Our Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder
Oliver Gunasekara is an entrepreneur with 30-plus years of experience. In 1994, he joined ARM to lead mobile business development. Mobile market share grew from 0% to over 95% in this ten-year period. As the VP of Corporate Business Development and M&A, Oliver championed the acquisition of Falanx, whose technology (Mali) went on to become the number one shipping GPU in the world. In 2016 Softbank acquired ARM for $32B.
In 2012, Oliver founded NGCodec, a start-up focused on next generation cloud video acceleration. As CEO he raised over $15M, grew the team to over 40 people and won SaaS business with Amazon/Twitch. In 2019 the company was acquired by Xilinx.
Oliver holds a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Greenwich London, and a Mini-MBA from the AeA/Executive Institute, Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is the inventor of two patents.
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Co-Founder
Jason Gillham is a subsea technology entrepreneur with 18 years of experience in the subsea robotics industry. As a technical founder with a Bachelors and Masters of Applied Science from the University of Waterloo, Jason’s passion is building and leading technical teams focused on developing solutions to previously unmet problems and exploring solutions for organizational and technical optimization. Jason led his first business to over $10M in revenue and the company was acquired by Covelya Group in January 2020. Jason is an inventor on 3 patents related to subsea technology focused on deep sea optical imagery and measurement.
Chief Commercial Officer
With over 30 years of leadership experience in marine industries, Peter Jantzen has a track record of significant achievements. He founded Blue Minerals, developing it into a leader in Deep Seabed Mining (DSM), and played a pivotal role in strategic marketing and expansion efforts at Wärtsilä and Otto Marine, including a successful USD 100 million fundraising for Otto Marine’s rebranding and expansion. At Viking Life-Saving Equipment, he significantly increased market share and profitability in Asia, and established manufacturing operations in the region.
His career began in Denmark in export sales, moving to Australia in 1988 to further his international marketing career, including a stint as Danish Trade Commissioner in Melbourne. In 2003, he founded Jantzen Consulting in Australia, serving high-profile clients across various sectors.
In 2014, he transitioned into DSM by founding Blue Minerals, securing a partnership with Allseas Group and a valuable license for seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean, which led to successful expeditions and resource valuation.
Chief Growth Officer
Mike Regan is the first investor in Impossible Metals and serves as Chief Growth Officer, overseeing capital strategy, partnerships, and market positioning. He brings two decades of execution across venture capital, real estate finance, sales, and industrial innovation—including robotics, mining, energy, and infrastructure.
He began his career during the 2008 financial crisis, working in real estate and finance when systems were collapsing and outcomes were uncertain. That experience shaped his approach: move fast, speak plainly, close well. Since then, he has raised over $100 million, led complex dealmaking, and built long-term partnerships that anchor execution.
Mike is known for translating technical complexity into investor clarity, and for driving momentum where others stall. He aligns capital with timing and pressure, and navigates the political and commercial systems that determine whether technologies scale or fade.
At Impossible Metals, he is leading the company’s transition from breakthrough to inevitability—scaling the Eureka platform into a commercial fleet that delivers critical seabed minerals while preserving the ocean floor.
He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and plays an active role in the region’s industrial and civic renewal.
