Funding adviser to long-term value-focused personal capital funds investing in firms in metals, mining and adjoining industries, Appian Capital Advisory has appointed Paulo Castellari as CEO of crucial minerals, strengthening the corporate’s working capabilities because it scales its crucial minerals portfolio.
He’ll lead Appian’s crucial minerals portfolio, overseeing its current investments throughout graphite, mineral sands and uncommon earths, in addition to future crucial minerals investments, because the agency continues to scale its publicity to commodities important for vitality safety, key industries and future-focused applied sciences.
He will even be chargeable for sourcing and evaluating new alternatives throughout the sector.
Castellari joins Appian from Eramet, the place he served as CEO. He brings over 30 years of expertise throughout mining and metals tasks within the Americas, Europe and Africa, with a powerful document in operations, disciplined capital allocation, accountable practices and complicated mission supply.
He beforehand served as CEO of Appian Capital Brazil from 2019 to 2025. Underneath his management, the enterprise introduced three mines into manufacturing, built-in them into native communities, and applied progressive, protected and accountable mining practices.
Earlier than becoming a member of Appian in 2019, Castellari constructed a distinguished government profession spanning a number of industries and geographies. At Anglo American, he held senior management roles throughout advertising and marketing, enterprise improvement and operational management of key commodity companies. In 2016, he transitioned to the vitality sector serving as deputy CEO and CFO of CEMIG, certainly one of Brazil’s main electrical energy firms. He subsequently turned CEO of Guinea Alumina Company at Emirates International Aluminium.
His appointment bolsters Appian’s investor-operator mannequin, which mixes the sourcing capabilities to establish economically and technically viable tasks with in-house technical and operational experience to responsibly convey them into manufacturing, integrating upstream, midstream and downstream actions.
This strategy underpins Appian’s $1-billion partnership with the World Financial institution’s Worldwide Finance Company, geared toward accelerating the accountable improvement of crucial minerals tasks throughout rising markets in Latin America and Africa. The partnership affords a blueprint for governments and sovereign funds in search of to safe entry to crucial minerals by way of public-private partnerships, amid rising international demand.
“Paulo is a extremely revered working chief with a powerful document of delivering advanced mining tasks to the very best efficiency and security requirements. His deep technical experience, disciplined strategy to capital allocation, and skill to construct and scale advanced operations will additional strengthen Appian’s working capabilities. As we proceed to develop our crucial minerals portfolio, Paulo’s expertise will play a pivotal function in advancing our tasks and unlocking long-term worth for all our companions,” feedback Appian founder and CEO Michael Scherb.
“I’m delighted to be rejoining Appian to work throughout its international crucial minerals portfolio. Appian has constructed a powerful repute for operational excellence and disciplined funding, and I sit up for working with the staff to additional strengthen these capabilities. Collectively, we are going to proceed to give attention to safely and effectively advancing our tasks, constructing resilient operations and delivering worth for all stakeholders whereas supporting the rising international demand for crucial minerals,” says Castellari.
