Rasmus Gerdeman

Background

About Rasmus Gerdeman

Rasmus Gerdeman is the Chief Executive Officer of REEcycle, a U.S based rare earth recycling company. He is also a Senior Advisor at FTI Consulting and an independent board member of Metals Acquisition Limited where he chairs the audit committee. Rasmus brings over 20 years of experience as a senior executive, advisor, and board member. He has spent his entire career in the industrial, chemical and natural resources industries including the intersection of EV’s, renewable energy and energy transition. He is often sought out by boards and executives for his candour and unfiltered insights particularly related to strategy and capital markets activities as well as high stakes transformational events. Previously Mr. Gerdeman was a Managing Director with Ankura Consulting Group’s Office of the CFO practice where he led the Capital Markets Communications client engagements. Mr. Gerdeman has led large scale corporate strategy, investor relations, and corporate finance engagements with clients and executives around transformational events. He is often asked to bring his expertise to advise on IPO’s & SPAC’s, strategic investor relations advisory, capital allocation strategies, working capital improvement analyses, mergers, and acquisitions. Prior to his role at Ankura, Mr. Gerdeman was a Senior Advisor with FTI Consulting. He has also served as Chief Strategy and Investor Relations Officer for Livent Corporation a NYSE listed lithium producer during the company’s IPO and separation from FMC Corporation. Before his role at Livent Corporation Rasmus was a Managing Director at FTI Consulting in the Strategic Communications and Corporate Finance segments. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gerdeman spent more than 12 years as a buyside analyst at leading U.S. investment management firms including Neuberger Berman and was recognized twice by institutional investor magazine as “best of the buyside” for his deep sector expertise. He was a guest lecturer and mentor to Cornell University MBA Cayuga Fund students focusing on basic materials and natural resources.