"The team is focused on innovation and new manufacturing jobs in the clean energy space – particularly in the United States – something about which I have been passionate for a long time. "Novonix and its products have great potential in a rapidly growing global market, and I am keen to help realise that potential." Mr Liveris will invest $500,000 into ordinary shares of the company by way of private placement, subject to shareholder approval at the company's 2017 AGM. And the high level appointment is expected to generate renewed interest in Novonix, which hopes to make further inroads towards increasing its share of the high-value battery materials sector believed to be worth more than $20 billion.