ITM Power announced a number of senior appointments resulting from the Company's programme to maintain and strengthen its market leadership position in PEM electrolysis equipment manufacture. As noted in the Company's Trading Update in June, the recruitment process to build a management team that is appropriate for the significant growth of the business is continuing. Helen Baker has been appointed as Company Secretary. Helen is an experienced Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance professional with a background in the secretariats of large listed international groups, most recently with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. In the course of her career, she has been involved in all aspects of company secretarial work including supporting company boards and their committees, providing governance advice, ensuring listed company compliance, global entity management, production of the annual report and share plans administration. Martin Clay has joined ITM Power in the newly created role of Operations Director. Martin was previously Managing Director at Kostal UK Ltd, a key supplier of electro-mechanical switch gear for the automotive industry and has been responsible for the business's rapid and significant growth. Prior to his MD role Martin was the Quality Executive Manager for 13 years and Production Quality Manager for two years at Kostal. Neil Dwane has been appointed as Capital Markets Adviser. Neil was formerly the Global Strategist for AllianzGI for five years, responsible for AllianzGI's house view, as well as the Biannual Investment Forums and the development of investment thought leadership content. From 2002 to 2016, Neil was the CIO for the European Equity business, based in Frankfurt, overseeing teams in London, Paris and Frankfurt. Justin Scarborough has joined the IR team as Investor Relations and Financial Analyst. Justin joins from AirX where he was Head of Strategy and Investor Relations. He has significant experience in critical analytical workstreams around strategy, budgeting, research, fundraising as well as expertise in shareholder relations. Barry Cunliffe has re-joined the Company as Project Risk Manager. Barry was previously the Finance Director of ITM Power plc from 2009 to 2014 and during that time completed two equity funding rounds. Since leaving the Company, Barry has been the Group Finance Director for a group of manufacturing and engineering companies in Sheffield. Sharon Poulter has been appointed as Head of Marketing. Sharon joins the Company after working in a number of highly competitive FMCG markets, delivering innovative marketing strategies and approaches. She was attracted to ITM Power by the chance to work within a business that has a clear approach to sustainability and whose products contribute to climate change mitigation. Dr. Rosemary Gault joins as Head of Grant Partnership Funding, bringing significant experience from her time working with the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing and the European Commission where she held responsibilities for research, grant writing, bid development and analysis. Rosemary has a BSc in Astrophysics and a PhD in Rapid Prototyping.
ITM Power PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which designs and manufactures electrolyzers based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology to produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity and water. The Company makes electrolyzers in a range of sizes to suit its customers needs from 2 megawatts (MW) to projects in excess of 100 MW. Its electrolyzer products include TRIDENT, NEPTUNE and POSEIDON. TRIDENT is a PEM electrolyzer stack technology. TRIDENT is a 2 MW electrolyzer skid based on its 30 bar stacks. NEPTUNE is a fully autonomous electrolyzer system. Supplied with a power conversion system and incorporating all necessary balance of the plant, the electrolyzer can be readily deployed as a complete package. POSEIDON is a 20 MW module for large-scale projects. POSEIDON is a modular building block enabling scale up with an optimized footprint. Suitable for both indoor and outdoor installation, it consists of skid-mounted units which can be prefabricated and pre-tested.