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Ex-Tesla expert and a lithium

analyst join Benchmark Minerals PEOPLE NEWS IN BRIEF
ENGIE Fabricom makes
Kumar joins from Tesla, where he six appointments
was responsible for building Tesla’s
lithium ion battery supply chain UK firm ENGIE Fabricom —
from May 2017 to April 2019. Here part of global energy group
he sourced a multi-billion dollar ENGIE — announced six new
yearly spend portfolio of battery appointments in March.
metals and chemicals, as the world’s Clive Rounce becomes head of
biggest battery plant emerged. continuous improvement, Nick
Vivas Kumar Hofer joins the UK-based firm from Maynard head of procurement,
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, Jo Fox head of finance, Andrew
Benchmark Minerals made two a lithium producer, where he was Stephens head of business
new hires in early April. Vivas business intelligence manager based development, Mark Bryant
Kumar has been appointed principal in Santiago. He will be responsible interim commercial director, and
consultant and José Hofer joins as for the firm’s quarterly forecasting David Livingstone has been made
senior analyst, forecasting. subscriptions. the company’s new proposal
manager.
The firm said the appointments
Fluence promotes energy storage were made to meet the firm’s
veteran to chief technology officer ambitions of achieving a turnover
of £150 million ($177 million) by
previously vice president of customer 2022.
solutions.
Galura was a key architect of FERC appoints judge in
Fluence’s lithium ion Advancion
energy storage platform. administrative law
Galura will lead teams in the The US Federal Energy
US and Germany, continuing the Regulatory Commission
development of Fluence’s Advancion, announced on April 1 it had
Brett Galura Siestorage and SunFlex platforms. appointed Andrew Satten as its
He will also leverage the company’s administrative law judge.
US energy storage firm Fluence relationship with Siemens and AES Satten joined FERC’s office
named power industry veteran Brett — the firms that launched Fluence in of Administrative Law Judges
Galura as its new chief technology January 2018 — to further advance and Dispute Resolution in
officer on March 28. He was its technical capabilities. 2012, where he worked as its
supervisory attorney adviser.
On March 7, FERC announced
All change at CellCube the appointment of Jignasa
Gadani as director of the Office
CellCube Energy Storage Systems board of directors on December 10. of Energy Policy and Innovation
announced the appointment of Stefan He has been president and CEO of and Lindsee Gentry as deputy
Schauss as the CEO of its subsidiary the Canadian VRFB battery firm’s director of the Office of External
CellCube Energy Storage on March wholly owned subsidiary, Enerox, Affairs. Gadani has been at FERC
21. since April 2018. since 2001.
Schauss, who has worked at On March 19 Cellcube announced Gentry started as
Gildemeister Energy Storage and the appointment of Michael communications director in
Greensmith Energy Management Nobrega, Brett Whalen and Henrik September 2017.
Systems was appointed to CESS’ Mikkelsen to its board of directors.
The directors joined Schauss, Henk
van Alphen and Bruno Arnold. Retirement paves way
Cellcube also announced in March for company promotion
the resignation of Chris Hopkins as NextEra Energy Resources, the
its chief financial officer. Hopkins, renewable power generation
will be replaced by a team led by subsidiary of NextEra Energy,
chartered professional accountant announced on January 25 it
John Dyer. had promoted John Ketchum to
On March 4 the company the role of president and chief
appointed Henk van Alphen to its executive officer.
board of directors. He replaced Philip Ketchum has replaced
Hughes, a former independent Armando Pimentel, who retired
director of the company whose on March 1.
resignation became effective on
Stefan Schauss
February 27.

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