Dr. Meghan Sharp Accepts New Role as Global Head of Decarbonization Partners With Blackrock-Temasek
February 01 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Sharp to lead team overseeing venture capital and private
equity Investments
- New role requires Sharp to resign from Lightning eMotors board
of directors
Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a leading provider of medium-duty
and specialty commercial zero emission vehicles for fleets, today
announced that board member Dr. Meghan Sharp has joined
Decarbonization Partners, a BlackRock Inc. and Temasek Holdings Pte
partnership, to lead their venture capital and private equity
investments in sustainable private market investments. Sharp
informed the board that she will be required to step down as a
director of Lightning eMotors as part of this change.
“It’s been my honor to serve on the board with Meghan. The
support, insight, partnership, and leadership from her and her team
at bp and bp Ventures for the last 12 years have been invaluable,”
said Robert Fenwick-Smith, chairman of Lightning eMotors. “While we
will miss her on our board, we are excited to see the impact she
will have leading BlackRock’s decarbonization investment team and
truly wish her the best.”
“While it’s disappointing that my new role will require me to
leave the Lightning board of directors, I have every confidence in
their leadership.” Sharp commented. “I’m excited to be entering
this new role and helping to accelerate investment in
carbon-cutting technologies.”
Lightning has begun to evaluate potential replacements on their
board of directors.
About Lightning eMotors:
Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV) has been providing specialized and
sustainable fleet solutions since 2009, deploying complete
zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) solutions for commercial fleets since
2018 – including Class 3 cargo and passenger vans, ambulances,
Class 4 and 5 cargo vans and shuttle buses, Class 4 Type A school
buses, Class 6 work trucks, Class 7 city buses, and Class A motor
coaches. The Lightning eMotors team designs, engineers, customizes,
and manufactures zero-emission vehicles to support the wide array
of fleet customer needs with a full suite of control software,
telematics, analytics, and charging solutions to simplify the
buying and ownership experience and maximize uptime and energy
efficiency. To learn more, visit our website at
https://lightningemotors.com.
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