AESC at a Glance

Global Battery Technology Leader, Proven Innovation Leader, Global Manufacturer

• World-leading battery technology company founded in Japan in 2007 and headquartered in Yokohama, with a diverse, experienced management team leading a total workforce of 12,000.
  

• Developer and manufacturer of high-performance batteries for zero emission electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

• A pioneer in mass produced lithium-ion EV batteries (2010) and the first to build a gigafactory for EV batteries in the U.S. and U.K./Europe (2012).

• A proven safety record of zero critical incidents, with batteries powering over one million cars on the road today and 15 GWh of energy storage systems (ESS) across 60+ countries.

• Unique advanced product offering across the full range of battery chemistries (LFP and NCM), form factors (pouch, prismatic and cylindrical) and applications (EVs, Grid-scale and commercial BESS). 

• Large and growing presence in the U.S. and Europe, where focus on climate transition and electric vehicle sales continue to increase.

• Global manufacturing footprint built over 15 years across U.S., U.K., Europe, Japan and China, to serve customers around the world pursuing clean energy transportation solutions.

•  “Local for Local” strategy - to manufacture as close to end markets as possible, employ local members of the community, and be a local partner of choice to the world’s leading OEMs.

• Backed by blue chip shareholders including Nissan, Envision Energy, GIC, Keppel, HongShan, and Primavera Capital.

Highly Experienced Management Team

• Shoichi Matsumoto

  CEO

  40+ years of experience at Nissan
  Joined AESC as president in 2019

• Jay Jiang

  President

  20+ years of experience in Li-Ion battery material development

• Hiroyuki Akashi

  CTO

  30+ years of experience in Li-Ion battery R＆D at Sony, Nissan, and AESC

• Zhuo Han

  CFO

  Formerly with McKinsey

• Rosa Lee

  Chief Human Resources Officer

  20+ years of experience with large MNCs including Bosch, DuPont, Honeywell

• Evan Horetsky

  Chief Development Officer

  Former McKinsey Partner
  Former Director, Engineering, Procurement, Construction at Tesla

• Gordon Chin

  General Counsel 

  Former roles include Aptiv and Davis Polk

• Brian Sullivan

  EVP Global Manufacturing

  Former VP Powertrain and EV Battery Operations, Nissan

• Jeff Pratt

  EVP Manufacturing and Operations, UK/EU

  Former Nissan General Manager
  Former Managing Director, UK Battery Industrialization Centre

• Franz Jung 

  President, EU 

  Former President and CEO, Porsche China

• Jeff Deaton 

  Managing Director, U.S.

  24+ years of experience with Nissan

• Chris Caygill

  CFO, EU and UK 

  10+ years of experience in finance management at Nissan and AESC

Globally Diversified Board of Directors

• Lei Zhang

  Executive Chairman 

  Founder and CEO of Envision Group 

• Shoichi Matsumoto

  Director & CEO

  40+ years of experience at Nissan
  Joined AESC as president in 2019

• Toshihiro Hirai

  Director

  SVP, Powertrain & EV Engineering Division, RNM Alliance 

• Adair Turner

  Director

  Chairman, Energy Transitions Commission,
  Former Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority

• Eric Branderiz
  

  Director
  

  Board Director, Cognizant
  Board Director, Fortive
  Former SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, Tesla

• Neil Shen

  Director 
  

  Founding and Managing Partner of Hong Shan, formerly known as Sequoia China

• Elizabeth Vanderslice

  Director 

  Board Director, AMD
  Partner, Trewstar Corporate Board Services
  

• William Wang
  

  Director
  

  Founding Partner, Primavera Capital
  Board Director, Geely Auto

• Michael Ding

  Director 

  Executive Director, Envision Group
  Former Vice Chairman, Accenture China

Our global manufacturing and operational footprint