Greg Sheehan  

Global Lithium Director, Hatch

Greg is a Principal Process Consultant with over 40 years’ experience in extractive metallurgy, particularly in the development, engineering and commercialisation of hydrometallurgical processes. Greg is the Hatch Global Lithium Director. His career has focussed on process and technical innovation, demonstration plants, process costings, process design and reviews and commercial plant commissioning. Greg has previously worked for MIM/Xstrata, Australian Magnesium and as a Professor in Extractive Metallurgy at the University of Queensland.

Having worked at senior project directorate level, he has extensive experience and knowledge in the area of large-scale project development encompassing all phases of project lifecycle. He established the Hatch Lithium Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. Greg has recent experience acting as either process manager, consultant or project sponsor for lithium project developments for Covalent, POSCO, Albemarle, Pilbara Minerals, AMG-NV, Nemaska Lithium, Galaxy Resources/Tianqi China, Li-Cycle recycling, Tianqi lithium metal, Talison’s Mineral Conversion Plant, and Rio Tinto’s Jadar and Rincon developments.