Vice President of Corporate Development at Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO), the global producer of rare-earth magnets and critical materials that fast-forward energy & digital transformation technologies. Chairman of the Global Rare Earth Industry Association, Board Director of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada, member of the Bretton Woods Committee, member of the critical minerals advisors committee of the International Energy Agency, and member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Previously in management consulting, investment banking, a private railway venture, and politics.