Senior Management
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Peter Oliver
Peter has substantial experience in the resources industry, particularly focused on process improvements and optimising operational performance. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree from the Western Australia Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). Prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Talison Lithium, Peter was Chief Operations Officer of Talison Minerals. He has held the position of General Manager Operational Planning at Talison, as well as General Manager at the Talison Minerals Wodgina mine site. Peter joined Sons of Gwalia in May 2003 and held a number of roles in the company, including Acting General Manager at Greenbushes. Peter previously ran his own consultancy business servicing the minerals industry in Western Australia.
Financial

Lorry Mignacca - Chief Financial Officer
Lorry has been the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Talison Minerals since 2007. Prior to this, he was employed by Sons of Gwalia and held a variety of accounting and commercial roles including Group Accountant, General Manager Accounting and Commercial General Manager. Lorry has also held a variety of finance positions with companies including Normandy Mining Limited, Barrack Mines Limited and Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants. Lorry has a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University and is a Chartered Accountant.
Corporate Affairs and Strategy

Frank Wheatley - Executive Director
Frank has 25 years' experience as a Director and Senior Officer for a number of Canadian public mining companies. He has extensive legal and business experience in the areas of public financing, project debt financing, permitting of large scale mining projects, and strategic mergers and acquisitions in the international minerals industry. Prior to joining Talison, Frank was Vice-President and General Counsel of Gabriel Resources Ltd., an exploration and development company, President and Chief Operating Officer of Gabriel Resources Ltd. and Vice President, Legal Affairs of Eldorado Gold Corporation. Frank has also worked for the Vancouver law firm Smith Lyons. Frank received his Bachelor of Commerce and LL.B. degrees from the University of British Columbia and is currently a director of Lithic Resources Ltd. and Portal Resources Ltd.
Operations

Pat Scallan - General Manager Greenbushes
Pat has been General Manager - Greenbushes Lithium Operations since 1995. Prior to this, Pat held a number of senior operational positions with Associated Minerals Consolidated at Eneabba and with RGC Limited at Capel. Both are major operations in the Western Australian mineral sands industry and are currently owned by Iluka Resources Limited. Pat holds a National Diploma of Cost Accounting from Vaal Triangle in South Africa and holds a Western Australian quarry Manager Certificate.
Marketing

Paul Wallwork - Marketing Manager
Prior to joining Talison Minerals in 2008, Paul was Marketing Manager for Europe and then Asia for Iluka Resources Limited, a mining and processing company producing titanium minerals and zircon. Prior to entering the mining industry, Paul worked for more than 10 years in technical account management, sales management and market development roles in the chemicals industry with ICI Australia Limited and Wesfarmers CSBP Limited.
Technical

Kevin O'Keefe - General Manager Technology
Kevin is a metallurgist with over 35 years experience in operational, management, project and technical roles in a wide variety of mineral and chemical fields including tantalum, lithium, gold, tin, tungsten, iron ore, industrial minerals and base metals. He commenced with Talison at the Greenbushes operation in 1989 and has been closely involved in Talison's progressive expansion of production, improvement of operations and application of new technologies.
