Ana is a co-founder and Managing Partner at A10 Investimentos, in addition to having an executive and board position at Sigma Lithium. She has over 24 years of experience as a senior banker at global investment banks in New York, London and São Paulo. Ana is a former Head of Latin America Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs in New York and a former Managing Director at the firm. She has been involved in a large number of transactions over her career, totalling more than US$100 billion, five of which won the prestigious IFR “Deal of the Year” award, including the privatization of Vale in 1996 and the acquisition of Inco by Vale in 2006. Ana has an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and a Master in Finance degree from London Business School. She serves on the Advisory Board of Columbia University Global Centres and is a board member of The American School of São Paulo.

Mr. Talbot is a proven and experienced operator, who exceled in metallurgical processing, mine operations and development in his previous roles. having held leadership roles at successful lithium pioneer producers for over a decade, including Galaxy Resources (now Allkem) and Bakita (now Sinomine Resource Group). He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with Honours from University of Witwatersrand.

Mr. Menck has roughly 30 years of experience in finance and capital markets. He has spent the last 15 years leading finance functions for large corporations, including most recently with Nexa Resources, the mining company of the Votorantim group in Brazil, where he served from 2019 to 2022 as CFO. Prior to his corporate experience, Mr. Menck spent close to 15 years in global financial institutions such as BankBoston, Itaú, WestLB, Citi and BNP Paribas. He holds an MBA in Economics from the University of São Paulo, is a Certified CFO by the Brazilian Institute of Financial Executives, and a certified board member by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance.

Jamie is an experienced mining capital markets executive with a background in Private Equity and Investment Banking. Before joining Sigma, Jamie was Director, Investment Management at Waterton Global Resource Management, a leading independent private equity platform focused on the resource sector with $1.75B in AUM. At Waterton, Jamie led deal origination, structuring and execution from initial investment through to exit. Jamie began his career in Investment Banking with Red Cloud Securities, providing M&A and capital raising advisory services to mining companies. Jamie is a CFA charterholder and holds an MBA degree and a Bachelor of Science with Honours degree from Queen’s University.

Marina is graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, with more than eight years of experience in office and management of legal departments and expertise in M&A, Contracts, Litigation, Compliance, Regulatory, Corporate & Government Affairs, Crisis Management, among others in the Mining, Banking, Food, Agribusiness, Consumer, Oil & Gas and Hospital sectors.

Maria is a prominent environmental and social responsibility professional in Brazil. She has held a number of roles during her 40-year remarkable technical career in public service and in the private sector. In public service, her roles included Director of Sustainable Development in Mining at the Ministry of Mines and Energy and Senior Representative for the Ministry at the National Council for the Environment (CONAMA). She was also the second woman in 60 years to serve as Deputy Minister of Mining and Mineral Transformation at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Maria has had an active academic career, holding several senior roles at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a centre of excellence for mining and metallurgy research in Brazil, including Head of Department for Mining Engineering. She has a PhD in mineral technology. Since retiring from public service in 2018, Maria has worked as a consultant, advising some of the largest global mining companies on environmental matters in Brazil.

Rodrigo has built his career as a partner of a prestigious law firm in Brazil. As co-head of the Energy & Infrastructure transactional practice at the firm, Rodrigo led several projects in the energy, mining, port, road, airport, and defense segments. Rodrigo is also recognized for his work in structuring and implementing of some of the most significant greenfield and infrastructure projects in Brazil (from EPC contracts to claims management).

Later on, Rodrigo joined the management of a high-growth company, from its conception until reaching the status of unicorn. During this period, Rodrigo led a successful inorganic growth strategy and structured and implemented the equity and debt funding strategies of the company.