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Carl Gupton was named CEO of Greenswell Growers, a Richmond, Va.-based sustainable produce supplier. Gupton is the company's president. https://axios.link/47I1Pbk

Patrick Vizzone was named CFO of Vertical Oceans, a Singapore-based sustainable shrimp producer. Vizzone was previously managing director, head of agri-food, and head of impact investment at Franklin Templeton Global Private Equity. https://axios.link/462zivJ

Tegan Nock was named COO of Australian soil health startup Loam Bio. Nock co-founded Loam and was previously chief product officer. https://axios.link/47luJ0B

Jamie Leifker was named president of Truterra, an Arden Hills, Minn.-based sustainable agriculture consulting and tech company. Leifker was previously a VP at WinField United. https://axios.link/3MQpI8s

Balaji Venkataraman joined Berkeley, Calif.-based sustainable ag startup Pivot Bio as SVP of manufacturing and supply chain. Venkataraman was previously VP of global operations for Corteva Agriscience. https://axios.link/47eoU4V

Aly Love Simons, previously with Goodwin, joined Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner in the law firm's M&A group. https://axios.link/46RxJlx

David Altshuler joined Quantum Capital Group, a Houston-based energy investor, as partner and co-head of client solutions. Altshuler was previously North American head of global client solutions at IFM Investors. https://axios.link/3udiNQ0

Roni Hiranand joined GV as a London-based principal. He previously was with Vectr Ventures. https://axios.link/47bA6jp

Daniel Perroud joined Swiss impact investor Blue Earth Capital as managing director and head of fundraising and investor relations. https://axios.link/3QtHgYZ

Andrew Ott joined infrastructure investment firm ArcLight Capital Partners as senior advisor. Ott was previously president and CEO of PJM Interconnection. https://axios.link/3SDJnw8

Stephen Withnell, former head of European metals and mining banking for Goldman Sachs, joined Evercore as a London-based senior advisor. https://axios.link/3R792Mr

Kristen Weldon joined Cibus Capital, a London-based investment advisor for firms investing in food and ag, as partner and head of natural capital. Weldon was previously global head of sustainable investing at BlackRock Alternatives. https://axios.link/3skrB6l

Alison Humphrey launched a climate-focused placement agent called Arna, per New Private Markets. Humphrey was previously head of ESG and sustainability at TPG. https://axios.link/47XSV9s

Erik Ripple was named president and CEO of NatureWorks, a Plymouth, Minn.-based biopolymers manufacturer. Ripple was previously chief strategy officer at Nexeon. He succeeds interim president and CEO Jill Zullo. https://axios.link/49ZkEII

Steve Chun joined CH4 Global as CFO. Chun was previously with SHC Capital. https://axios.link/49vgYhw

Harsh Amin was named chief scientific officer of UK cultivated meat startup Ivy Farm Technologies. Amin was previously R&D director at Lonza. https://axios.link/3FQYP0h

Matthew Martin joined ClearSign Technologies Corp as chief technology officer. Martin was previously chief research scientist at XRG Technologies. https://axios.link/464XFZy

Scott Henson and Chris Davis have joined carbon concrete company CarbonCure as COO and VP of carbon products and public policy, respectively. https://axios.link/3uiTJHG

Clinton B. Williams joined Net Zero Holdings as president. Williams was formerly the president of a global transportation and drayage company with operations in the Port of Houston. https://axios.link/3SBIynD

Mohamad El-Mahmoud joined Neo Performance Materials, a Toronto-based industrial materials supplier, as EVP, rare metals. El-Mahmoud was previously a VP at Stackpole. https://axios.link/3tWY7fg

Neil Brown joined London-based renewables manager Low Carbon as head of capital formation. Brown previously led fundraising for Actis. https://axios.link/3Mt6hSR

Jean-Philippe Hiegel joined RepAir as head of strategy and growth. Hiegel was previously with Carbon Capture and Storage. https://axios.link/3Szj0HA

Brian McCarthy joined engineering and consulting firm WSP as national hydrogen market lead. https://axios.link/3T4SKoF

Jillian Goodman was named deputy editor of climate news website Heatmap News. Goodman was previously opinion editor for The Information. Mike Munsell also joined Heatmap News as VP of sales. Munsell was previously director of growth at climate news site Canary Media. https://axios.link/3uBF9uR 

Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa said he plans to appoint Andrea Arrobo, a hydrogen specialist, as energy minister. Arrobo would be the first woman to hold the post. https://axios.link/47meXT9

Sonia Dunlop joined the Global Solar Council as its CEO. Dunlop was previously with SolarPower Europe and Solar Energy UK. https://axios.link/3u6yicN

John Choi joined OCI Solar Power as VP of strategic partnerships and inorganic growth. Choi was formerly head of origination at RenewaFi. https://axios.link/3G0SCie

Rick Wilmer was named president and CEO of ChargePoint, the Campbell, Calif.-based EV charging network operator and charger supplier. Wilmer was previously COO. https://axios.link/47mpmyH

Marc Winterhoff joined Lucid as its COO. Winterhoff was previously with Roland Berger's automotive practice. https://axios.link/3FWpHM9

Tobias Hüppe joined Estonian supercapacitor company Skeleton Technologies as COO. Hüppe was previously senior director of manufacturing for Northvolt. https://axios.link/47CxGtN

Eric Levine was named chief growth officer of Flash, an Austin-based software developer for parking reservations and EV charging. Levine was previously chief client officer at Aurea Software. https://axios.link/3FX62f9

Craig Glidden joined Cruise as chief administrative officer. Glidden was formerly GM's EVP of legal and policy and a Cruise board member. https://axios.link/49C07d6

Evan van Hook was named chief sustainability officer of Viridi, the Buffalo, NY-based battery tech developer. Van Hook was previously CSO at Honeywell. https://axios.link/411upCo

Anastasiya Pasterick was named CFO of Universal Hydrogen, the Hawthorne, Calif.-based hydrogen aviation startup, effective Dec. 4. Pasterick was previously CFO of Nikola. https://axios.link/47N7qx3

Shaun Stewart and Patrick Smith joined ChargeLab as president and VP of engineering, respectively. Stewart was previously CEO of Newlab, and Smith served in senior leadership positions at Flipp and Xero. https://axios.link/460p2UB

Albert Burleigh was appointed VP of alternative fuels for Blue Bird, the Macon, Ga.-based bus maker. Burleigh was previously executive director of EV business development. https://axios.link/3FFRMr3

Carlo Materazzo joined Rivian Automotive as VP, logistics. Materazzo was previously VP of manufacturing for Stellantis North America. https://axios.link/3FWC3UP

Gavin Adda and Geoffrey Jahnke joined clean energy producer Peak Energy as CEO and COO, respectively. Adda and Jahnke both previously worked at TotalEnergies Renewables Asia as CEO and COO. https://axios.link/3QHiCWi

Neal Rickner was named CEO of Airloom, the Laramie, Wyo.-based utility-scale wind turbine manufacturer. Rickner was previously CEO of BridgeTek Energy. He succeeds founder Robert Lumley, who will remain with Airloom. https://axios.link/49mCvJi

Justin Trudell was named CEO of clean energy developer FirstLight. Trudell was previously COO. https://axios.link/40Iy0F8

Jason Birmingham joined energy storage company Zinc8 as interim president and CEO. Birmingham is also a director of Eagle Bay Resources, Avaron Mining, and Cassius Ventures. https://axios.link/3snJWiN

Lawrence Coben was named interim president and CEO of NRG Energy, succeeding Mauricio Gutierrez under a reported agreement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management. Coben is board chair. https://axios.link/3SPJDrV

Robert Gilbert was named CFO of Iapetus, a Houston-based energy and utility services provider. https://axios.link/47uHvKC

Álvaro Ortega was named CFO of floating offshore wind developer Gazelle Wind Power. Ortega was previously VP of finance at Avangrid. https://axios.link/3R4hvP4

Toby Thomas was named COO of FirstEnergy, effective Nov. 30. Thomas was previously an SVP at AEP. https://axios.link/3MQay3a

Glenn McCombs was named chief development officer of IHI Power Services, an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based power plant owner and operator. https://axios.link/46u1nMy

Wade Smith was named president of Akron-based FirstEnergy, effective Dec. 18. Smith was previously COO of Puget Sound Energy. https://axios.link/3MQay3a

Heather Cykoski was named SVP, industrial automation, for Schneider Electric. https://axios.link/47PD6Sv

Trey Kilpatrick joined Georgia Power as SVP of external affairs, effective Jan. 15. Kilpatrick is chief of staff for Gov. Brian Kemp's office. https://axios.link/3T1hkXs

💼 New hires

Illustration of a briefcase made out of solar panels.

Tina Chan Reich joined the board of Altus Power, the Stamford, Conn.-based clean power developer. Reich was previously chief credit officer at American Express. https://axios.link/3Qt98g2

John Lowe was appointed board chair of Canadian energy giant TC Energy, effective Jan. 1, 2024. https://axios.link/3MBWeLh

Fergus Brady was appointed to the board of GKinetic Energy, an Irish hydrokinetic turbine developer. https://axios.link/3QybOZE

T. Dallas Smith joined the board of utility Georgia Power. Smith is founder and CEO of T. Dallas Smith, a pure tenant representation commercial real estate firm. https://axios.link/3SJVaJ7

Jessica Wirth Strine joined Freyr Battery's board of directors. Strine is CEO of advisory firm Sustainable Governance Partners. https://axios.link/3GnSolt

Thierry Bolloré was named board director of U.K.-based battery tech company About:Energy. Bolloré was previously CEO of Jaguar Land Rover. https://axios.link/49Te72m

Dina Powell McCormick will join ExxonMobil's board, effective Jan. 1. Powell McCormick is vice chairman, president and global head of client services at investment and advisory firm BDT & MSD Partners. https://axios.link/3Mz9dgK

🗳️ Elections and appointments

David King was promoted to CTO of Fisker, the Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based EV maker. King was previously SVP for global body engineering. https://axios.link/46WJSFZ

Andreas Bentzen was promoted to CTO of battery maker Freyr. Bentzen was previously EVP of technology. He succeeds Ryuta Kawaguchi, who was named chief strategy officer and technical fellow. https://axios.link/49UKHRq

Dean Wu was promoted to CFO of Steer, a Toronto-based EV subscription provider. https://axios.link/47r0NR7

Sarah Heyborne was promoted to chief of staff at AtmosZero, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based developer of electric boilers. https://atmoszero.energy/ 

Ted Wilke was promoted to president of Spoc, a Birmingham, Ala.-based power conversion technology developer. Wilke was previously VP. https://axios.link/3SKdEJJ

Cynthia Lima was promoted to senior vice president, chief external affairs and communications officer for Charlotte, NC-based lithium company Albemarle. Lima was previously chief communications officer. https://axios.link/3SN8H2E

Michael Kearney was promoted to general partner of Engine Ventures, the Cambridge, Mass.-based early-stage investor. Kearney was previously partner. https://axios.link/47gdjmu

📢 Promotions

Daniel Lerup and Richard Hunter stepped down as CFO and COO of Orsted after the Danish renewable energy developer reported major financial losses in its offshore wind projects, per Reuters. https://axios.link/3MHL5ZI

Mike Leonard departed as CEO of Motif FoodWorks, a Boston-based ingredients supplier for meat and dairy alternatives. Brian Brazeau was named interim CEO, making him the startup's third CEO since its spinoff from Ginkgo Bioworks in 2019, per AgFunder News. https://axios.link/40AZyMq

🛫 Departures

Billionaire Chris Sacca's climate investment firm acquired jobs site Climate Draft, Axios reported. The website aims to become the go-to resource for finding climate jobs, joining the ranks of sites like Climatebase, MCJ Collective and Terra.do. 

An estimated 403,000 jobs will be created by the 210 major energy projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act took effect, per a nonpartisan business group that advocates for clean energy. 

📰 In the news

Welcome to the first weekend of December. Axios Pro Deals research associate Natalie Breymeyer here with your monthly recap of who's working where now.

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December 02, 2023

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