Ajay Kochhar is the President, CEO and co-founder of Li-Cycle.

Before founding Li-Cycle, Ajay gained extensive technology and project development experience through a series of progressive roles at Hatch, a global engineering and development firm, through their industrial cleantech and advisory practices. While working at Hatch, he developed in-depth, engineering and project management experience through clean technology development in the lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, gold, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and rare earth metals industries. He has demonstrated technical expertise that spans the entire project lifecycle, from conceptual and pre-feasibility studies to construction and commissioning.

Ajay comes from entrepreneurial roots, having gained experience from a young age via a family business. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Chemical Engineering.