International Battery Metals Ltd. (IBAT) announced the appointment of Iris Jancik as Chief Executive Officer. Jancik will focus on expanding commercial deployment of IBAT's patented modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) plants. Prior to joining IBAT, Jancik served as CEO - Americas for IDE Technologies, a global water treatment solutions company, where she was responsible for the operations of major infrastructure projects, including San Diego County Water Authority's Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, Calif., as well as other municipal water and wastewater treatment plants.

An engineer with extensive global contracting and management experience, she holds an M.B.A. in international business from Texas A&M University. Jancik succeeds Garry Flowers, who joined IBAT for a two-year period, starting as president in July 2022 and then named CEO in December 2022. Flowers is credited with accelerating IBAT's technology to its first commercial phase.