Passionate about our people
We’re driven to leave a positive legacy for generations to come – we’re a team of collaborators and hard workers who look out for one another, and this includes taking care of our world.
Our company
Alpha HPA is a publicly listed, Australian-based company which has commercialised the world’s first adoption of the solvent extraction (SX) purification technique to aluminium to produce a growing range of ultra-high purity aluminium materials.
Our high purity aluminium oxides, hydroxides, nitrates and sulphates are found in a wide range of high technology industries including LED lighting, synthetic sapphire, semiconductors, and lithium-ion battery markets, but what sets us apart is our market-leading purity levels, developed with a dramatically lower carbon profile.
Our mission
Alpha HPA is on a mission to supply decarbonisation by delivering the most sustainable, high purity aluminium products to the world. Our use of the Smart SX Technology reflects our commitment to global decarbonisation and our vision to bring the entire world forward, together.
Leadership team
Board of directors
Norman Seckold
Chairman
40+ years in the full time management of natural resource companies. Past Chairman and Director of listed companies including Bolnisi Gold NL, Timberline Minerals Inc., Perseverance Corporation Limited, ValdoraMinerals NL and PalmarejoSilver and Gold Corp. Currently Executive Chairman of Nickel Industries Limited and Chairman of Sky Metals Limited.
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Rimas Kairaitis
Managing Director
20+ years experience in minerals exploration and resource development in gold, base metals and industrial minerals. Led the geological field teams to the discovery of the Tomingley and McPhillamy’s gold deposits in NSW and steered the Hera gold-lead-zinc Project from discovery through to successful commissioning and commercial production. Previously founding Managing Director and CEO of ASX-listed Aurelia Metals. Currently Non-Executive Director of Sky Metals Limited.
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Peter Nightingale
Director
35+ years as a Director or Company Secretary for a range of resource companies including Pangea Resources Limited, Timberline Minerals Inc., Perseverance Corporation Limited, Valdora Minerals NL, Mogul Mining NL, Bolnisi Gold NL, Planet Gas Limited (now Sky Metals Limited) and Nickel Industries Limited. Currently also a Director of Prospech Limited.
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Rob Williamson
Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
Rob is a mechanical engineer and joined the Company in June 2020 having recently rebuilt and started up a new 155ktpa SX zinc refinery in the USA in the capacity of Vice President and GM of the facility. Rob is ideally placed to bring nearly 25 years’ experience in large facility operations to Alpha HPA. Based in Brisbane, Rob is responsible for building a Project delivery team for our HPA project in Gladstone. Rob was appointed to the Company's Board in May 2023.
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Tony Sgro
Non-Executive Director
Chemical Engineer with 45+ years’ senior management experience in the supply of specialised equipment to the process industries, with an emphasis on mining as well as oil and gas. Co-founder, Director and General Manager of Kelair Pumps for 36 years.
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Dr Regan Crooks
Non-Executive Director
Dr Regan Crooks - PhD Chemical Engineer with 20+ years experience in commercialisation, with an early career in the chemicals market commercialising products in the USA and Europe. Most recently she has been consulting CEO for private companies, securing numerous international licensing and collaboration partnerships and bringing technologies to market in Australia and globally.
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Annie Liu
Non-Executive Director
Annie is a seasoned executive, having spent 20+ years building and leading teams across stages from product incubation to rapid growth and scale-up in mature markets. Previously, Annie was the Executive Director at Ford, and prior to this, Annie forged and managed Tesla’s multi-billion-dollar strategic partnerships and sourcing portfolios that support Tesla’s Energy and Battery business units including Battery, Battery Raw Material, Energy Storage, Solar and Solar Glass, including raw materials sourcing efforts such as lithium for battery cells.
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Marghanita Johnson
Non-Executive Director
Marghanita has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Aluminium Council since 2019. She has over 25 years’ experience in the Australian mining and manufacturing sectors, predominantly within the aluminium industry. Prior to joining the Council she led government engagement and advocacy on behalf of Rio Tinto’s Pacific Aluminium assets and prior to that held key climate and sustainability roles at Rio Tinto. Marghanita has Environmental Engineering and Chemistry degrees from the University of Western Australia.
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Richard Edwards
Company Secretary
Mr Edwards has worked for over 20 years providing company secretarial and financial reporting services to a range of publicly listed companies in Australia. He is a member of CPA Australia, FINSIA and the Governance Institute of Australia. He is also Company Secretary of ASX listed Nickel Industries Limited and Prospech Limited.
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Alpha Sapphire, a company of Alpha HPA.
Alpha Sapphire provides high quality, sustainable synthetic sapphire glass worldwide from Australia.
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