Syrah Resources announced the appointment of Shaun Verner to the position of Executive General Manager (EGM) – Sales and Marketing. He will commence with Syrah in late October. Shaun’s principal responsibilities will be to work with current and potential customers in the traditional graphite market and to continue developing downstream customers in battery anode materials. For the past 5 years Shaun has been a senior sales and marketing executive at BHP Billiton, across a variety of traded metals and bulk commodities and has significant experience in the integration of operations, marketing and risk. The EGM, Sales and Marketing will report to the Managing Director and will also be a member of Syrah’s Executive Committee.