Neo names Chief Financial Officer

TORONTO — Performance Materials appoints Jonathan Baksh as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, to be effective June 19.

“Following a rigorous search process, it is my pleasure to welcome Jonathan to Neo. He joins the management team with a proven, superior track record as a finance executive in capital-intensive industries that create value in a volatile, global supply chain environment,” said Neo’s Chair, Claire Kennedy. “He is a consequential executive that drove working capital improvements and oversaw growth. This positions him as a excellent complement to Neo’s management, as they execute the magnetics growth strategy.”

In his role as CFO and EVP, Baksh will lead Neo’s global finance functions, such as accounting, tax, internal audit, controllership, financial planning, and treasury. He will be based at Neo’s Toronto headquarters.

Jonathan Baksh said, “Over the past three decades, Neo has built a highly differentiated position in rapidly growing markets of energy transition and clean technologies,” said Baksh. “This places the business at the forefront of some of the most interesting opportunities created from global supply chain transformations. I am thrilled to be joining the Neo team and to be building on that success.”