Sigma Lithium's chief controls officer exits company in latest shake-up

Sigma Lithium

26/01/2024 20:42

By Fabio Teixeira
       RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Sigma Lithium's
 SGML.V  Chief Controls Officer (CCO) Raphael Dias has left the
company, he told Reuters on Friday, in the latest management
shakeup at the Vancouver-based miner.
    Dias was announced as CCO last August. According to the
firm, Dias has 22 years of experience in finance and internal
controls.
    The former CCO did not give a reason for his exit or the
date he left. 
    Sigma did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
    Over the past year, Sigma has lost a number of top
executives. Among them its co-CEO Calvyn Gardner, the husband of
current CEO Ana Cabral-Gardner, whom he is divorcing. 
    Gardner was fired for trading Sigma shares during a
quarterly earnings blackout period, Reuters revealed.
    Gardner's ouster touched off a series of lawsuits in Brazil
and the U.S., that could distract from the firm's aims to sell
itself to car firms and big battery industry players.  
    Chief Operating Officer Brian Talbot also left last
September, which sent Sigma's shares tumbling on when he told
Reuters of his exit.  
    

 (Reporting by Fabio Teixeira
Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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