Mitra Future Technologies (Mitra Chem), a leading innovator in North American production of lithium-ion battery materials, announced the expansion of the company's Advisory Board with the addition of global leaders in key sectors central to the battery products industry.

The formation of the Advisory Board complements the company's current Board of Directors led by founder Vivas Kumar along with Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya and Supply Chain Executive Will Drewery.

The new additions to the Mitra Chem's Advisory Board are:

- Yuan Gao, Former CEO, Pulead, Former Technical VP, Livent, Board Director, Lithium Americas

- Pulakesh Mukherjee, Ex-BASF, Managing Partner – Imperative Ventures

- Amit Narayan, CEO, AutoGrid

- Linda Nazar, Professor at University of Waterloo 

"We are excited to add these globally recognized leaders to our team. We are attracting top talent with deep experience in the key fields central to the global battery products supply chain. Yuan, Amit, Pulakesh, and Linda all share our mission to bring iron-based cathodes to market and lead the North American-based production and distribution of key battery materials with innovation and efficiency to tackle the threat of climate change," said Mitra Chem Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor William Chueh. "I want to thank them all for dedicating their time and energy to help support our growth strategy.