• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
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  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Jonathan Evans

Lithium Americas Corp

President & Chief Executive Officer

Jonathan Evans serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lithium Americas Corporation (NYSE: LAC); a company currently bringing to market two world-class lithium resources located in Argentina and in Nevada, USA. 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 across businesses of various sizes and industries.  Before joining DiversiTech he was the EVP of Global Operations and Supply Chain and later the interim President/CEO at Arysta LifeScience, a $2B+ 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, a leading global lithium supplier. Evans spent more than a decade with General Electric in the earlier part of his career in various global supply chain and executive management roles in their Advanced Materials and Plastics businesses.  After earning a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University, Evans served in the United States Army as an Armor/Cavalry officer.  He subsequently earned a master’s of science in business from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Sessions With Jonathan Evans

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 09:30am - 10:20am (CST) / -

    The New Prize: Securing lithium, battery materials & renewables supply chain
    Clean Tech

    The market for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries—the undisputed battery of choice for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) market—is expected to grow quickly in the coming years. What is the future availability of the various metals that are required to manufacture the different types of Li-ion batteries? Can enough lithium supply be brought online to enable the mass adoption of EVs? Will there be any bottlenecks for the metals used in Li-ion battery cells, and could this hinder EV adoption? What other potential disruptions are on the horizon for the battery supply chain?