About

With over 14 years’ experience in the energy industry, including senior positions in ExxonMobil, Tope has played a critical role at LiNa for the last two years, securing strategic partners, pilot projects and building a pipeline of future customers.

In 2024 he took on the position of CEO to accelerate LiNa’s commercialisation.

Richard has a PhD in Electrochemical Engineering from Imperial College and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cambridge.

Richard is the principal author of many scientific papers and patents and is an expert at managing industry and academic research programmes. Richard is a founding director of LiNa Energy and oversees all technical innovation.

James joined from PwC where he spent over 20 years advising both large corporates and SMEs on investment appraisal, acquisitions, divestments, M&A and restructuring. During this time James worked on projects for clients across the globe in a variety of sectors including automotive, aerospace and consumer goods. James brings commercial finance expertise to support LiNa’s strategic development on the journey to commercialising our technology.

Niall has spent almost 20 years investing in industrial and energy companies, having managed the largest dedicated industrial and energy portfolio in Europe as a partner at US blue-chip hedge fund, Citadel. He is the co-founder of FIFTHDELTA, a global long-short equity fund trading industrial and technology stocks.

Arvind has over 20 years experience in capital markets as an institutional investor. He worked as an analyst and portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Cazenove Capital Management, T. Rowe Price, and covered the chemicals, basic materials, autos and tech sectors. Most recently he was at M&G Investments where he was Director of Investments for the Equities and Multi Asset Businesses.

Arvind has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University.

Andreas is a design engineer with many years expertise and leadership in developing novel energy technologies.

In his previous role as Head of Design at AFC Energy, he led the team which designed the world’s first large-scale stationary alkaline fuel cell system.

Joana leads LiNa Energy’s battery cell development program, managing the teams tasked with improving of current cell performance as well as the research and development of future generations of LiNa battery cells.

With over 7 years of experience in materials science and a Masters in Chemical Engineering from NOVA University in Lisbon, Joana is one of LiNa Energy’s first employees originally joining as research scientist in 2018.

Kris leads the Cell Development, Facilities and Engineering departments driving LiNa’s technical programme.

Kris holds a BEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Teesside,. He has successfully worked in start-up environments and led the design, patent, installation and commissioning of a first-of-its-kind biomass-to-fuel technology valorising waste streams in India’s sugar cane market.

After a brief stint in the pharmaceutical sector, Kris joined LiNa as Engineering Team Lead in Jan 2021.

Aisha has over 15 years of financial management and reporting experience in the private sector for both large corporates and SME’s. Specialising in risk management and implementation of robust policies and procedures, Aisha has worked across a variety of sectors including construction, financial services, waste management, public relations and real estate.

Aisha leads the Finance and People teams at LiNa with responsibility for financial reporting and processes as well as evolving our people agenda as the team grows.

Matthews brings a wealth of experience to the team having previously led engineering departments, technical teams and business development initiatives. He’s worked across a range of new and emerging technologies for industrial and consumer products ranging from data centre infrastructure to high-performance computing, IoT enablement and nuclear energy. Matthews is passionate about shaping and influencing alternative energy storage solutions and is keen to challenge the status quo through sustainable technology.

Jeet is a highly experienced trade professional having worked globally with various governments and private sector entities. He is presently Trade Specialist at the Department for International Trade in the UK. His fields of expertise include automotive and advanced engineering and manufacturing, entrepreneurship and trade links with India, with a particular focus on the development of batteries and clean energy.

Lina brings a wealth of experience with her, from previous battery start-up and industrialisation ventures and also having worked with Northvolt and Britishvolt.

An expert in product planning, factory, equipment and QC lab requirements, as well as customer qualification plans and industrialisation of new cell manufacturing and testing facilities.

Lina is passionate about leveraging clean technology to develop innovative green and circular business models. She holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from KTH Global Development Hub.

Rick is a proven and highly respected leader in the mainstream automotive and commercial vehicle industries, with decades of board-level experience. Most recently, he was CEO of Delphi Technologies plc, leading its sale to BorgWarner for $3.3bn in 2020.

Rick has considerable manufacturing and commercial expertise and will support the LiNa team implement and achieve its strategic goals of commercialising its solid-state sodium battery technology.

Gene is an experienced clean-tech leader and innovator. He holds a PhD in Material Science & Engineering from Imperial College, London. Gene was a co-founder of LiNa and the company’s first CEO, leading strategic planning and operations. He had previously held senior management and board-level positions in public and private clean-tech energy companies for over 15 years.

Tom is a capital markets expert, specialising in advising clean-tech growth companies. He has a PhD in Materials Engineering, 1999 from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Materials Engineering from Oxford University. Tom is a co-founder of LiNa and the company’s first CCO. He successfully led LiNa’s first funding rounds and also holds posts in boutique small-cap city firms that assist clean-tech companies with commercialisation strategy and fundraising