Neo Performance Materials Inc. announced the appointment of Jonathan Baksh as Chief Financial Officer, to be effective June 19, 2023. Neo's Chair Claire Kennedy said, "Following a rigorous search process, it is my pleasure to welcome Jonathan to Neo He joins the management team with a proven, superior track record as a finance executive in capital-intensive industries that create value in a volatile, global supply chain environment. He is a consequential executive that drove working capital improvements and oversaw growth.

This positions him as a excellent complement to Neo's management, as they execute the magnetics growth strategy. In his role as CFO and EVP, Mr. Jonathan Baksh will lead Neo's global finance functions, such as accounting, tax, internal audit, controllership, financial planning, and treasury. He will be based at Neo's Toronto headquarters.

Mr. Jonathan Baksh's experience spans from being the financial steward of value-added manufacturing in the critical supply chains of semi-conductors to overseeing as Divisional CFO of a multi-billion dollar global business unit in the Electronic Manufacturing Services industry at Celestica's Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS). Earlier in his career, he delivered deployments of innovative finance operating and quoting standardization systems across multiple manufacturing businesses. He launched his career at General Electric's premier Internal Audit leadership program, and eventually won the Annual Chairman's Circle Award -- the honor for outstanding performance.

He holds both the Chartered Professional Accountant and Chartered Management Accountant designations.