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Blink Charging Elects Experienced Infrastructure Investor Kristina A. Peterson to Board of Directors
Miami Beach, Fla., May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading manufacturer, owner and operator
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[{"type":"text","content":"Miami Beach, Fla., May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading manufacturer, owner and operator of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, is pleased to announce the election of Kristina A. Peterson, CEO, Mayflower Partners, a cleantech financial advisory firm, to the Blink Board of Directors by the Board on April 21, 2023. Peterson is an experienced public and private company board member and infrastructure investor with over 25 years of operating experience in the finance, electric power generation and tech sectors. She has held senior executive roles at infrastructure investment and private equity firms including EQT Partners, Thomson Reuters, Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Renewable Partners, and Terraform Power since 2015, and previously as CEO, CFO, and other senior management positions at EDF Renewable Energy, Suntech, and Greenwood Energy from 2007 to 2015. In these global roles, she has led over $3 billion of equity investments and operated or constructed and developed over 2.2GW of solar projects. Prior to that, she financed over $8.5 billion of project finance debt transactions in the U.S., Asia, Middle East & Africa with ABN AMRO Bank and Citibank in the energy, infrastructure, and telecom sectors. “Kristina is a proven leader who brings a global operating mindset with her, along with an extensive background working with electric utilities and independent private power producers and experience in investment banking and finance,\" said Brendan Jones, President and CEO of Blink Charging. \"With her stellar reputation and track record of success, Kristina will add an essential perspective to the Blink Board, and we look forward to having her as part of the Blink family.” Peterson was awarded an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and completed additional graduate coursework in management at MIT Sloan School prior to Booth. She received her BS in Finance and Marketing from Boston University School of Management. She was named a Board Leadership Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors. Blink’s Board Member, Ritsaart van Montfrans, added, \"The Board is honored to have Kristina join us as we continue to grow and develop a strong presence in the EV charging space. Her depth ...