Team
About SES
Dr. Qichao Hu Founder & CEO
Forbes 30 Under 30, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35. PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard and BS in Physics from MIT. Started SES during his doctoral research
Rohit Makharia COO & President
19 years at General Motors including 12 years in battery and fuel cell development and 7 years in venture investment. Previously led the battery development for Chevy Bolt and served on the board of SES
Jing Nealis Chief Financial Officer
15 years of finance experience including senior director at View, CFO at SunPower and Shunfeng International Clean Energy, finance director at Suntech Power, and manager at Deloitte
Joanne Ban Chief Legal & Corporate Officer
16 years legal, M&A, cap markets experience. General Counsel, Heptagon Micro-Optics. White & Case Singapore, Beijing. LLB Law National University of Singapore, EMBAs Tsinghua & INSEAD
Yongkyu Son Chief Technology Officer
17 years of cell and process development experience at Apple, Johnson Controls, SDI and SKI. Responsible for Apple’s LV battery, SKI’s PHEV 20Ah, and SDI’s first 18650 cell launch
Dr. Hong Gan Chief Science Officer
25 years of battery R&D experience at Brookhaven National Lab and Greatbatch Technologies with key contributions in silicon-based Li-ion and Li-Metal anode battery technologies
Hans Kim Head of Korea
Over 30 years of experience in cross border corporate finance and capital markets in Seoul, Asia, US and UK. Advised various blue chip Korean companies such as Samsung Elec, LG, Hyundai, SK, Posco, and Korean sovereign institutions
Richard Chang VP of Bus. Dev.
Director of Market at E-Trust Power Group, senior sales manager at CATL, Foxconn and Toshiba, account management for BMW and VW including the MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix) project