Mr. Evans is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of LAC and is also a Director of LAC. Mr. Evans joined as a Director of LAC in June of 2017, has served as President of LAC since August of 2018 and its Chief Executive Officer since May of 2019. Mr. Evans has more than 20 years of operations and general management experience across businesses of various sizes and industry applications. Previously, he served as Vice President and General Manager for the Lithium Division at FMC Corporation (USA), and as the Chief Operating Officer of DiversiTech Corporation, a portfolio company of the private equity group, Permira. Jon has also held executive management roles at Arysta LifeScience, AMRI Corporation and General Electric. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University and an MSc from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.