Directors & Management

Mr Kabunga is a Tanzanian born Australian entrepreneur who holds a Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Physics and has over 19 years technical and commercial experience in Tanzania, the United States and Australia.

Mr Kabunga has extensive experience in the mining industry, logistics, land access, tenure negotiation and acquisition, as well as a developer of technology businesses. Mr Kabunga has been instrumental in establishing the Tanzania Community of Western Australia Inc., and served as its first President. Mr Kabunga was also a founding member of Rafiki Surgical Missions and Safina Foundation, both NGOs dedicated to helping children in Tanzania.

Mr Kabunga also serves as a Executive Chairman of Lindian Resources Limited (ASX.LIN) and Executive Chairman of Resource Mining Corporation (ASX:RMI).

Prashant Chintawar “PC” is an entrepreneurial global business leader, with a track record of creation and scaling up of new specialty material and battery material businesses, growing existing chemical businesses, product profit and loss management, negotiating and structuring deals and industrialization. His key strengths, honed at large global organizations (BASF, Honeywell, Solvay) and top tier management consulting firm (Arthur D. Little, Inc.), include strategic planning and tactical execution by rallying teams. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a Management Certificate in Finance.

Dominic Virgara, one of the largest shareholders of Volt and former owner and Managing Director of Techforce Personnel Pty Ltd, has been appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director. Mr Virgara has a track record of business growth. Under his leadership, Techforce grew from startup to a turnover of $100m and EBITDA of $9m in 11 years. In 2021, Techforce was acquired by PeopleIn (ASX:PPE) for an enterprise value of $33m.

Mr Virgara is a qualified CPA by profession and has been a high performing recruitment Director/Owner and CFO. During his tenure, Mr Virgara provided strategic, financial, HR, IT, marketing, and management guidance for his companies. His experience also includes CFO positions with Mitsubishi Motors, Spotless Group, and Elders. He brings strong financial discipline to the role.

Mr Featherby is a corporate advisor at SmallCap Corporate, a boutique corporate advisory firm specialising in providing company secretarial, CFO and transaction management services involving both listed and unlisted companies.

Mr Featherby is also the Company Secretary of Victory Goldfields Limited (ASX:1VG), Cosmos Exploration Limited (ASX:C1X) and Odessa Minerals Limited (ASX:ODE).

Prashant Chintawar “PC” is an entrepreneurial global business leader, with a track record of creation and scaling up of new specialty material and battery material businesses, growing existing chemical businesses, product profit and loss management, negotiating and structuring deals and industrialization. His key strengths, honed at large global organizations (BASF, Honeywell, Solvay) and top tier management consulting firm (Arthur D. Little, Inc.), include strategic planning and tactical execution by rallying teams. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a Management Certificate in Finance.

Chris has joined recently as VP of Technology for Volt. He is a highly experienced metallurgist and brings experienced forged over a long career providing technical management for a range of projects in various jurisdictions and commodities. Chris brings significant experience to Volt in all aspects of the concentration and purification of graphite.

Harold is a Chemical Engineer and an expert in the manufacture of lithium ion battery materials. He has 25+ years’ experience at prominent companies such as Tesla, BASF, and Engelhard Corporation. A disciplined engineering project leader and a strong motivator, Harold’s successes have been achieved through a focused and results-oriented approach. He has managed large capital investment projects (up to US$ 6 million) through all aspects of execution, including scope development, front-end engineering, safety reviews, capital appropriation requests, RFQs, procurement, construction, and start-up.