NioCorp Investor Presentation Deck
Anna Castner Wightman
A sixth generation Nebraskan and a
graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University,
Ms. Wightman serves as a Senior Director of
Government Relations for First National Bank
of Omaha, Nebraska, a position she has held
since 2000. Prior to that, she worked for the
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and
served in the U.S. Congress for former
Congressman Bill Barrett and former
Congresswoman Virginia Smith, both of
whom represented the 3rd Congressional
District of Nebraska. Ms. Wightman serves on
the board of directors for the Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce, Rose Theater for
Performing Arts, and Joslyn Castle.
NioCorp
Critical Mineral Security
Board of Directors (slide 2 of 2)
Peter Oliver
With a background in chemistry, Mr. Oliver began working
at Greenbushes, Western Australia, for Sons of Gwalia, a
mining company, in May 2003. After Sons of Gwalia went
into administration in 2004, Mr. Oliver was hired by Talison
Lithium Limited, a mining company, where he served as
General Manager of Talison's Greenbushes and Wodgina
Mines and as Talison's Chief Operating Officer, until Mr.
Oliver was appointed as the CEO/Managing director. As
Talison's CEO/Managing director, Mr. Oliver led the listing
of Talison on the Australian Stock Exchange in September
2010. Mr. Oliver guided Talison through its acquisition in
2013 by Tianqi Lithium Corporation. He then served as a
corporate adviser to Tianqi, focusing on M&A
opportunities and global expansion, including advising on
the sale of 49% of Talison to Albermarle Corp. and the
acquisition of 24% of Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile
S.A., as well as significant expansions of Talison's
Greenbushes lithium concentrate production. Mr. Oliver
also was a founding member of Tianqi Lithium Energy
Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tianqi,
which was established to build a major Lithium Hydroxide
manufacturing facility in Western Australia. Until June
2021, Mr. Oliver remained as a director of Talison, a joint
venture between Tianqi and Albemarle Corp. In
September 2022, Mr. Oliver was appointed to the Board
of Latin Resources, a lithium exploration company in
Australia.
Dean C. Kehler
Mr. Kehler is Managing Partner of Trimaran, which he
co-founded in 1998, and serves as a Manager of
Trimaran Fund II. Prior to Trimaran, Mr. Kehler was a
Managing Director and Vice Chairman of CIBC, where
he was responsible for CIBC's United States and
European Merchant Banking activities, which were
conducted through the CIBC Funds. In addition, Mr.
Kehler was responsible for overseeing CIBC's United
States and European Leveraged Finance businesses,
which included financial sponsor coverage; acquisition
finance; high yield origination, underwriting, sales and
trading; private placements; and financial restructuring
advisory services. Prior to CIBC, Mr. Kehler was a co-
founder of The Argosy Group LP. Prior to Argosy, Mr.
Kehler was a Managing Director of Drexel Burnham
Lambert Inc., and before that he was an investment
banker at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Kehler serves on the
Boards of Directors of Celularity, Inc. (biotech;
NASDAQ: CELU); and Portman Ridge Finance Corp...
(fixed income investments/asset management;
NASDAQ: PTMN). Mr. Kehler previously served as a
Director, Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee
of CARE USA, one of the world's largest private
humanitarian organizations; and as Chair of the Board
of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School
of Nursing. Mr. Kehler graduated from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael G. Maselli
Mr. Maselli is a Managing Director of Trimaran Fund
Management, L.L.C. since 2006. Most recently, he
served as President of GXII (NASDAQ: GXII). Mr.
Maselli has guided companies and their boards as a
director or advisor for over 30 years. Before joining
Trimaran, Mr. Maselli worked in the Corporate and
Leverage Finance Groups of CIBC. Prior to joining
CIBC in 1997, Mr. Maselli served as a Managing
Director in Bear Stearns' corporate finance group and,
prior to that, as a Vice President at Kidder Peabody &
Co. Incorporated. Since, 2011, Mr. Maselli has served
as the Chairman of the Board of El Pollo Loco
Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LOCO). From 2013 to 2015, he
served on the board of directors of Norcraft
Companies, Inc., and served on the board of
managers of its predecessor company beginning in
2003. Additionally, Mr. Maselli served on the board of
directors of Chance Light, Inc. (f/k/a Educational
Services of America, Inc.) and Standard Steel, LLC, and
was director as well as Chairman of the Board of CB
Holding Corp. Mr. Maselli received an MBA with
distinction from The A.B. Freeman School at Tulane
University and a bachelor's degree in economics from
the University of Colorado.
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