# Malissa Gordon

Vice President, Government Affairs – US

## Career chronology

- **July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium** — Vice President, Government Affairs – US. [Malissa Gordon — leadership biography](<https://www.elevra.com/people/malissa-gordon/>) (profile, appointment); [Our People](<https://www.elevra.com/about/our-people/>) (Senior Management listing)

- **2020–July 2025 (month-only/merger transition): Piedmont Lithium** — Community and government relations roles. [Malissa Gordon — leadership biography](<https://www.elevra.com/people/malissa-gordon/>) (profile, joined in 2020); [Our People](<https://www.elevra.com/about/our-people/>) (Senior Management listing)

- **More than a decade before 2020: Gaston County Economic Development Commission** — Economic-development retention and expansion work for manufacturers; exact title and dates not stated. [Malissa Gordon — leadership biography](<https://www.elevra.com/people/malissa-gordon/>) (profile, prior career)

## Suitability for the current role

### Government affairs and economic-development experience [malissa-fit]

Prior career through current role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Elevra says Gordon leads U.S. government engagement and project-funding work; before Piedmont she spent over a decade at the Gaston County EDC on manufacturer retention/expansion, and holds a corporate-communications degree. These career details are issuer-reported and not fully independently corroborated.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The current issuer profile describes her role and career; independent records for the prior work and degree were not located.

**Relevance:** Relevant to U.S. government, community and funding engagement for Carolina Lithium.

[Malissa Gordon — leadership biography](<https://www.elevra.com/people/malissa-gordon/>) (profile, remit and prior roles); [Our People](<https://www.elevra.com/about/our-people/>) (Senior Management listing)

### Current U.S. project-facing government-affairs remit [malissa-carolina-engagement]

September–October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer assigns Gordon U.S. government and project-funding engagement. The latest quarterly report says Carolina Lithium's draft air permit was open for public comment and a hearing occurred in October 2026. This establishes a project context during her remit, not her personal involvement in the permit or any adverse conduct.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Current government-affairs scope overlaps active permitting; the company report does not identify a specific action by Gordon.

**Relevance:** Relevant to the public-policy and permitting demands of the role.

[Malissa Gordon — leadership biography](<https://www.elevra.com/people/malissa-gordon/>) (profile, U.S. government and funding remit); [September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03153304-2A1706205>) (PDF p.9, Carolina Lithium permitting)

## Evidence gaps

- The issuer does not date exact prior titles or quantify Gordon's individual results; degree and employment chronology remain unverified.

- No person-specific adverse issue surfaced in the limited indexed public searches; this is not a clearance.