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American Battery Technology Company Hires Former Tesla Head of FP&A Europe, Scott Smith, as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis
Key leadership position filled to facilitate ABTC's rapid growth and capital expansion projects RENO, Nev., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Battery
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[{"type":"text","content":"Key leadership position filled to facilitate ABTC's rapid growth and capital expansion projects\nRENO, Nev., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) (NASDAQ: ABAT), an integrated critical battery materials company that is commercializing its technologies for both primary battery minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling, is pleased to announce the onboarding of Scott Smith as its vice president of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to support the company's strategic growth trajectory and to lead the company's investor relations functions.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"Scott has been an excellent addition to this team since joining us at the beginning of the year, and he has now relocated from Berlin to work out of our Reno headquarters,\" shared ABTC CFO Jesse Deutsch. \"We are rapidly expanding operations in both our battery recycling and primary lithium manufacturing businesses, and Scott's diverse experiences leading financial operations, driving fast-growth market expansions, and managing financial investments for publicly-traded, global companies have been integral to ABTC as we continue to advance our commercialization efforts.\"\nSmith is an experienced finance professional with over a decade of expertise in financial business operations within the electric vehicle and consumer goods sectors. He is skilled in strategic planning, intricate financial modeling, and fostering cross-functional partnerships with demonstrated success in enhancing cost efficiencies, facilitating market expansion, and maximizing investment returns.\nPrior to joining ABTC, Smith worked at Tesla for over seven years and recently was based in Berlin, Germany as Tesla's head of FP&A and business operations for all Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations. This group was responsible for driving annual revenue of more than $20 billion with a more than 50 percent annual growth rate, and Gigafactory capital expenditures of over $4 billion with efficiency spends across all scopes and technical functions. Beforehand, Smith worked at PepsiCo and was responsible for establishing financial frameworks and internal protocols driving quicker pace-to-market and better financial controls, and served as financial lead on large-scale, Frito-Lay innovation projects.\nIn his role as the ...