Nano One Appoints Aleem Ladak as Director of Corporate Development
Highlights
Mr. Ladak's key responsibilities will be to advance the Company's commercial and strategic objectives in line with the Company's growth strategy
Mr. Ladak brings over 15 years of experience in mining engineering, corporate development and battery materials strategy
Mr. Ladak previously held leadership roles at Tesla and was a senior executive at PowerCo Canada—a member of the Volkswagen Group
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 01, 2026--Nano One® Materials Corp. ("Nano One" or the "Company") (TSX: NANO) (OTCQB: NNOMF) (Frankfurt: LBMB), a process technology company specializing in lithium-ion battery cathode active materials, has appointed Aleem Ladak, P.Eng., as Director of Corporate Development, effective August 5, 2026, to advance the Company's commercial and strategic objectives.
Mr. Ladak is a critical minerals and battery materials executive with more than 15 years of experience spanning mining engineering, corporate development and battery materials strategy. He previously led Tesla's battery materials corporate development and strategy team, as well as its critical minerals policy team. He was also responsible for building the battery materials supplier industrialization team at PowerCo Canada, a subsidiary of PowerCo SE. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ladak held roles in mining engineering, equity research and strategy consulting, and played a key role in the due diligence supporting the acquisition of VionX Energy Corp. by Largo Resources—creating a vertically integrated mine-to-battery-cell entity for vanadium-based battery energy storage systems.
"We are pleased to welcome Aleem to the Nano One team," said Carlo Valente, CFO of Nano One Materials. "His experience building battery materials strategy and supplier industrialization programs for two of the world's most demanding cell manufacturers gives him a first-hand understanding of what qualified, regionally resilient cathode supply requires. As we advance our DevCo opportunities and Design One Build Many growth strategy, Aleem's corporate development expertise will strengthen our ability to convert these opportunities into agreements."
"Nano One is aiming to address the mid-stream gap in the battery supply chain with process technology that is scalable, cost-competitive and regionally deployable," said Mr. Ladak. "Having worked on the demand side of battery materials, I have seen how much value a qualified, localized cathode supply solution represents. I look forward to helping advance Nano One's commercial and strategic objectives."