Emily Hersh - CEO of Luna Lithium - Argentina Economic/Political Overview and Lessons Learned as a CEO

Our guest today is Emily Hersh, a long-time friend, and CEO of Luna Lithium, a lithium exploration play focused on South America (Paraguay and Brazil). Emily is also an accomplished economist with roots in Argentina and the first part of our discussion focuses here. In this wide-ranging discussion, Emily and I go in depth into the macroeconomic situation in Argentina, to get a better understanding of how the lithium business can and will grow there and how Chinese interests are already well entrenched through currency swap arrangements and other deal structures. We also discuss the likelihood of Argentina joining the BRIC economies, other South American countries and their challenges and opportunities. Finally, Emily discusses lessons learned during her journey as the CEO of a privately held lithium explorer including the benefits of being private versus publicly held, making sure you’re “in the right room”, and how to build and position the company to weather a dynamic and volatile macro environment. If you enjoy this episode, please like and subscribe.