Board of Directors

Galdino Claro is an independent consultant, advisor and board director with over 40 years of experience in the metals, mining and recycling industries. Mr. Claro has served as CEO of both publicly listed and privately owned global companies such as: Sims Limited (ASX-SGM.AX), Harsco Metals and Minerals (NYSE-HSC), The Heico Companies Metals Group, Aleris America and Wilmington Paper Corporation. Galdino Claro currently serves also as an independent director of Natural Resource Partners LP. In addition, Mr. Claro was an international executive at Alcoa Inc. for 23 years, where he served as the president of Alcoa China, headquartered in Beijing, and president of Alcoa Extrusions, headquartered in Geneva, as well as other executive positions in the United States, Europe and Latin America. He is certified as an expert in total quality by the International Labor Office in Chiba, Japan, and holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Taubaté in São Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Claro is an independent director and a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. He is a citizen of the United States of America, Brazil and Portugal.

Jean-Pierre Floris started his career at a subsidiary of Corning Glass and Saint Gobain. He worked successively for both companies in financial control, manufacturing and plant management. Since 1985 Mr. Floris worked as a CEO, first of CarnaudMetalbox plastic packaging, then as CEO and chairman of Saint-Gobain speciality bottles, general delegate of Saint-Gobain for Spain and Portugal, later for South America, and as deputy CEO of Saint-Gobain, directly in charge of flat glass, high performance materials, and Verallia. In 2015 he retired from Saint-Gobain, sold Verallia to Apollo and stayed as CEO and chairman of Verallia, while serving at a few boards of Saint-Gobain. At the end of 2017, Mr. Floris worked for the French government and was appointed governmental delegate for business restructuring. Since the end of 2019 he has worked as senior advisor of AlixPartners, and as an independent consultant on strategy and operations improvement. Mr. Floris graduated as an engineer from Ecole des Mines de Paris, and also has a master’s degree in Economic Systems Planning from Stanford University and a master’s degree in Mathematics from Université de Paris. Mr. Floris is an independent director and a member of the Audit Committee. He is a citizen of France.

Richard Navarre is the retired chairman, CEO and president of Covia Corporation, a leading provider of high-quality minerals and material solutions for the industrial and energy markets, a position held from 2019 to 2021. He was chairman of the board of Covia from 2018 to 2021. From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Navarre served as a strategic business advisor to leading energy and private equity firms. He previously served as the president and chief commercial officer of Peabody Energy Corporation from 2008 until 2012, as both executive vice president of corporate development and CFO from 2006 to 2008, and as CFO from 1999 to 2008. Mr. Navarre is currently lead independent director, chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and member of the compensation committee for Core Natural Resources (NYSE-CNR). He is also the chair of the board and member of the environmental, social and corporate governance committee for Civeo Corporation (NYSE-CVEO), and an independent director, member of the audit committee and chairman of the conflicts committee for Natural Resource Partners LP (NYSE-NRP). He is a member of the Hall of Fame of the College of Business at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, and a member of board of advisors of the College of Business and Analytics. Mr. Navarre is a Certified Public Accountant and received his B.S. in Accounting from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Mr. Navarre is an independent director and the Chair of the Audit Committee. He is a citizen of the United States of America.