Iceotope appoints Chief Financial Officer
Upscale Partners is thrilled to announce another major hire at Iceotope with the appointment of Simon Jesenko as Chief Financial Officer. ...
CASE STUDY: CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER (US) 🇺🇸
Iceotope is a pioneering leader in precision liquid cooling solutions for data centres, from the cloud to the edge. The company works with some of the world’s biggest organisations and is scaling fast to meet the growing demand from hyper-scalers. Its multi-award-winning, environmentally efficient technology is helping the data centre industry in its transition towards the achievement of net zero emissions. Background Following a successful series B funding round, Iceotope was ready to further accelerate its plans and drive revenue growth through licensing its technology and, ultimately, build value in the organisation. A critical component of the company’s success would be the ability to commercialise its technology through the development of relationships with new and existing cloud customers, as well as expanding its impressive global strategic partner network. Headquartered in the UK and with a rapidly growing presence in North America, Iceotope had identified a need for a US-based Chief Commercial Officer who would...
Case Study: Chief Operations Officer
Indra Renewable Technologies, one of the UK’s fastest growing electric vehicle charging manufacturers, spun out of OVO Energy in 2021. It now has support from investors including the Clean Growth Fund and Gulf Oil. Background The business is scaling rapidly to meet the ever-increasing demand for its offering, amidst the exponential growth of the EV market. To facilitate this, Indra required a highly experienced COO to develop a resilient manufacturing and supply chain strategy, and lead the ramp-up in production in line with forecasted demand and business growth objectives. Search Having previously worked with the newly appointed CEO, we were asked to support Indra on this key appointment and conducted an in-depth search, targeting exceptional operational leaders from electronics manufacturing companies. Our shortlist comprised a range of candidates from leading consumer electronics firms. Each individual had successfully led scale-ups; establishing new geographical regions, bringing new products to market, and/or rapidly growing SMEs. The appointed candidate was...
Sunamp appoints new Chairman
Thermal storage company Sunamp has named Martin Bloom as Chairman, succeeding founder Chairman, Bob Pettigrew. The appointment comes as the heat battery manufacturer gears up, having closed its late seed round at just over £3 million.  Headquartered in East Lothian, Scotland, Sunamp expects to almost double its staff to 50 this year. Martin helps build high-growth technology and renewable energy companies, assisting them in driving forward their strategies, and developing strategic partnerships. He has experience of six public listings (New York Stock Exchange and London Main Market and AIM), extensive global M&A activities, and considerable exposure to North American and Asian markets. His other roles include almost ten years as chairman of Chinese solar company, Renesola (increased revenues from $5 million to $1.2 billion over five years), Chairman of air filtration and clean air solutions company, MayAir Group, and Group CEO and Commercial Director of global fuel cell and energy company, Intelligent Energy. Sunamp CEO, Andrew Bissell...