October 6, 2022: Ecobat said on October 3 Carole Chichester had been appointed chief accounting officer — one of a series of recent appointments announced by the lead battery recycling group.

Chichester was most recently executive global controller for oil field services with the Baker Hughes company in Texas, where she oversaw the financials of the $10 billion revenue business and its nine global product lines.

Chichester reports to new chief financial officer Lloyd McGuire, whose appointment was announced on September 19.

McGuire, who was most recently a corporate finance and restructuring partner at FTI Consulting, interned with The Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners after serving on active duty in the US Marine Corps as a judge advocate.

In the military, he focused on litigation and was deployed to Afghanistan with an infantry battalion, acting as legal adviser to the commanding officer on matters including fiscal law, investigations, detainee operations, and the law of war.

Other appointments include that of Erich Esser as MD of Ecobat Resources Germany/Austria, who has been in the post on an interim basis since June. His official appointment was announced on September 16 and he will continue as MD of the company’s polypropylene division.

Esser joined Ecobat in December 2021 as MD of plastics resources, having spent more than 25 years in the automotive and chemical industries.

Meanwhile, Julie Gillespie has been appointed finance director for North America, the company said on September 14.

Gillespie joined Ecobat in August 2017 as director of group financial accounting and external reporting before being promoted to group controller in 2019.