Our People

Altilium brings together expertise spanning battery materials, engineering, commodities, finance and industrial scale-up. Our team combines deep technical knowledge with the commercial and operational experience needed to take circular battery technologies from innovation to industrial production.

Executive Team

Kamran Mahdavi
CEO
Dr Christian Marston
COO
Sean Joseph
Finance Director
David Cartwright
Managing Director
Richard Walsh
Interim CFO
Dr Ben Wickham
CTO

Leadership Team

Reno Sandonata
Vice President of Operations
Rod Savage
Program Director, End-of-Life Batteries
Emily Hatcher
Head of People and Culture
Dr Afzana Anwer
Head of Intellectual Property
Sheila O’Brien
Head of Partnerships and Grant Delivery
Stefan Berner Beltran
Principle Engineer
David Kelshall
Head of Corporate Services
Dominic Schreiber
Head of Communications
Anthony McDougall
Director of Sustainable Mine Waste Recovery
Simon Reid
Managing Director, recell.store

Advisory Board

Tom Rumboll
Board Advisor, recell.store
Tony Harper
Board Advisor, Partnerships & Advocacy
Prof Daniel Trinder
Board Advisor, Risk, Compliance & Governance
Ian Braime
Board Advisor, Strategy & Programme Implementation
Maarten Holtslag
Board Advisor, ESG

Our Partners

We are proud to be backed by industry leaders who share our ambition to build the next generation of sustainable critical materials infrastructure. With their global expertise and scale, our foundation investors are helping us accelerate the commercialisation and scale-up of our technology.

SQM International Lithium brings unparalleled technical know-how and commercialisation experience as one of the world’s leading producers of battery-grade lithium.

Marubeni, with its extensive global network and market knowledge, brings access to key industry connections and deep insights into the renewable energy landscape,

Mizuho Bank is one of the world’s leading financial institutions.

Our Places

Altilium is building an integrated scale-up platform taking our technology from R&D and pilot validation through commercial demonstration to industrial-scale battery materials production. Our ACT1 to ACT4 facilities provide a clear pathway for scaling our technology and establishing domestic capacity for the production of critical battery materials.
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Our Group

Altilium is building a wider critical materials ecosystem through specialist group companies that extend its capabilities beyond battery materials production. Together, they support the development of a more resilient, circular battery supply chain.

A first-of-its-kind battery recycling online ecosystem connecting sellers and buyers of end-of-life EV batteries on one dedicated platform​. Leveraging an extensive network of relationships with industry partners, including OEMs, salvage yards and insurance companies, recell.store provides access to an inventory of thousands of EV batteries across the UK.

ReOre Technologies is dedicated to the recovery of critical and strategic materials from historic mine waste, leveraging Altilium’s extensive expertise in the processing of EV battery scrap. The company is positioned at the forefront of responsible resource recovery, turning legacy waste into a resilient supply chain for copper and other critical raw materials.

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