Armando Farhate

• Directly responsible for mining and processing facilities at Lac-Des-Îles and Terrebonne, QC (Canada), managing 60 employees and a turnover of € 15 million. • Coordinated a project that resulted in a joint venture in Namibia • Was responsible for ensuring that the product supply would meet target market demand • Responsible for the long-term strategy for Natural Graphite, including the definition of new production sites and sourcing strategy.

• Statutory responsibility for an industrial unit with 160 employees and sales of USD 45 million/ year • Implementation of a full business turnaround, with refocusing of the existing team achieving recovery of technical capabilities, strict cost control and improvement of safety indicators • Accumulation of the CMO function, with reorganization of sales structure, launching of a new product line, and 15% improvement in profitability levels combined with 5 percentage points of market share growth

• Was member of the Executive board, and directly managed 650 employees in the areas of Geology, Mine Planning, Mining, Processing, Engineering and Projects, R&D, Quality Systems, Environmental Management, and Sales & Marketing.

• Was responsible for the areas of Sales, Sales Engineering and Project Detailing.