Joe Lowry

Joe Lowry is a lithium industry veteran whose career spans four decades and five continents. Working for a major lithium producer, Lowry was instrumental in helping develop the lithium supply chains that enabled the rise of the lithium-ion battery. Lowry lived and worked as an expatriate in both Japan and China, giving him a front-row seat to the cultural, commercial, and strategic shifts that reshaped the industry. In 2012, he founded Global Lithium and became widely known as an advisor to companies throughout the lithium-ion battery supply chain. His Global Lithium Podcast has been downloaded in more than 190 countries. His book "Lithium Confidential" blends insider history with a personal story of international business, corporate politics, risk-taking, and reinvention.