Britishvolt Announces Further Strength In Depth And Experience To Its Senior Leadership Team
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Four new board members and two new advisory board members bring further industry, commercial and financial experience and expertise
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Joe Bakaj and Nick Spencer join the Britishvolt Advisory Board, adding expertise in product development, electrification strategy, global supply chains and automotive manufacturing
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Britishvolt to build the UK s first battery gigaplant in North East England which will be operational by the end of 2023
LONDON, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Britishvolt, the UK s foremost investor in battery technologies, has announced four new board members and two new advisory board members, bringing further experience and talent to its leadership team.
Britishvolt Appoints Timon Orlob As Chief Operating Officer
LONDON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Britishvolt, the UK s foremost investor in battery technologies, has further strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Timon Orlob as Chief Operating Officer, effective 1 February 2021. Reporting directly to CEO, Orral Nadjari, Orlob will be responsible for delivering the skills and systems required for Britishvolt to construct and operate the UK s first battery gigaplant, from the end of 2023.
Timon Orlob joins Britishvolt from Sunseeker International Ltd, the globally renowned luxury motoryacht manufacturer, where he was COO and formerly Operations Director. Previous roles have included three years at PwC, where he was a global manufacturing and supply chain specialist. He began his career in his native Germany at Bosch in its automotive division and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
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LONDON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Britishvolt, the UK s foremost investor in battery technologies, has selected a site in the North East of England to build the UK s first battery Gigafactory.
The company has acquired exclusive rights to a site in Blyth Northumberland and intends to begin construction in Summer 2021. World-class lithium-ion batteries will be in production by the end of 2023.
Total investment for Britishvolt s Gigafactory is £2.6bn making it the largest industrial investment in the North East since Nissan s arrival in 1984 and one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK. By the final phase of the project in 2027 it will be employing up to 3000 highly skilled people, producing over 300,000 lithium-ion batteries for the UK automotive industry. It will further provide up to 5000 jobs in the wider supply chain.