Dan Pfeffer
Mr Pfeffer has spent the majority of his career in the global critical minerals space, with technical, financial and managerial experience across a variety of operating and investment roles. He has expertise in metals and mining analysis, strategy, technology and financial markets, and he aims to use this unique set of experiences to help Clean TeQ scale in multifaceted markets where natural resources and technology increasingly intersect.
Mr Pfeffer currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Office of the Chairman at I-Pulse Inc., Ivanhoe Mines and Ivanhoe Electric – all chaired by Mr. Robert Friedland, a major shareholder of Clean TeQ. He is also on the board of Blue Spark Energy Services, a hydrocarbon technology company.
Mr Pfeffer was a partner at Bornite Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, prior to which he ran metals and mining investments at Point72 in Connecticut and served in the natural resources group at 3G Capital in New York. Before his buyside experiences, he was an investment banker in Morgan Stanley’s Basic Materials Group in London and worked as an exploration geologist for Ivanhoe Australia and High Powered Exploration (HPX) across Australia and the Americas.
Mr Pfeffer holds a degree in Earth & Planetary Sciences (Geology) from Northwestern University in the United States.