Team
FCL-X Team
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Meet Our Expert Team
Significant Industry Expertise
Carlos Vicens
CEO, Director & Founder
Over 25 years of years of global experience in capital markets, corporate development, strategy and investment banking.
Vice-President of a Canadian investment banking mining team with over $10B of M&A transactions and well over $5B in equity and debt issuances.
Founding member and CFO of Neo Lithium.
Paul Fornazzari
Non Executive Chairman
Over 30 years of global law experience focusing on capital markets and merger and acquisitions practice.
Founding Chairman of Lithium Americas and founding director of Neo Lithium.
Partner at a Canadian law firm.
Franco Mignacco
Director
Over 25 years of years of global experience in capital markets, corporate development, strategy and investment banking.
Vice-President of a Canadian investment banking mining team with over $10B of M&A transactions and well over $5B in equity and debt issuances.
Founding member and CFO of Neo Lithium.
Orlee Wertheim
Director
Ms. Wertheim started her career as a corporate lawyer, where she acted for both domestic and international public companies.
Using this experience, Ms. Wertheim joined the TSX’s Listed Issuer Services department where she was responsible for the development and execution of the TSX’s global strategy for attracting new listings in the mining sector.
Most recently, Ms. Wertheim acted as Capital Markets Counsel at a major Canadian law firm.
Mike Cosic
Director
Mr. Cosic is a strategic executive with 30 years of achievement in a variety of industries, including lithium. He was the CFO of Lithium Americas Corp. when the company merged with Western Lithium to create an industry leading lithium resource company.
Mr. Cosic has been a public company CFO, a public company CEO, and the Audit Committee Chair for a TSX-listed company.
Mr. Cosic has extensive experience in obtaining financing for early-stage companies.
Meet Our Expert Team
Significant Industry Expertise
Over 25 years of years of global experience in capital markets, corporate development, strategy and investment banking.
Vice-President of a Canadian investment banking mining team with over $10B of M&A transactions and well over $5B in equity and debt issuances.
Founding member and CFO of Neo Lithium.
Over 30 years of global law experience focusing on capital markets and merger and acquisitions practice.
Founding Chairman of Lithium Americas and founding director of Neo Lithium.
Partner at a Canadian law firm.
Mr. Mignacco has a comprehensive understanding of the global lithium business.
Mr. Mignacco is the President of Minera Exar S.A. (the operator of the Cauchari Olaroz lithium brine project co-owned with Lithium Americas Corp.) and Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd.
In this current role, Mr. Mignacco is leading the buildout of one of the largest lithium brine projects in the world, including construction of the lithium processing facilities for the project.
Mr. Mignacco is a co-founder of Lithium Americas and has been a director since 2010.
Ms. Wertheim started her career as a corporate lawyer, where she acted for both domestic and international public companies.
Using this experience, Ms. Wertheim joined the TSX's Listed Issuer Services department where she was responsible for the development and execution of the TSX's global strategy for attracting new listings in the mining sector.
Most recently, Ms. Wertheim acted as Capital Markets Counsel at a major Canadian law firm.
Mr. Cosic is a strategic executive with 30 years of achievement in a variety of industries, including lithium. He was the CFO of Lithium Americas Corp. when the company merged with Western Lithium to create an industry leading lithium resource company.
Mr. Cosic has been a public company CFO, a public company CEO, and the Audit Committee Chair for a TSX listed company.
Mr. Cosic has extensive experience in obtaining financing for early-stage companies.