# Christian Cortes Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **20 October 2025–current: Elevra Lithium** — Chief Financial Officer. [Elevra Annual Report 2026]() (PDF p.48, term of office); [Resignation and Appointment of Chief Financial Officer]() (p.1, appointment effective date) - **Before October 2025; dates not stated: Arcadium Lithium** — Chief Integration and Transformation Officer; led integration of Livent and Allkem. [Elevra Annual Report 2026]() (PDF p.48, experience); [Christian Cortes — leadership biography]() (profile, prior roles) - **Before Arcadium; dates not stated: Allkem / Orocobre** — Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Sales and Marketing; earlier finance roles. [Elevra Annual Report 2026]() (PDF p.48, experience); [Christian Cortes — leadership biography]() (profile, prior roles) - **Earlier career; dates not stated: PwC Australia and Mexico** — Chartered accountant / audit and transaction-support career. [Resignation and Appointment of Chief Financial Officer]() (p.1, prior career); [Christian Cortes — leadership biography]() (profile, prior roles) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Allkem and Livent merger-integration leadership [cortes-allkem-transition] Before October 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality Elevra's biography and FY26 annual report state Cortes served as Arcadium's Chief Integration and Transformation Officer and led the integration of the Livent and Allkem merger. This is issuer-reported attribution; no independent operating metric for his contribution was identified. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The issuer specifically attributes integration leadership to Cortes, but provides no quantified individual outcome. **Relevance:** Relevant prior transformation experience for finance leadership in a newly merged lithium producer. [Elevra Annual Report 2026]() (PDF p.48, experience); [Christian Cortes — leadership biography]() (profile, Arcadium and Allkem roles) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Company FY26 operating/financial objectives below target during CFO tenure [cortes-fy26-outcomes] 20 October 2025–30 June 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality The Board scorecard reports production 2.5% below its business target and unit cost 3.1% above target. Cortes served as Executive KMP from 20 October 2025 to 30 June 2026 and received a Board-assessed individual outcome of 93.3%; the annual report does not link either company variance to him personally. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CFO tenure overlapped with part of the performance year; individual causes are not established. **Relevance:** Relevant accountability context, balanced against the Board's positive individual assessment and the limited service period. [Elevra Annual Report 2026]() (PDF pp.72-73, business scorecard and KMP service period) ## Suitability for the current role ### Resources finance, transformation and accounting background [cortes-fit] Prior career through current CFO role · analyst inference · medium materiality Issuer biographies report more than 20 years in finance, strategy and transformation, prior CFO and sales/marketing leadership at Allkem, merger integration at Arcadium, and PwC audit/transaction work. FY26 disclosures list relevant accounting and management qualifications; independent credential verification was not completed. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The career and education claims are issuer-reported; the ASX appointment release confirms the role and prior employers. **Relevance:** Relevant experience for finance leadership during merger integration and growth-project funding. [Elevra Annual Report 2026]() (PDF p.48, qualifications and experience); [Resignation and Appointment of Chief Financial Officer]() (p.1, appointment and prior career); [Christian Cortes — leadership biography]() (profile, career and qualifications) ## Evidence gaps - No independent verification of the accounting, MBA or university qualifications was located. - Allkem and Arcadium positions are not fully dated in the reviewed material; no individual quantified integration outcome was found. - A same-name U.S. plaintiff case was excluded because public records do not establish identity with this executive.