Board of Directors

Dr Graham Cooley – Chairman

Graham brings a wealth of relevant experience and knowledge to the CAP-XX Board through his background in the power, energy storage and hydrogen sectors over more than 35 years. He was previously Business Development Manager at National Power plc, the UK’s largest power generator, and CEO of ITM Power plc, the first hydrogen related company quoted on AIM. Dr Cooley has been involved in a wide range of corporate transactions, including ones that have raised over £600m for UK cleantech SMEs. He also has a track record of forging industrial partnerships and entering new markets. He has been an active investor in AIM UK cleantech companies for over a decade and holds a PhD in Materials Physics, a MBA and has several fellowship appointments. He is on the Nominations Committee.

Patrick Elliott – Non-Executive Director

Pat Elliott is a company director with 40 years’ experience in investment and corporate management. His early career was at Consolidated Gold Fields Australia, and covered investment analysis, management and marketing. He later worked in investment banking and became Head of Corporate Finance for Morgan Grenfell Australia and Managing Director of Natcorp Investments. Patrick has a BCom and MBA, and is a CPA. He is on the Nominations, Remuneration and Audit Committees.

Peter Fraser – Non-Executive Director

Peter is a qualified chartered accountant with over 30 years of experience in investment banking and corporate advisory. He currently provides ad hoc financial consulting services to corporates and holds a consulting arrangement with Henslow, the Australian member of global advisory network, Oaklins. Peter has extensive expertise in M&A, corporate strategy and capital raisings. His recent advisory roles include working with technology companies specialising in mobile communications and high-tech materials. Throughout his career, Peter has engaged in significant transactions across diverse sectors, including media, technology, health care and mining, with a global reach spanning Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, the USA, the UK, and Europe. He is on the Remuneration and Audit Committees.

Dr Anthony Sive – Non-Executive Director

Anthony has over three decades of international business experience and is a seasoned executive. Anthony is committed to social responsibility, governance and strategic oversight. He leverages technology and human ingenuity to drive innovation and uphold ethical standards. His notable achievements include leading several significant business transformations, growing revenues and executing major projects, all while focusing on creating substantial shareholder value. Anthony has a PhD in fluid dynamics, an MCom in advanced finance, is a chartered professional engineer with Engineers Australia and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is on the Remuneration and Audit Committees.

Joanna Morbey – Company Secretary

Joanna is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), she brings over 20 years of professional experience in accounting and company secretarial roles across various industries, including investment banking, property development, and mineral exploration. Joanna has served as Company Secretary for several listed companies in Australia, including Ioneer Ltd, Argonaut Resources NL, and Tamboran Resources Ltd.

Executive Team

Lars Stegmann, Chief Executive Officer

Lars has spent more than two decades in international sales, project, and management roles. Lars has considerable experience in the field of power electronics, electronic components and systems, as well as extensive sales and marketing background in the automotive, automation, industrial, marine and medical technology industries. Prior to joining CAP-XX, Lars worked as Vice President and General Manager of C&K, the electronics switch and component manufacturer which is now part of Littelfuse Inc. Lars holds an engineering degree (Dipl. Ing.) in power electronics and an MBA from Zurich International Business School. He will be based in Hamburg Germany.

Ariel Sivikofsky – Interim Chief Financial Officer

Ariel is a highly experienced Chief Financial Officer, Chartered Accountant, with broad experience in the strategy formulation and execution within Financial services, Fintech, Infrastructure, Corporate Finance (Private equity) sectors. Well-developed expertise over +20yrs in managing corporate reporting and compliance, transaction and organisational structuring, funds and asset management; managing the expanding reporting requirements of a rapidly growing listed and private enterprises.

Alex Bilyk, Chief Technology Officer

Alex is a Chemist with over 25 years’ experience in Research and Development. In the last 17 years he has been focused on industry R&D for materials and device development at both CAP-XX and CSIRO. Alex has worked extensively on improving the operational performance of energy storage devices. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney and his BSc (Hons) from the University of Western Australia.

KENNY DONALDSON, OPERATIONS MANAGER

Kenny is an experienced engineering and operations manager with a core focus on continuous improvement and safety. Starting his career as an Industrial Engineer and followed this by getting his MBA at Napier University then moving into engineering and operations management. These included roles at contract electronic manufacturing company Flextronics and Jabil as well as roles with OEM working with Landis + Gyr as Engineering Manager, implementing lean methodologies to drastically improve factory performance, quality and safety. Technical Operations Manager at Gelion, battery research start-up to develop products, manage multiple projects including research projects, as well as establish manufacturing capability for its core battery technology.

Catherine Wang, General Manager – Quality

Catherine is an Engineer with over 35 years of Operations and Quality experience with over 20 years being with CAP-XX. After commencing in the field of design and development of production components, the last twenty years has been focused on the implementation of QC practices at high-tech manufacturing organisations. Catherine holds a Diploma in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering.