Company
Management Team
Leadership
Management Team
Vital Metals is led by a team with deep operating and capital-markets experience across the resources sector — pairing technical delivery and financial discipline with a proven approach to regulatory approvals and community engagement at Nechalacho.
Alexius Chan
Non-Executive Chair & Interim CEO
Managing Director of Sotepi Pty Ltd, Mr Chan is a legal and investment professional with deep experience across capital markets, governance and corporate strategy. Analyst roles at DVA Capital and Van Eyk Research built broad sector expertise, including resources.
He brings strength in corporate governance, capital allocation and strategic decision-making, and his combined legal and financial background supports effective stakeholder engagement and close alignment with shareholder interests. As Chair, he provides independent leadership to the Board and guides the Company’s strategic direction in advancing Nechalacho.
Lara Iacusso
Chief Financial Officer
A former Partner of Deloitte Corporate Finance, she has held Chief Financial Officer roles with ASX-listed Oklo Resources — which merged with B2Gold in September 2022 — and TSXV-listed Compass Gold Corp. She currently serves as CFO to a West African lime company and several private enterprises.
Ms Iacusso specialises in advising emerging companies, with deep expertise in cash-flow optimisation, taxation and cross-border financial management across multi-jurisdictional operations.
Louisa Martino
Company Secretary
She previously worked with a corporate finance firm, supporting company compliance across ASIC and ASX requirements as well as capital raisings. She also brings public-sector experience from a government organisation’s Business Development division, where she assessed commercial opportunities and prepared business-case analyses for funding applications.
Earlier in her career, Ms Martino worked with a major accounting firm across Perth, London and Sydney, delivering corporate advisory services and conducting due-diligence reviews. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).