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Keshav Kochhar

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October 16, 2021


Keshav Kochhar joined Li-Metal in 2021 as General Manager, Operations & Capital Projects, overseeing the budget, managing buildouts, commissioning of new facilities & capital projects, planning and strategy, and managing overall operations. Prior to this, Mr. Kochhar held the role of CEO and Co-Founder of Lacero Solutions, a clean tech firm focused on the safe destruction and recycling of airbags. Under Mr. Kochhar’s guidance, Lacero Solutions has safely destroyed 300,000 airbags and recovered 725,000 lbs of recyclable material to date. He has over 8 years of industry experience working in various chemical industries, beginning his career as a field engineer at Howe Sound Pulp & Paper, where he was involved in identifying bottlenecks in the plant and increasing daily throughput. Following this role, Mr. Kochhar moved on to PeroxyChem leading many safety and process improvement projects to help reduce production costs. He has led and been involved with design and execution projects for various plant optimization initiatives totalling ~ $15 million. Mr. Kochhar holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

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