IperionX adds Tony Tripeny and Lorraine Martin to board
March 17, 2025
IperionX, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, has announced the appointment of Tony Tripeny and Lorraine Martin to its board of directors.
Tony Tripeny as Non-Executive Director
Tripeny joins IperionX as an independent Non-Executive Director, bringing over forty years of financial and operational leadership in advanced manufacturing, technology and materials science.
Prior to the new position, he spent thirty-six years at Corning Incorporated, including senior roles of Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller until his retirement in 2022. He currently serves as a Director at Mesa Laboratories and Origin Materials. He holds an economics degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of both the Financial Executives Institute and the Institute of Management Accounting.
Executive Chairman Todd Hannigan commented, “We are pleased to enhance our Board with the appointment of Tony Tripeny. Tony’s extensive experience at Corning, an industry benchmark for excellence in materials innovation and manufacturing, combined with his deep financial acumen will play an important role in ensuring IperionX’s leadership across the titanium and advanced manufacturing sectors.”
Lorraine Martin as Lead Independent Director
IperionX has also appointed its current Non-Executive Director Lorraine Martin as Lead Independent Director.
Martin has over thirty-five years of leadership experience in the aerospace and defence industries, having held executive roles at Lockheed Martin, including Executive Vice President and Deputy of the Rotary & Mission Systems division and Vice President & General Manager of the F-35 Lightning II Program. Currently serving as president and CEO of the National Safety Council, Martin is also a Director at Kennametal. A former US Air Force officer, Martin holds a Master of Science in computer science from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in computational mathematics from DePauw University.
Hannigan added, “Lorraine Martin’s experience, leadership and insights across aerospace, defence, and government relations have delivered important strategic value to the IperionX team in her role as a Non-Executive Director. I welcome her appointment as Lead Independent Director, which will add to her pivotal leadership contributions for our accelerated growth and success.”
