Westwater Resources Appoints Frank Bakker as President and Chief Executive Officer
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Westwater Resources has appointed Frank Bakker as president and chief executive officer effective immediately. Bakker has been serving as Westwater’s vice president and general manager – Alabama Graphite Products.
“Frank is an experienced executive with a proven track record in engineering, project management, and plant construction and operations for large-scale process facilities that produce a wide variety of industrial products. Since last fall, Frank has been managing our construction activities at the Kellyton Graphite Processing Plant,” said Terence Cryan, executive chairman of Westwater’s board of directors.
“Frank will expand his role to handle additional corporate responsibilities related to technical services, sales and marketing, and continuing the development of the Coosa Graphite Deposit,” added Cryan.
Frank Bakker’s professional background includes significant engineering, project management, and process plant management, having built and operated numerous plants that process ammonia, elastomers, methanol, and resins. He previously served as CEO for US Methanol in Charleston, West Virginia, and as president and CEO for OCI Partners in Beaumont, Texas. Bakker received a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Twente Netherlands, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.
The board also promoted Steven Cates, Westwater’s vice president - finance and chief financial officer to senior vice president - finance and chief financial officer, and John Lawrence, Westwater’s general counsel and corporate secretary, was promoted to chief administrative officer while retaining his other roles.
“Collectively, these announcements reflect the strong bench strength at the company and they demonstrate that Westwater can leverage the executive management team to continue our success and to increase value for our shareholders and other stakeholders,” said Cryan.
About Westwater Resources
Westwater is an energy technology company that is focused on developing battery-grade natural graphite. Westwater’s primary project is the Kellyton Graphite Processing Plant that is under construction in east-central Alabama. In addition, Westwater’s Coosa Graphite Deposit is the most advanced natural flake graphite deposit in the contiguous United States — and located across 41,900 acres (~17,000 hectares) in Coosa County, Alabama.
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