The Estonian-based solid oxide fuel cell and electrolyser manufacturer revealed it has added three new members to the team, with an additional promotion, as the company looks to accelerate the commercialisation of its technology.

Stefano Piscitelli joins the company as Chief Operations Officer (COO) from his position of vice-president at Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. Holding a master’s degree in engineering, Piscitelli brings over 20 years of industrial experience across energy, infrastructure, and engineering.

“I am excited to be joining Elcogen as COO as we work towards a more sustainable future. Using my knowledge of hypergrowth and complex industrial scale up, I look forward to expanding the Company’s capacity, cost efficiency and excellence which are vital in supporting and improving our customer’s experience as we scale up the commercialisation of our technology,” said Piscitelli.

Hanna Granö-Fabritius has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer alongside her role as Managing Director of Elcogen’s Finnish outfit. Having joined the company in 2020, Granö-Fabritius has held several director level roles seeing her bring several product and software platforms to market.

Granö-Fabritius commented, “I joined Elcogen because what we do really matters, and I am excited to be a part of the rapid commercialisation of our technology. My main goal will be to ensure that our customers are happy and successful in their work with our solid oxide cells and stacks.”

With experience in catalysts, processes and technologies related to hydrogen and syngas generation, Martin Skjøth-Rasmussen takes to the role of Chief Technology Officer, moving on from positions as fuel concepts manager at Mærsk and vice-president at Haldor Topsøe.

“I will actively contribute to product development as well as drive the aligned scaling of technology transfer and consolidation to large scale industrial production,” the new Chief Technology Officer said.

Additionally, Markus Holm joined the Estonian outfit as Chief Financial Officer and member of the board at the end of 2022, bringing position experience from both public and private companies such as Sanoma Corporation, Metsä Board Corporation, and Metsä Tissue Corporation.

The appointments follow on from a €24m ($25.9m) into Elcogen from HydrogenOne Capital Growth last May (2022) to aid the company in the expansion of its production facilities in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Enn Õunpuu, CEO of Elcogen Group added, “Elcogen is a growing business but also an international organisation. The Company’s strategy is to expand into areas related to electrolysis, utilising our world leading research and development teams to enable the production of affordable green hydrogen. These appointments reflect the growing ambitions of Elcogen as the Company accelerates the commercialisation of its solid oxide technology.”