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Hadron Energy Appoints Ken Canavan as Chief Operating Officer, Rahul Shukla as Chief Financial Officer, and Expands Technical, Regulatory, and Board Leadership
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hadron Energy, Inc. (“Hadron” or “Company”) today announced the appointment of Ken Canavan as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nHadron Energy, Inc. (“Hadron” or “Company”) today announced the appointment of Ken Canavan as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Rahul Shukla as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), alongside the addition of Dr. Lander Ibarra and Jason Christensen to its senior technical and regulatory leadership team. The Company also announced that following the closing of its business combination with GigCapital7 Corp. (Nasdaq: GIG), that in addition to the individuals previously announced as joining the post-combination company’s Board of Directors, Raanan Horowitz will be an eighth member of the post-combination Hadron Board of Directors and will serve as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260108569859/en/Hadron Energy Expands Key Leadership Team Ahead of Proposed Public Listing\nTogether, these appointments further strengthen Hadron’s leadership as the Company advances toward commercialization of its Halo Micro-Modular Reactor (“MMR”) and prepares for its proposed $1.2 billion public listing through its business combination with GigCapital7.\n\n\nCollectively, these additions bring deep experience across nuclear operations, advanced reactor licensing, regulatory engagement, manufacturing readiness, public-company finance, governance, and national security, reinforcing Hadron’s leadership team to support its future plans to execute First-of-a-Kind (“FOAK”) deployment of the Halo MMR and scale to repeatable commercial delivery.\n\n\nMr. Canavan joins Hadron as COO, bringing nearly four decades of experience across nuclear operations, advanced reactor development, global research and development (“R&D”), and enterprise transformation. His career spans leadership roles at owner-operators, national laboratories, global technology providers, and industry research institutions, positioning him uniquely to oversee Hadron’s FOAK-to-NOAK operational execution.\n\n\nMost recently, Mr. Canavan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of E4 Carolinas, where he restructured and repositioned the organization for growth. Prior to that, he was Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Nuclear Technology at Westinghouse Electric Company, leading the ...