Li-Cycle Appoints Abdelsalam Aldwikat as VP of IT

Li-Cycle to Realign Organizational Structure to Support Global Growth Plans

November 10, 2021

TORONTO, Ontario (November 10, 2021) – Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (NYSE: LICY) (“Li-Cycle” or “the Company”), an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, today announced the appointment of Abdelsalam Aldwikat to the role of VP, Information Technology (IT), effective immediately. In his new role, Mr. Aldwikat will oversee Li-Cycle’s global IT and enablement as the Company increases its investment in strategically leveraging IT across its business.

Mr. Aldwikat brings nearly 20 years of experience specializing in the strategic alignment of technology to corporate strategy, operations, business process improvement, and process automation. He has a proven track record of leading strategic initiatives, implementation, and delivery of technology across a variety of industries. Mr. Aldwikat reports to Li-Cycle’s Chief Financial Officer, Bruce MacInnis.

“We are pleased to welcome Abdel to the Li-Cycle team as we aggressively scale our commercial lithium-ion battery recycling technologies,” said Mr. MacInnis. “We will increase our focus and investment into our IT department as a strategic enabler, as we continue to grow and deploy our technologies into new global markets. We look forward to leveraging Abdel’s experience and insights as he spearheads our IT initiatives.”

“Li-Cycle’s patented and proven commercial lithium-ion recycling technologies are critical to supporting the infrastructure required to support global electrification, sustainably,” said Mr. Aldwikat. “I am excited to play a significant role in growing the Company’s IT team and capabilities as it enters an exciting new chapter in its rapid growth trajectory.”

Prior to joining Li-Cycle, Mr. Aldwikat served as Chief Technology Officer of REVIVE Superfoods where he built, implemented, and transformed the company’s IT & technology strategy. Previously, he worked for Redline Communications Group, where he built the Information Systems (IS) and IT strategy, focused on improving the customers experience and productivity while reducing cost. Earlier on in his career, Mr. Aldwikat held a variety of roles related to IS and IT across several different industries.

Mr. Aldwikat acquired his Master of Science in Information & Computer Security from the New York Institute of Technology and BA in Information Technology.

Additional Leadership Changes
Li-Cycle also announced that it has adopted a new regional management structure to support the acceleration of the Company’s global growth plans. Under the new structure, regional presidents will oversee recycling operations, commercial activities, and business development activities in the Americas region, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. 

Li-Cycle has promoted Dawei Li to the role of Regional President, APAC. Tim Johnston assumes the role of Interim Regional President, EMEA, and Kunal Phalpher will transition from the role of Chief Commercial Officer to Chief Strategy Officer of the Company.

Dawei Li – Regional President, APAC
Mr. Li will transition from his current role as Li-Cycle’s Vice President, Asia to the new role of Regional President, APAC, effective immediately. In his new position, he will oversee the execution of Li-Cycle’s growth strategy in the APAC region and will be responsible for Li-Cycle’s future operational and commercial teams in that region.

Tim Johnston – Interim Regional President, EMEA
Tim Johnston, Li-Cycle’s co-founder and Executive Chairman, will assume the additional role of Interim Regional President, EMEA, as part of the Company’s new regional management structure, effective immediately. In this new role, he will oversee the execution of Li-Cycle’s growth strategy in the EMEA region and will be responsible for Li-Cycle’s future operational and commercial teams in that region. 

Kunal Phalpher – Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Phalpher will transition from his role as Li-Cycle’s Chief Commercial Officer to the new role of Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately. In this new role, Mr. Phalpher will oversee Li-Cycle’s global customer relationships and its commercial development strategies.

About Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
Li-Cycle (NYSE: LICY) is on a mission to leverage its innovative Spoke & Hub Technologies™ to provide a customer-centric, end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries, while creating a secondary supply of critical battery materials. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are increasingly powering our world in automotive, energy storage, consumer electronics, and other industrial and household applications. The world needs improved technology and supply chain innovations to better manage battery manufacturing waste and end-of-life batteries and to meet the rapidly growing demand for critical and scarce battery-grade raw materials through a closed-loop solution. For more information, visit https://li-cycle.com/.

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