Mr. Wago leads customer engagement for Allied Graphite’s anode materials. He works closely with the Company’s technical and operations teams to translate technical validation and production milestones into structured commercial commitments that support Allied Graphite’s financing and scale-up plans.
Mr. Wago is a commercial leader in the lithium-ion battery materials industry, with a career spanning specialty chemicals, lithium salts, battery recycling and graphite anode markets.
He most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer at Cirba Solutions, a battery-recycling and specialty-chemical company.
Prior to Cirba Solutions, Mr. Wago served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Westwater Resources, where he led the commercial department for its high-purity natural graphite anode business, developing customer and demand pipelines across the lithium-ion battery and OEM markets.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Wago held a series of global commercial leadership roles at Albemarle Corporation, Nippon Aluminum Alkyls Ltd, The Dow Chemical Company, Japan Acrylic Chemical Co., Ltd. and the ITOCHU Corporation.
Mr. Wago holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from Georgia State University and is fluent in both Japanese and English.
