Neo Performance Materials Inc. announced that Jeff Hogan, Executive Vice President, Chemicals & Oxides, will retire from the Company on September 30, 2024, after leading the Chemicals & Oxides business unit for the last twelve years. Mohamad El-Mahmoud, currently the Executive Vice President, Rare Metals at Neo will take additional responsibilities as Executive Vice President, Chemicals & Oxides and Rare Metals, upon Mr. Hogan's retirement. Since joining Neo in November 2023, as Executive Vice President, Rare Metals, Mr. El-Mahmoud has successfully completed the operational transformation of Neo's Silmet facility in Estonia to improve business performance of its high-purity rare metals production.

Prior to joining Neo, Mr. El-Mahmoud held successively senior positions with a leading global fluid solutions provider which included: (i) establishing production facilities; (ii) driving the transformation of a product offering from pure internal combustion engine (ICE) to hybrid and battery electric vehicle (BEV) technology; and (iii) overseeing 75 engineers as General Manager of the European Technical Center in Germany. Mr. El-Mahmoud has held senior leadership positions in Business Development, Engineering and Operations in various regions including North America, Europe and China. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Space Engineering from the Aachen University of Applied Science.