On May 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of American Battery Technology Company appointed Jesse Deutsch to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Deutsch, 59, has over 25 years of finance and strategy leadership experience in world-class, multinational companies in the U.S. and abroad. He joins the Company with nearly 20 years serving in the role as Chief Financial Officer, including global brands such as Kraft Foods and Aramark Inc., and he has served in executive financial leadership and other roles at companies, such as Visa, Philip Morris Altria, Smith Barney, and Bank of New York Mellon.

Mr. Deutsch has worked within consumer packaged goods manufacturing, professional services, financial technology, hospitality/retail, and healthcare/life science industries, leading several businesses through high-growth phases and completing more than 75 M&A deals and integrated acquisitions. Mr. Deutsch has in-depth experience in establishing transformative finance processes including but not limited to financial planning and analysis, reporting, and controls. Additionally, he has led the implementation of systems such as SAP, Microsoft, and Hyperion.

Mr. Deutsch has an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Deutsch and any other persons, pursuant to which he was selected as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Deutsch has not engaged in any transaction, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Deutsch and any director or executive officer of the Company. Kimberly Eckert's last day as the Company's Chief Financial Officer was May 18, 2023.