On July 1, 2024, Mr. Themaat resigned as the Correlate Energy Corp.'s CFO. On July 8, 2024, Correlate Energy Corp.?s board of directors approved the appointment of Chuck Markovic, the Company?s corporate controller, to serve as the Company?s Interim Chief Financial Officer effective July 8, 2024. Mr. Markovic has been appointed to serve as their Interim CFO effective July 8, 2024.

Prior thereto, Mr. Markovic was thier VP Corporate Controller since December 2023. Mr. Markovic has held key leadership positions in large public and private companies, including Chart Industries, Home Depot, Wendy?s and Cox Enterprises. Mr. Markovic has a strong accounting and financial reporting background with extensive experience in M&A, internal controls and compliance and technical accounting.

Prior to joining the Company, from August 2023 to December 2023, Mr. Markovic was a consultant for McLarens where he was an accounting and consolidations subject matter expert for the company?s worldwide implementation of SAP. Prior to that, from April 2023 to July 2023, Mr. Markovic was the interim Controller for Stord Inc, an emerging growth company in the supply chain solutions industry. From 2018 to 2023, he held key leadership positions in finance and accounting at HOA Brands, Krystal Restaurants and Chart Industries.

From September 2012 to 2018, Mr. Markovic was the Senior Director of Financial Reporting and Accounting for Cox Automotive, a division of Cox Enterprises. From September 2009 to September 2012, he was the VP of Financial Reporting for The Wendy?s Company and Wendy?s/Arby?s Group. Prior to that, Mr. Markovic worked for The Home Depot for five years in various finance and accounting leadership positions, being promoted several times during his time there.

Mr. Markovic graduated from Illinois State University with a B.S. in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.