Mr. Ortiz co-founded Lithium Royalty Corp. (LRC) in 2018 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and President, building a globally diversified critical-minerals royalty portfolio spanning jurisdictions including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mali, Serbia, Finland, and the United States. He led the company through its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in March 2023 — the only IPO completed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that year — raising C$150 million, and subsequently through its acquisition by Altius Minerals Corporation, which was completed in March 2026. He began his career as an equity research analyst in the Basic Materials group at Credit Suisse in New York and later served as a buy-side analyst focused on lithium, battery components, and specialty chemicals. Mr. Ortiz is a founding member of the London Metal Exchange (LME) Lithium and Cobalt Committee, serves on the Board of Directors of Sinova Global Inc., and is a CFA charterholder. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Chicago and is fluent in English and Spanish.