Mr Pathmanathan was the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Lithium Consolidated Ltd, an ASX-listed company, which had one of the largest portfolios of hard rock lithium exploration assets, globally. Mr Pathmanathan has 14 years of investment banking experience in the metals and mining, oil and gas and chemicals sectors. He was Vice President with Deutsche Bank's investment banking division and previously held investment banking and principle investment roles with Macquarie Group in Australia and New York. Mr Pathmanathan has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Australia.