GRAPHITE ONE - Key Persons
Anthony Huston is a successful entrepreneur with a background in the tech sector, business development and finance. Having served as Managing Partner in both public and private companies, he has played an integral role in raising more than $150 million in his career. Mr. Huston has served as an advisor on financial and acquisition transactions in industries ranging from the resource sector and real estate development to bio-technology and information technology. Mr. Huston is active in numerous local and international community service organizations, and lives with his wife and three children in Vancouver.
Job Titles:
- Director, Member of Compensation Committee, Member of Audit Committee
Mr. Budd has an extensive management and corporate development background with over 25 years of entrepreneurial and sales leadership experience in the resource and high-tech industries. His business acumen includes the development and execution of comprehensive business and financing plans, corporate communication programs as well as strategic planning for both the domestic and international markets. Mr. Budd has held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer and/or Director for several public companies since 2010.
Job Titles:
- Principal of Carmot Strategic Group
Mr. McGroarty is principal of Carmot Strategic Group, an issues management firm in Washington, D.C. He has served in senior positions in the U.S. Government, as special assistant at the White House and Presidential appointee at the Department of Defense. As a strategic and critical materials subject-matter expert, Mr. McGroarty has testified before both U.S. Senate and House committees on energy and natural resources, and has consulted to the Institute for Defense Analyses, which supports the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, the Joint Chiefs, and the Intelligence Community.
Mr. Jang has over 25 years of experience in senior management roles with mid-to-large mining companies. He has a wealth of expertise in capital markets, M&A, SOX compliance, external financial reporting, corporate restructuring, cost analysis and process improvements. Mr. Jang was previously the Vice-President of Finance and Accounting at Fortuna Silver Mines, and prior to that, has held senior positions at Augusta Resources, Lundin Mining and Pan American Silver.
Job Titles:
- Community Relations Manager / Graphite One ( Alaska ) Inc.
Ms. Huntington has effectively led communications efforts across the State of Alaska in over fifty communities. She has twenty years of experience in Alaska Native and rural communications and outreach. She is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ms. Huntington is Koyukon Athabascan from several villages along the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. Her consultancy Uqaqti Consulting received the Indigenous Business of the Year Award from the Yukon First Nations Chamber of Commerce in 2018. In May 2019, Native Business Magazine named Ms. Huntington one of the Top 50 Native Business Entrepreneurs in the country. She was also recognized as one of the 2019 Top 40 Under 40 Native Americans in North America by the National Center for American Enterprise Development. In 2020, the Alaska Journal of Commerce named her one of the Top 40 Under 40 in Alaska. Ms. Huntington has been working with Graphite One on community relations and communications since 2014, when she led the company's first round of community meetings.
Job Titles:
- Mining Engineer
- Vice - President
- Vice - President, Mining
Kevin Torpy serves as Graphite One's Vice-President, Mining.
Mr. Torpy is a mining engineer with twenty-seven years of experience developing, building, and operating mines, primarily in remote northern locations. Prior to joining Graphite One he was Vice President, Operations at Ambler Metals, another Arctic exploration project in Alaska. He was Vice President, Operations at Titan Mining Corp. where he oversaw the restructuring and operational turnaround of the Empire State Mine in Northern New York State. He held several positions of increasing responsibility including General Manager at Pretium Resources' Brucejack Mine in British Columbia during the advanced exploration, construction, and startup phases of the project.
Mr. Torpy's other Alaska experience includes the Kensington Mine, where he was Technical Services Superintendent through construction, and the Pogo Mine, where he was an Operations Engineer during the advanced exploration and construction phases.
Mr. Torpy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from Montana Tech and received the E.A. Scholz Award from the Association for Mineral Exploration for excellence in mine development in British Columbia. He is a past Director and Juneau Branch Chair of the Alaska Miners Association.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Operations
Mike Schaffner serves as Graphite One's Senior Vice President, Operations.
Prior to joining G1, Mr. Schaffner worked at Ambler Mining, where he oversaw engineering work for the Ambler pre-feasibility study and managed the metallurgical test work program for the company's drilling program. He joined Ambler after 15 years with Newmont Mining, rising through positions of increasing responsibility to the level of General Manager at the Carlin Gold Mine, Cripple Creek and Victor Mines,
Mr. Schaffner's operations are three-time winners of the National Mining Association's Sentinels of Safety award, recognizing the U.S.'s safest mines for continuous injury-free operations. He holds two patents related to bio-oxidation heap leaching.
Job Titles:
- Senior Executive
- Director, Member of Compensation Committee, Chair of Audit Committee
Mr Bedi A Singh is a seasoned senior executive with deep financial experience with decades of public company service primarily in the media, entertainment and technology sector.
Mr Singh served on the Board of The Meet Group, previously a Nasdaq listed technology company and currently serves on the North American Advisory Board of The London School of Economics. He is also the managing partner at BAS Consulting providing advisory, Board and management consulting services.
Mr Singh served as the Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation from 2012 to 2017.He served as Co-CEO; President & Chief Financial Officer for MGM Studios, as Chief Financial Officer at Gemstar-TV Guide and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Before joining Sony Pictures Entertainment, he held a number of senior finance positions at 21st Century Fox, News UK, Fox Filmed Entertainment and as Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman of News Corporation.
Mr. Singh is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Fellow of the UK Institute of Chartered Accountants and a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. Mr. Singh started his business career with Arthur Andersen in London.
Job Titles:
- Director, Member of Compensation Committee, Member of Audit Committee
Mr. Smith is a senior mining executive with 40 years of executive management experience in the international mineral exploration and mining industry, including 20 years in Alaska. Mr. Smith held the position of Alaskan Exploration Manger for Kennecott Exploration Company as well as other senior management positions with Rio Tinto plc over the course of 32 years, culminating in his role as Managing Director of Exploration, Australasia Region, based in Perth, Australia. He then assumed the position as President and CEO of Heatherdale Resources Ltd. with focus on the advanced stage Niblack polymetallic deposit in Alaska. Mr. Smith has been involved with globally diverse exploration and development projects spanning many commodities including gold, copper, molybdenum, iron ore, diamonds, industrial minerals, and lithium. Mr. Smith is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, member of the Society of Mining Engineers, the American Exploration and Mining Association, and Alaska Miners Association. He holds Professional Geologist licenses in Utah, Wyoming, and Washington.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Strategist
- Director, Chair of Compensation Committee, Member of Audit Committee
Scott Packman is a highly regarded corporate strategist, successful operator, trusted advisor, pre-eminent negotiator and attorney.
Prior to joining the Graphite One Board of Directors, Mr. Packman served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. He also served as the General Counsel of MGM Holdings Inc., the owner of the iconic MGM movie and television studio, for over 12 years. Mr. Packman is currently the Managing Member of SSP Partners, which identifies, evaluates and advises on strategic transactions for financiers.
Mr. Packman was admitted to the California, Florida and New York state bars, and graduated from the New York University School of Law. He also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Texas.