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EVgo Welcomes Amber Scott as Chief Accounting Officer
EVgo Welcomes Amber Scott as Chief Accounting Officer
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[{"type":"text","content":"Seasoned Public Company Finance Executive Brings Extensive Background in Accounting, SEC Reporting, and Compliance\nLOS ANGELES, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) (“EVgo” or the “Company”), one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles (“EVs”), named Amber Scott, CPA, Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), effective May 18, 2026. In this role, Scott will oversee the Company's Accounting, Tax, Compliance, and SEC Reporting functions, reporting directly to EVgo’s Chief Financial Officer, Keefer Lehner. \"We are thrilled to welcome Amber to the EVgo team,\" said Keefer Lehner, CFO of EVgo. \"Amber brings exceptional depth in public company accounting, financial reporting, and controls — the precise expertise that will help EVgo as we continue to scale our nationwide network and execute our long-term strategy. Given her leadership track record across complex, high-growth organizations, Amber is ideally suited to strengthen and advance our accounting function, and I look forward to partnering with her as we grow.\" Scott brings more than two decades of progressive finance and accounting leadership experience at both public and private companies. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer at Redwood Materials, a $6 billion global battery recycling and energy storage solutions company, where she directed worldwide accounting and tax functions and served as primary liaison to the Audit Committee and external auditors. Prior to Redwood Materials, Scott served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Powin Energy, where she spearheaded the company's public company readiness strategy and led a comprehensive rebuild of the financial reporting infrastructure. Earlier in her career, Scott spent more than a decade at Flex Ltd., a $28 billion global manufacturing and supply chain company, where she rose to Vice President of Global Corporate Accounting. She led Flex’s global technical accounting function, directing the successful implementation of the revenue recognition and lead accounting standards, worldwide financial consolidation and global accounting policy development while serving as the key finance partner for major acquisitions, contract negotiations, SEC reporting, and the IPO readiness process for Nextracker (now...