• Electra Battery Materials engaged Douglas Geniti as senior adviser for commercial strategy.
• This engagement supports construction of its North American cobalt sulfate refinery toward commissioning and a 2027 ramp-up.
• Geniti is based in New York.
• He will focus on feedstock strategy, customer engagement, product marketing, and commercial agreements.
• His work will emphasize the US market.
• Most recently, he served as senior manager for cobalt, nickel and minor metals at Sumitomo Corporation of the Americas.
• At Sumitomo, he led commercial strategy and trading activities.
• Earlier, he spent more than 10 years at Sogem-Afrimet (now part of Umicore) and African Metals Corporation.
• In those roles, he ran the North American sales agency for Gécamines cobalt and managed logistics and sales.

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