Ceylon Graphite management team is made up of a unique blend of individuals with immense experience and excellent business leaderships in Asia, North America and Europe.
Ceylon Graphite management team is made up of a unique blend of individuals with immense experience and excellent business leaderships in Asia, North America and Europe.
Sasha brings 23 years of finance experience, including founding and leading a full-service investment dealer focused on renewable power and infrastructure sectors. He’s managed over 100 transactions and participated in financings valued at over $7B. Sasha is the Chair of Maritime Launch Services, Nature United, Plan Catalyst, former Vice Chair of WWF & Director of Plan International.
Michael W. Kinley – Mr. Kinley received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University in 1971 and his Chartered Accountant designation in Ontario in 1973. He earned his designation with KPMG, where he spent 20 years (1971-1991) the last ten as a partner.
During the past thirty years Mr. Kinley has served as an officer and director for a number of public companies listed on the TSX Exchange, the TSXV and the CSE.
Dr Siva Bohm is a renowned nano materials scientist with decades of multi-industry experience. He served as the graphene experts in ArcelorMittal, CTO in Talga, and Principal Scientist in Tata Steel. Siva has been a Royal Society industry fellow from 2017 affiliated initially with Cambridge Graphene Centre and later with Imperial college. He is also a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Faraday Council member, and Fellow of Technical surface Coatings. During his career, he has coinvented 35 patents, authored 95 scientific publications and is responsible for implementing ten commercial products. He has chemical engineering degree in Germany and has a PhD from University of Bath, UK.
Mr. Lenihan has had tremendous success doing business in Sri Lanka. He is one of the founding shareholders of Ceylon Graphite, and was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of South Asia Energy Management Systems (SAEMS), formerly Sri Lanka’s largest independent hydropower producer. With Sprott Asset Management as its largest shareholder, SAEMS was involved in the development, construction, and operation of run-of-river hydropower facilities in Sri Lanka and Uganda including eleven projects totaling 40MW in Sri Lanka,
Kevin Aylward is an Indigenous senior executive with both Public and Private sector experience. Kevin is a former Provincial Cabinet Minister with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, having served ten years in Cabinet. Kevin served 20 years as MHA in the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador and served as Leader of Liberal Party NL in 2011. He is Co-Founder of Beothuk Energy Offshore Wind group and Co Signatory to Beothuk Joint Venture with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
Rita has over 30 years’ experience advising public and private power, water and energy companies (with Citibank and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in NYC and London). She has advised governments, companies and investors on privatizations, cross border mergers, acquisitions, and financing strategies in power, water and energy around the world. She has both advised on – and lead from the board or senior management level – on IPOs in the UK, in Canada (TSX and TSX-V) and the USA (NASDAQ).
Brett James is currently the Vice President of Sussex Strategy Group (“Sussex”). Prior to joining Sussex, Brett operated his own consulting practice servicing clients in government as well as in the health care, finance and energy sectors. He also spent two years as a Senior Associate at APCO Canada, part of one of the world’s largest public affairs agencies. Before entering the private sector, Brett worked for Ontario’s Minister of Health, Jim Wilson, serving as a senior advisor and Communications Assistant to the Minister.
