Nano One Materials has appointed Aleem Ladak as Director of Corporate Development, adding an executive with more than 15 years of experience across critical minerals, mining engineering, corporate development and battery materials strategy.
Ladak previously led Tesla’s battery materials corporate development and strategy team and its critical minerals policy team.
He later helped establish the battery materials supplier industrialization team at PowerCo Canada, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group’s PowerCo SE.
Earlier in his career, Ladak worked in mining engineering, equity research and strategy consulting. He also participated in due diligence supporting Largo Resources’ acquisition of VionX Energy, which created a vertically integrated business spanning mining through vanadium-based battery energy storage technology.
At Nano One, Ladak will help advance the company’s commercial and strategic objectives as it develops its Design One Build Many growth strategy and DevCo opportunities.
Nano One develops process technology for producing cathode active materials used in lithium-ion batteries.
Its platform incorporates patented processes, manufacturing expertise and modular plant designs intended to reduce production steps, capital requirements, energy use and environmental intensity while supporting more regionalized battery supply chains.
KEY QUOTES:
“We are pleased to welcome Aleem to the Nano One team. His experience building battery materials strategy and supplier industrialization programs for two of the world’s most demanding cell manufacturers gives him a first-hand understanding of what qualified, regionally resilient cathode supply requires. As we advance our DevCo opportunities and Design One Build Many growth strategy, Aleem’s corporate development expertise will strengthen our ability to convert these opportunities into agreements.”
Carlo Valente, CFO of Nano One Materials
“Nano One is aiming to address the mid-stream gap in the battery supply chain with process technology that is scalable, cost-competitive and regionally deployable. Having worked on the demand side of battery materials, I have seen how much value a qualified, localized cathode supply solution represents. I look forward to helping advance Nano One’s commercial and strategic objectives.”
Aleem Ladak, Director of Corporate Development at Nano One Materials
