Exhibit 99.1
ChargePoint Appoints Elaine L. Chao to its Board of
Directors
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and
Secretary of Labor Brings Policy and Mobility Expertise and Further
Strengthens Diverse Board of Technology and Energy
Experience
December 2, 2021, Campbell, Calif.—ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: CHPT), a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network,
today announced the appointment of Elaine L. Chao to its board of
directors.
Secretary Chao has had a distinguished career as a national and
global leader in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. She has
been confirmed to two Cabinet positions by the United States Senate
on a strong bipartisan basis. She served as both 24th U.S. Secretary of
Labor and the 18th U.S. Secretary of
Transportation. She was the first Asian-Pacific woman to serve in a
Presidential Cabinet and is the longest-serving U.S. Cabinet
secretary since World War II. Beyond her extensive government
service, Secretary Chao has held many corporate and board of
director leadership positions in such organizations as News Corp.,
Ingersoll Rand, Protective Life, Wells Fargo and Dole Food Company.
Secretary Chao was also President and CEO of United Way America,
Director of the Peace Corps, and a banker with Citicorp and Bank of
America. She is currently on the boards of Kroger Co., Hyliion
Holdings Corp. and Embark Technology, Inc.
“We are honored to appoint former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
and U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to our board of directors,”
said Pasquale Romano, President and CEO of ChargePoint. “Secretary
Chao served under two Presidents and held leadership positions at
The United Way of America, Peace Corps and Bank of America. Her
policy and transportation experience helps strengthen our diverse
board of technology, mobility and energy expertise.”
She earned her master’s in business administration from Harvard
Business School after receiving her undergraduate degree in
economics from Mount Holyoke College. Recognized for her extensive
record of accomplishments and public service, she is also the
recipient of 37 honorary doctorate degrees.
For more information about ChargePoint’s board of directors,
visit: https://www.chargepoint.com/about/board/.
About ChargePoint
ChargePoint is creating a new fueling network to move people and
goods on electricity. Since 2007, ChargePoint has been committed to
making it easy for businesses and drivers to go electric with one
of the largest EV charging networks and a comprehensive portfolio
of charging solutions available today. ChargePoint’s cloud
subscription platform and software-defined charging hardware are
designed to include options for every charging scenario from home
and multifamily to workplace, parking, hospitality, retail and
transport fleets of all types. Today, one ChargePoint account
provides access to hundreds-of-thousands of places
to charge in North America and Europe. To date, more than
90 million charging sessions have been delivered, with drivers
plugging into the ChargePoint network approximately every two
seconds. For more information, visit the ChargePoint
pressroom, the ChargePoint Investor
Relations site, or contact ChargePoint’s North
American or European press offices
or Investor Relations.