Our company

Experience across
the materials value chain.

Our team brings expertise in metals trading, metallurgical engineering, structured finance and defense.

Our leadership

George Lazarides

George Lazarides

Managing Director, TASCA USA

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Leads TASCA USA's U.S. critical-metals supply, qualification and federal-financing arrangement, drawing on experience in deal structuring, project finance and capital markets across frontier and emerging markets. A Chartered Accountant (SAICA), George previously worked at KPMG in audit and advisory, at Barclays Capital in investment banking, and as finance lead at one of the Middle East's largest property developers.

Adam Podgorski

Adam Podgorski

Co-Founder

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Brings experience in critical-mineral infrastructure investment, structured finance, project initiation and product engineering. Adam is an investor and entrepreneur (BEng Hons, MRes) with a background in research and technology development. His prior experience includes leading and developing mining projects and a non-ferrous and refractory-metal processing plant in the EU, supplying governments and large industrial partners directly.

Peter Forsythe

Peter Forsythe

Business Development Director, Defense

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PMP, MBA

Retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and defense-industry executive with 25+ years leading complex global programs across aerospace, defense, manufacturing and sustainment. Established Saab Inc. as a first-time U.S. prime contractor on an approximately $500M U.S. munitions program, and generated over $41M annually through Oshkosh Defense's global service-provider network. DAWIA Level III in program management.

Margaret Webber

Margaret Webber

Senior Advisor, Strategy & Partnerships

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Ph.D.

Advises TASCA USA on defense-market strategy, federal positioning and partner development. Margaret is a lecturer of security studies at the University of New Hampshire and a retired U.S. Army cyber officer with more than 22 years of experience in government, military affairs, and cyberspace operations, planning, and strategy. Her military career included service as an assistant professor and researcher at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, operational experience with the Cyber National Mission Force, and strategic planning and liaison assignments at the service level.

Company structure

U.S. presence.
International relationships.

TASCA USA / APGL Group LLC

TASCA USA is the U.S. operating brand of APGL Group LLC, a member-managed Wyoming limited liability company.

TASCA Pte Ltd

Singapore-based commercial cooperation supporting structured producer partnerships.

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