Alfred Baker

Mr Baker has an engineering background with more than 40 years' experience in process technology and is co-founder of WA Kaolin. He is an experienced businessman, authoring several patents and designs during his career. Since 1996, Mr Baker has founded and directed a number of companies, including EMC Pacific Aust Pty Ltd (EMCPA), Australia's manufacturer of power distribution insulators. EMCPA has formed a joint venture to commence manufacture of its products in USA, commencing April 2020; Pacific Polymers, a mineral treatment plant operating in Dandenong, Victoria, using patented technology. Mr Baker was Managing Director of the PQ Australia (PQA) from 1976 to 1996, which he co-founded with his brother. PQA produces the inorganic chemical, Sodium Silicate, in both glass and liquid form, and the patented downstream product 'Q-Cel' hollow microspheres. In all cases, innovation, hands on determination and training of younger executives have led to success and low-cost producer status. Mr Baker is also charged with the overall responsibility, as project director, of the Company's Wickepin mine development.