of up to 7,724 restricted stock units to Ms. Christina Alvord; to approve the grant of up to 7,724 restricted stock units to Mr. Claude Demby; and to consider other matters. お知らせ • Apr 05
Austin D. Devaney Transitions from His Position as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Piedmont Lithium Inc On March 31, 2024, Austin D. Devaney transitioned from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Piedmont Lithium Inc. to a consulting role as Senior Commercial Advisor. Mr. Devaney will continue to be integrally involved in the Company's commercial strategy and in several of the Company's most important commercial relationships, working in an advisory capacity while he pursues other professional and personal interests. お知らせ • Mar 20
Piedmont Lithium Inc. Appoints Dawne Hickton as Board of Directors Piedmont Lithium Inc. announced the appointment of Dawne Hickton to the Board of Directors (Board), effective March 14, 2024. Ms. Hickton is an accomplished leader in the aerospace, energy, and metals industries, adding to the extensive manufacturing expertise of the directors and further diversifying the Boards executive, operational, and strategic guidance to the Company. Dawne has an expansive background in board leadership as a highly regarded executive with an impressive career leading global manufacturing supply chain companies in multiple industries. We are confident she will add valuable insights and perspectives as we advance Piedmonts business strategy in the global lithium market and drive efforts to enhance value for shareholders. Keith Phillips, President and CEO of Piedmont Lithium, added, Dawne is a transformative leader with cross-industry experience and a remarkable depth of expertise. She has been both a public and private company CEO and has established a record of leading organizations through important periods of growth. We look forward to working with her as we advance our mission to supply the U.S. with lithium resources through our portfolio of projects. Ms. Hickton brings decades of corporate leadership experience to her position on Piedmonts Board as well as a history of operational, commercial, financial, and strategic success. She currently serves as the Chair and CEO of Cumberland Additive Inc., a metal additive manufacturer of solutions for the aerospace, defense, energy, and space markets. Ms. Hickton also serves as a member of the National Space Council Users Advisory Group, which is chaired by the Vice President of the United States to enable and propel Americas space objectives. Prior to her current role, Ms. Hickton was the Executive Vice President of Jacobs and President of its Critical Mission Solutions business line, which provides engineering design and support services for NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and other national security priorities. She also held the position of Vice Chair, President, and CEO of RTI International Metals Inc, a billion-dollar, vertically integrated global supplier of titanium mill products and fabricated metal components. Ms. Hickton is a Trustee for the University of Pittsburgh and an emeritus member of the Board of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. お知らせ • Jun 23
Piedmont Lithium Inc. Expands Senior Leadership Piedmont Lithium announced the strategic addition of two new senior leaders to support its global portfolio of projects. James Griffiths, a global industrials and corporate finance expert, has been named Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasury; Kara deBorde, an award-winning risk manager with broad-based leadership experience, has joined as Vice President of Risk Management. As Piedmont’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasury, Griffiths is responsible for advancing Piedmont’s strategic priorities and capital plans, providing leadership guidance on mergers and acquisition (M&A), joint venture, and strategic investment activities, along with associated capital structure and financing plans. With a background in investment banking and management consulting spanning 17 years, he has advised on a range of M&As, divestitures, and debt and equity capital raisings for public and private companies. Most recently, he served as a Director in the Global Industrials Group at Bank of America, working with some of the unit’s largest clients to help raise debt and equity financing and advising on M&A. Prior to that, Griffiths was a Vice President in the fixed-income futures, options, and cleared derivatives business, helping clients navigate the transition from over the counter to central cleared derivatives. He began his career at Accenture in its financial services management consulting business. As a UK native, Griffiths earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Lancaster University. As the Company’s Vice President of Risk Management, deBorde is responsible for identifying, formulating, coordinating, and implementing all risk-related activities and procedures. With a background spanning more than 20 years, she has cultivated robust experience in strategic risk management vision, loss protection, savings, and analytics. Most recently, deBorde served as Senior Director of Risk Management at TC Transcontinental. Her career also includes positions with Coveris, S.A.; Michelin North America; S.B. Phillips Company; and Liberty Mutual Insurance. deBorde earned a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of South Carolina. お知らせ • Jan 05
Piedmont Lithium Inc. Expands Board of Directors Piedmont Lithium Inc. announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has voted to increase the size of the Board from five to seven directors, adding two new directors, effective January 3, 2023. Christina Alvord and Michael Bless have been appointed to these positions, providing additional executive, operational, and strategic guidance to the Company as it advances in its mission to supply the U.S. with lithium hydroxide from a global portfolio of projects. Ms. Alvord most recently served as the President of the Central Division of Vulcan Materials Company. She previously served as Vulcan’s President of the Southern & Gulf Coast Division and Vice President of Corporate Planning and Performance Improvement. Before joining Vulcan, Ms. Alvord held various executive management positions at GE Aviation, including serving as President of GE Aviation-Unison Industries and GE Aviation-Middle River Aircraft Systems. In addition to serving as a board member for Piedmont, Ms. Alvord also serves on the boards of Apogee Enterprises and Albany International. She began her career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. after graduating from Harvard Business School. For nearly a decade, Mr. Bless served as President and CEO of Century Aluminum Company and was a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Bless served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Century for five years. Previous to Century, he held a range of executive positions with several companies including Maxtor Corporation and Rockwell Automation Inc. In addition to serving as a board member for Piedmont, Mr. Bless also is a board member of CNA Financial Corporation and Enact Holdings. Mr. Bless is a graduate of Princeton University.