Standard Lithium adds energy executive Ralph Alexander to its board

Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSXV: SLI) (NYSE American: SLI) has appointed Ralph Alexander as an independent member of its board of directors, effective Oct. 13, 2026, according to a press release from the company.

Alexander brings more than four decades of experience in the energy, chemicals, power, and infrastructure sectors. He served as chief executive officer of Talen Energy Corporation from 2016 to 2021 and as its board chairman through 2023. Before that, he was a managing director and partner at Riverstone Holdings LLC from 2007 to 2016. He also spent nearly 25 years at BP plc, where he held several senior roles, including CEO of BP's $20 billion olefins and derivatives subsidiary Innovene from 2004 to 2006, and CEO of BP's Gas, Power and Renewables and Solar segment from 2001 to 2004.

Alexander currently serves as an independent director of NET Power Inc. (NYSE: NPWR) and as a director of SHINE Technologies. He is also co-founder and executive chairman of GridFree.AI, a private modular off-grid data center company. He previously served on the boards of Anglo American plc and Enviva Inc., among others.

He holds an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Polytechnic University and an M.S. in Management Science from Stanford University.

In connection with the appointment, Standard Lithium will grant Alexander 300,000 incentive stock options, which vest immediately and are exercisable for 60 months at a price equal to the U.S. dollar closing price on the NYSE American on the date of the grant.

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