Daniel Tas Sandermann will join as Head of Europe in March 2023, moving on from his role as Vice President of Energy Systems at Ørsted, the world’s largest developer of offshore wind power. As Head of Europe, he will be responsible for working with customers and partners in the region and exploring manufacturing opportunities in Europe.

Michael Hipwood has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With over 20 years’ finance experience, he was previously CFO at Tritium where he led the electric vehicle recharging company to public listing on the NASDAQ in January 2022. Prior to Tritium, Hipwood was CFO and board member at Boeing Australia, where he was responsible for all commercial operations.

Dr Scott Abrahamson becomes Head of Engineering, responsible for a growing team of engineers working to scale-up Hysata’s capillary fed electrolyser system and associated manufacturing lines to multi-gigawatt scale production. He is responsible for ensuring quality, reliability and supply chain robustness of every component.

He has spent 20 years in high tech, working at Apple and Western Digital. At the latter, he was responsible for all mechanics and controls, developing up to 10 products simultaneously, supporting supply chain development and engaging suppliers and manufacturing.

These recent hires come off the back of the appointment of Dr Alan Finkel AC as chair of Hysata’s Global Advisory Board.

Paul Barrett, CEO of Hysata, believes its system efficiency (41.5kWh/kg) is “truly transformational”, and it is building a team across multiple engineering and commercial disciplines to ready the company for mass manufacturing. He said it is on track to have 100 employees this time next year.

He said, “The quality of talent we are attracting demonstrates the draw that our technology is having on people who want to make a major impact on shifting the world away from fossil fuels to clean energy.”