Jean Steinmetz

Mr Steinmetz has been involved in the plastic technical fibres and rare earth chemical industry for more than 27 years with a strong focus on the automotive industry leading breakthrough projects in body developments and major reductions programmes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in compliance with European and global legislation. Mr Steinmetz has also held management positions in Rhodia-Solvay, GE and Du Pont. Mr Steinmetz's was previously Chief Operating Officer for the ASX listed rare earth company Lynas Corporation where he had operational responsibility for the mining operations and concentration plant at Mount Weld in Western Australia and the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant in Malaysia. He also had oversight of the sales and marketing activities at Lynas and is fluent in English, Dutch, German and French.