Jonathan Evans Lithium Americas (LAC)

Jonathan Evans serves at the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lithium Americas Corporation (NYSE: LAC). Formerly he was the Chief Operating Officer of Diversitech, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Permira. Jon has more than 25 years of operations and executive management experience in public and private equity owned companies.  Before joining DiversiTech he was the EVP of Global Operations and Supply Chain and later the interim President/CEO at Arysta LifeScience, a $3B+ global agrochemical manufacturer formerly owned by the private equity firm Permira. Prior to that he served as the president and general manager for the Lithium Division at FMC Corporation (now Rio Tinto).

Evans spent more than a decade with General Electric in the earlier part of his career in various executive management roles in their Advanced Materials and Plastics businesses.  After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University, Evans served on active duty in the United States Army as an Armor/Cavalry officer.  He subsequently earned a MSc from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jonathan also serves as an independent board director for Neo Performance Materials; a manufacturer of advanced rare earth magnets and rare metal based functional materials