Board and Management Members
Mr Clinton Booth – Managing Director
BComm, MBA
Mr Clinton Booth holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University and a MBA from the Curtin Graduate School of Business. Mr Booth has over 20 years of experience in the mining and energy sectors, including experience in lithium exploration, development and operations across hard rock and brine deposits. Prior to this position Mr Booth held senior positions at Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd, Galaxy Resources Limited (now Arcardium Limited (ASX:LTM)) and Sundance Resources Limited (ASX: SDL).
During his time at Fortescue Future Industries, Mr Booth performed several roles covering early stage development activities including global land and tenement acquisition, overseeing global permitting and approvals, and heading project development activities in North America. Most recently Mr Booth was the Global Head of Integration where he had responsibility for the transition and integration of M&A and joint venture transactions.
At Galaxy Resources Mr Booth played a key role in identifying and delivering significantly improved financial returns for the feasibility study of the James Bay hard rock project in Canada, advancing the Sal de Vida brine project in Argentina from feasibility into construction, and significantly reducing operating expenditure and improving production at the hard rock mine in Western Australia.
Mr Booth has extensive corporate, project development and operations experience, with his experience spanning Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
Mr Charles Thomas – Non-Executive Chairman
B.Com
Mr Charles Thomas holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Univeristy of Western Australia (UWA) majoring in Corporate Finance. Mr Thomas is an Executive Director and Founding Partner of GTT a leading boutique corporate advisory firm based in Australia. Mr Thomas has worked in the financial service industry for more than 15 years and has extensive experience in capital markets as well as the structuring of corporate transactions.
Mr Thomas has significant experience sitting on numerous ASX boards spanning the mining, resources and technology space. Mr Thomas has been responsible for the sourcing and funding of numerous projects for these ASX companies.
Mr Thomas was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of GCM on 23 April 2018 and is currently the Executive Chairman of Marquee Resources Limited (ASX:MQR) and Non-Executive Director of Viking Mines Ltd (ASX:VKA).
Mr Chris Zielinski – Non-Executive Director
LLB, B.Com
Mr Chris Zielinski holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from Notre Dame University. Mr Zielinski is a Director at Nova Legal and has a wide range of experience acting as an adviser to a number of companies (both public and private), directors and corporate advisors on matters such as capital raisings (both IPO and secondary), takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder meetings, preparing and reviewing prospectuses and other fundraising documents, company meetings, Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule compliance, and providing general corporate and commercial advice. Mr Zielinski also has experience acting for a number of private and public companies in the resources sector, including advising on acquisition and disposal of mining projects and negotiating earn-in agreements.
Mr Zielinski is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Global Oil & Gas Ltd (ASX:GLV) and Non-Executive Director of Omnia Metals Group Ltd (ASX:OM1).
Professor Andrew Ruys – Head of Research and Development
PhD BE
Professor Ruys is a leading global expert in advanced ceramics, and has a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) and PhD in Ceramic Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has had a hands-on career leading R&D and commercialisation efforts at both private and ASX-listed companies.
In the 1990s, Professor Ruys was the founding director of Modern Ceramics Company Pty Ltd (MMC), one of the leading manufacturers of RSSC silicon carbide (SiC) in the world at that time. Under his guidance, MMC produced and exported advanced ceramics, and managed the early development of advanced graphite technologies.
In the late 1990s, Professor Ruys became a member of the foundational team of ASX-listed Sirtex Medical Limited (ASX:SRX), which developed and marketed an advanced ceramic microsphere technology for selective internal radiation therapy.
Professor Ruys has also been the R&D Manager at two start-up companies developing advanced ceramics, LCRT Pty Ltd and GRAG Technologies Pty Ltd.
Professor Ruys has also had an illustrious academic career, including serving for many years as a Professor of Engineering at the University of Sydney (School of AMME, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology and Discipline of Biomedical Engineering). He has published over 240 scientific papers on advanced ceramics, and four scholarly books through Elsevier (Oxford, UK).
Mr Chris Whiteley – Head of Sales and Marketing
MBA, International Business
Mr Whiteley is a seasoned industry expert with 28 years of experience in technical sales and business development in the graphite and carbon sector, spanning natural and synthetic graphite, carbon black, biomass carbons, battery materials, and industrial applications.
Mr Whiteley has had extensive global commercial leadership experience, having held roles such as Global Sales Director at Tokyo Tanso PA Graphite, International Sales Manager at POCO Graphite (now Entegris POCO Graphite Materials), Sales Manager – North and South America at IMERYS,
Mr Whiteley brings unmatched market insight to the Green Critical Minerals team, drawn from his experience in the sector across North and South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe, where has had advised graphite supply chains, advanced material applications for graphite, and commercialisation strategies for technical products in industrial, aerospace, military, high-performance tech and battery markets.
Mr David Eastman – Chief Geologist B.Sc.
B.Sc, Geology/Geophysics
Mr David Eastman holds a Bachelor of Science from Monash University majoring in Geology and Geophysics. Mr Eastman has over 18 years of experience in the mining sector, including experience in exploration, resource development, resource estimation, mine geology and operations management in hard rock deposits. Prior to this position Mr Eastman held senior positions at Element 25 Limited, Altura Mining Limited, Galaxy Resources Limited (now Arcardium Limited (ASX:LTM)), Mt Gibson Iron and Consolidated Minerals Limited. Mr Eastman has also worked as an independent geological consultant to the mining sector.
Further to his geological skills, Mr Eastman also has extensive experience in mine site management and start up operations, having successfully over seen mine site development works and management at multiple operations throughout Western Australia.
Miss Clarissa Chua – Joint Company Secretary
Miss Chua is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary with over 10 years’ experience in accounting, auditing and financial reporting. She has extensive experience providing company secretarial, financial accounting and reporting services to listed and unlisted companies in the resource industry. Miss Chua holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management from the Governance Institute of Australia.
Miss Chua is currently the Joint Company Secretary of Great Northern Minerals Ltd (ASX:GNM).
Mr David Palumbo – Joint Company Secretary
Mr Palumbo is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with over 18 years’ experience in the resource industry and accounting profession. He has extensive experience in company financial reporting, corporate compliance and governance, business acquisition due diligence, initial public offerings and capital raisings.
Mr Palumbo is currently Company Secretary of Warriedar Resources Limited (ASX: WA8), Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary of Krakatoa Resources Limited (ASX: KTA) and Albion Resources Limited (ASX: ALB) and Non-Executive Director of Rubix Resources Limited (ASX: RB6)