Kenneth Hoffman

Background

Kenneth Hoffman brings decades of expertise across the battery materials value chain and serves as Special Board Advisor to Licovolt, an emerging leader in advanced battery solutions. With a distinguished career spanning investment management, global research leadership, and consulting, he has expertise in lithium, nickel, manganese, copper, and gold supply chains.

Hoffman holds the designations CFA and CIM and has been a strategy and thought leadership leader in the critical metals and battery sectors for over 30 years. He earned an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Career history

• Special Board Advisor, Licovolt (2025–present)
• Special Advisor, Pure Lithium Corporation (2025–present)
• Founder, Traubenbach & Associates (2025–present)
• Global Head of Battery Materials, McKinsey & Company (2016–2024)
• Global Head of Bloomberg's Metals & Mining Research, Bloomberg
• Portfolio Manager and Director of Research, Millennium Partners and Reservoir Capital

At McKinsey, he conducted more than 100 due diligences involving battery technologies and critical mineral assets and developed AI-enabled evaluation frameworks for leading industry stakeholders. He has researched how AI server farms will drive global battery deployment.

Hoffman is frequently invited as a keynote speaker at international forums and conferences, including PDAC, Saudi Arabia's Future Minerals Forum, Fastmarkets events, and London Metal Exchange conferences. He also advises or sits on the boards of NEO Battery Materials, Firebird Metals (ASX:FRB), Pure Lithium and RedCloud Securities.

What Hoffman could bring to Licovolt: With 30+ years of battery sector experience, a track record of conducting over 100 due diligences on battery technologies, and direct expertise in supply chain strategy and capital raising across the global battery value chain, Hoffman can provide strategic guidance on Licovolt's product commercialization and Series A funding round. His extensive network of industry stakeholders and deep understanding of critical mineral recycling trends position him to accelerate market adoption of Licovolt's battery recycling technology.