Former Google executive hired by sustainability and e-mobility firm
EV and sustainable infrastructure company, EV3POWER, has named former Google and Bolt executive Rich Pleeth as its chief of staff and newest Board executive.
His role includes strategic planning, fundraising and improving organisational structure as well as marketing and business development.
Pleeth brings a wealth of experience in fundraising, marketing, mobility, ridesharing, EV charging and regulatory affairs to Wakefield-based EV3POWER.
He is the former managing director and head of investor relations at Estonian mobility unicorn, Bolt, where he secured a Transport for London private hire licence and helped raise more than $200m.
Prior to Bolt, he was the chief marketing officer at Gett where he helped drive growth by 500%.
Earlier in his career, he worked at Google in the marketing team where he managed Chrome, Search and brand marketing.
Also based in London and soon to be Reading, EV3POWER is one of the UK’s largest installers of EV chargers and sustainability organisations. It plans to install more than 10,000 EV chargers in the UK in 2022.
CEO and founder, Pete Bevils, said: “This is a significant hire and one that sets the business up for the future.
“Rich’s experience in technology, operations, scaling and fund-raising speaks for itself and I am delighted to have secured someone of his calibre in this role.
“2022 will be a transformative year for EV3POWER and having Rich on board means we are in the perfect position to tackle the explosion in the EV market and other sustainability projects head on.”
Pleeth added: “It’s such a pleasure to join EV3POWER and I am excited about what lies ahead. EV3 installed over 1,200 chargers in 2021 and we will be installing at least six times that number in 2022.
“The ban on new sales of petrol and diesel cars is under eight years away and there is a tremendous amount of work to be done in the sustainability infrastructure space.
“I’m excited about EV3’s innovative approach to solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells and battery farms that ensure the grid has the necessary sustainable supply in the future.”
