IONIC INDUSTRIES - Key Persons


Dr Phillip Aitchison - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Member of the Ionic Team
One of Australia's first and most highly recognised commercial graphene scientists and a leading expert in the field of supercapacitor technologies.

Dr. Meysam Sharifzadeh

Job Titles:
  • Research and Development Manager
Over 5 years working on graphene energy storage systems, Specialising in supercapacitor materials processing, device fabrication and prototyping.

Mr Neil Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ionic Team
  • Non - Executive Director
Engineering, manufacturing and research commercialisation with deep experience in advanced manufacturing and delivering new technologies form early stage prototypes to commercial production Neil brings his long experience in manufacturing to the Board of Ionic. He is the founder and Chairman of Romar Engineering through which he has developed over 50 years of manufacturing, management and research experience. Romar specialises in scalable manufacturing solutions and Neil's experience will be critical to Ionic's progress as the company enters its next phase of growth, bringing technology from the lab into manufacturing reality.

Mr Peter Armitage - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Executive Chairman
  • Member of the Ionic Team
Experienced company director, governance and financial management with a long history in Australian listed companies Business strategy credentials. Peter Armitage began his professional career over 40 years ago with an international accounting firm, specialising in start-ups and work-outs. After qualification he was invited into partnership of a national firm that he maintained until he set up his own practice in 1978, of which he remains principal. Since the early 1980's he has been a Director of a number of listed exploration companies in both Australia and New Zealand concentrating on fiscal aspects of project modelling and procurement of capital. Recently he has been responsible for a number of successful IPOs supervising Due Diligence and Corporate Governance matters as well as attending to all compliance matters. Mr Armitage has also been involved in various consulting assignments in Peoples Republic of China, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, and UK for Fortune 500 companies. Mr Armitage also holds directorships in ASX listed Energex NL (ASX:ENX).

Mr Simon Savage - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Ionic Team
  • Key Contributor at Ionic
Technology commercialisation and stakeholder relations Simon's background in management consulting and foreign relations drives Ionic's collaboration-based business model. Founder and Director of the Australian Graphene Industry Association. Simon has been a key contributor at Ionic over a number of years, supporting the company's strategic planning and partnership initiatives. Simon's experience in business and project management, strategic planning and stakeholder engagement will be critical in focusing Ionic's research efforts, prioritising the commercialisation of our most advanced technologies and concluding partnership agreements.

Paul Zientek

Job Titles:
  • Chief Manufacturing Advisor
Specialising in advanced coating technologies and manufacturing operations with a background in some of Australia's leading technology success stories.

Prof. Mainak Majumder

Job Titles:
  • Monash University, Chief Scientific Advisor
  • Professor
World-leading materials scientist specialising in carbon and graphene and the head of the newly-formed Industry Transformation Research Hub on Advance 2D Materials. Professor Majumder applies fundamentals of materials science, notably Carbon, to emerging and multidisciplinary areas of separation engineering & energy storage and in doing so, creates scientific & business opportunities. He has developed an international reputation for inventing innovative fabrication & processing methods, grounded on strong fundamentals, with impact in a wide gamut of engineering applications for e.g. membrane-based separations, supercapacitors, batteries, strain sensors, micro-/nano-fluidics and anti-corrosion coatings.