Daniel Jimenez

DANIEL JIMENEZ

Non-Executive Director

Daniel has extensive experience in the Lithium and Iodine markets, ranging from exploration to commercial. 

Worked at SQM, the world’s largest iodine and lithium producer from 1991 through 2019. During his career at SQM he held the Pinquitos SVP Commercial position for 10 years, with global responsibility over sales and marketing of the lithium and iodine business. Prior to that, and based in Belgium, held regional commercial responsibilities for Europe and Asia for 5 years, particularly during the time of the birth of the Li ion battery industry in Japan, S Korea and China. 

Over 8 years, he also headed SQM´s Exploration Group with focus on iodine, lithium, nitrates, copper and gold. He has been a board member of several of SQM’s subsidiaries, private and publicly traded.

Once leaving SQM, he started a lithium and iodine focused consulting firm, iLiMarkets, having a portfolio of clients at al levels of the supply chain, from miners to car OEM’s

Since September 2019 he is a board member at Galan Lithium (GLN.ASX) and Australian company developing a lithium project in Argentina which should be in production by 2026

He is a qualified Civil Engineer and MBA.