Jason Lewis spent more than 22 years with ArrMaz, a global specialty chemical company in mining, fertiliser, phosphate, asphalt, and the oil & gas industries. This includes 6 years as vice president of finance. He joined the company in a senior accounting role with cross-departmental work for sales, marketing and operations groups for seven years. Mr Lewis has a strong track record of value creation by way of revenue growth through pricing, long-term customer contracts, cost optimisation through analysis tools, negotiation of services, department restructuring, debt management, and working capital reduction through controls and process improvements. He also has strong international experience including greenfield startups. Mr Lewis graduated from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, and also holds an MBA in International Business from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, USA.