New York, 12 June 2024 – Zenobē has formally announced the appointment of its Zenobē North America leadership team, cementing its presence and commitment to bringing its fleet electrification and grid scale battery storage expertise to the market. 

Maggie Clancy, Executive Vice President of EV Sales and Marketing is overseeing sales and marketing of the North American EV Fleet business, with Walter Watson, Executive Vice President of EV Partnerships overseeing partnerships and operations.  Amit Barnir, Vice President, Network Infrastructure is leading on the development of grid-scale battery storage solutions in the region.

“The U.S. has clear goals and meaningful funding for fleet electrification and electric grid resilience. Zenobē shares this vision for decarbonized transportation and power and has the solutions and experience to deliver them at scale,” said Steven Meersman, Zenobē Co-founder and Director. “The time is right for battery-as-a-service and storage as transmission assets to make clean transportation and power accessible in the U.S. And this is the team that will drive this growth and set the pace.”  

Walter brings to the role 20 years of leadership experience in operations, finance, procurement, fleet and asset management, and commercial development. He has held senior and executive roles with Union Pacific Railroad, Mobico Group (formerly National Express), and earlier served as Chief Operating Officer and board member of a Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners-backed fleet electrification joint venture. 

Maggie has held senior leadership positions within transport and logistics organizations, most recently in commercial and customer-centric roles at Mobico and Levo Mobility where she served as Chief Commercial Officer. Earlier she led global marketing operations for Publicis Group, at Leo Burnett and Starcom. She brings extensive fleet operator experience and more than 14 years in executive account leadership roles managing Fortune 500 customers.  

Amit leads Zenobē’s North American Network Infrastructure business and is focused on transmission-connected storage solutions including grid-forming technology. He brings a decade of experience driving the transition to a carbon-free future through leadership roles with a top New England-based renewable energy project developer and independent power producer, his founding of two software startups providing cloud-based solutions to energy service and renewables companies, and various roles with Kearsarge Energy, Great Eastern Energy and Hess Corporation.

He was also Co-Chair of Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities appointed Energy Storage Interconnection Review Group (ESIRG) where we he worked alongside utility and industry members advancing favorable energy storage regulations.