Bloom Energy Expands Global Footprint with Additions of Industry Veterans and New International Office
April 23 2021 - 8:21AM
Business Wire
Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) today announced the appointment of
international leadership to strengthen its global expansion
efforts, enhance competitive positioning and support deployment of
its fuel-flexible, clean energy technology. The company also
announced the opening of a new office in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates that will serve as a strategic global anchor to help
organizations around the world reduce carbon emissions, enhance
resiliency and chart a path toward a net-zero carbon future.
The new appointments are pursuant to Bloom Energy’s strategic
growth plan previously disclosed during its 2020 Analyst Day and
intended to unlock value by sharpening focus on new global markets
and to position the company for profitability and growth.
Appointments include:
- Adam Bacon: An experienced executive, with extensive
background in growing successful businesses and multi-disciplinary
teams in industrial sectors, Mr. Bacon will oversee Bloom Energy’s
expansion into Australia. He has held a number of notable
leadership positions in the energy and transportation industries,
where his command of sales negotiation, operational leadership, and
contract and project management have fostered profitable
growth.
- Philippe Cochet: Mr. Cochet will advise Bloom Energy’s
commercial strategy across Europe, with an initial focus on the
United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. His career in
business leadership, production and manufacturing spans more than
two decades, including senior management roles at the world’s
leading renewables, energy and technology companies.
- Benjamin Gaszynski: An international business leader
with 15 years of experience in the oil and gas, renewable energy
and environmental sectors, Mr. Gaszynski will be responsible for
the company’s expansion into Southeast Asia, with an initial focus
on Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Mr. Gaszynski’s background
includes substantial experience in developing, managing and rapidly
growing multi-million-dollar energy business units across Asia and
the Middle East.
- Mohammed Ali Khan: Mr. Ali Khan assumes the role of
senior director, international business development, where he will
spearhead Bloom Energy’s global market research as well as
commercial sales and partnerships in the Middle East and North
Africa. He counts more than two decades of experience in the energy
sector, having held roles in finance, business and commercial
development at major industrial companies.
- Yves Rannou: A seasoned business leader with a proven
track record for driving growth, turnarounds and restructuring at
international businesses in the renewables industry (including
wind, solar and hydro), Mr. Rannou will lead Bloom Energy’s
commercial strategy across Europe, with an initial focus on France,
Italy, Spain and Portugal.
- Stephan Reimelt: Mr. Reimelt will be responsible for
managing Bloom Energy’s commercial partnerships and development in
Germany. He brings a wide range of industry and entrepreneurial
experience from the world’s leading energy companies, where he has
led successful business transformations and accelerated
organizational growth. He is also an engineering professor at the
Technical University of Berlin.
- Rasheed Sulaiman: Mr. Sulaiman assumes the role of vice
president of international commercial operations and product
applications and will lead strategic business opportunities in
Africa. He is an accomplished energy sector executive with a robust
background in engineering, sales and commercial operations. He also
has a notable record of driving growth and operational optimization
across the Middle East and Africa.
The appointees, who have held leadership roles at prominent
energy, transport and technology companies such as Alstom, Samsung,
Baker Hughes and GE, will report to executive vice president,
international business, Azeez Mohammed. Mr. Mohammed’s leadership
experience spans 27 industry segments including power, oil and gas,
marine, renewables and metals/mining across the Americas, Europe
and the Middle East. He brings more than two decades of experience
in the energy, industrial, and technology sectors and has led
multiple standalone industrial businesses with billions of dollars
in revenues.
“We are thrilled to welcome this team of international industry
veterans to Bloom Energy,” said Azeez Mohammed. “They each bring
vast experience in energy and technology industries and valuable
perspectives and relationships that will help us unlock new global
markets, foster sustainable growth and attract unparalleled talent.
International markets are ready for Bloom Energy’s innovative,
clean technologies that will help chart a path toward a sustainable
and resilient energy future, and our initial discussions with
potential partners are promising. By leveraging trusted partners to
grow our global footprint, we can focus on what we do best –
innovating to deliver best-in-class products and services to our
customers.”
Bloom Energy’s technology is the most advanced thermal electric
generation technology on the market today. Bloom Energy’s
fuel-flexible, non-combustion fuel cells use biogas and hydrogen,
in addition to natural gas, to create electricity at significantly
higher efficiencies than traditional, combustion-based resources.
In addition, Bloom Energy’s fuel cell technology can be used to
create hydrogen, which is increasingly recognized as a critically
important tool necessary for the full decarbonization of the energy
economy.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy’s mission is to make clean, reliable energy
affordable for everyone in the world. The company’s product, the
Bloom Energy Server, delivers highly reliable and resilient,
always-on electric power that is clean, cost-effective, and ideal
for microgrid applications. Bloom Energy’s customers include many
Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers,
healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other
industries. For more information, visit www.bloomenergy.com.
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forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not
limited to, Bloom Energy’s ability to unlock value by sharpening
its focus on new global markets and position itself for growth; and
Bloom Energy’s ability to successfully grow its global footprint.
These statements should not be taken as guarantees of results and
should not be considered an indication of future activity or future
performance. Actual events or results may differ materially from
those described in this press release due to a number of risks and
uncertainties, including those included in the risk factors section
of Bloom Energy’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2020 and other risks detailed in Bloom Energy’s SEC
filings from time to time. Bloom Energy undertakes no obligation to
revise or publicly update any forward-looking statements unless if
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