- Supervisory Board Approves New Board Member Appointment Effective August 1, 2024
- Vassen, Head of Series Development at PowerCo SE, to Oversee Technology and Product Development
Salzgitter, June 20, 2024 – HW Vassen will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer and join the Board of Management at PowerCo SE starting August 1, 2024. This decision was confirmed today by the Supervisory Board. Currently leading Series Development, Vassen has been instrumental in developing PowerCo’s unified cell set for mass production in 2025. As CTO, he will manage technology and product development along with testing and analytics. He succeeds Soonho Ahn who steps down end-July but remains an advisor to Volkswagen Group.
“Soonho Ahn deserves our heartfelt gratitude for his contributions at PowerCo,” said Frank Blome, CEO of PowerCo SE. “He established our technology department and laid a strong foundation with the unified cell for future market success. With HW Vassen as his successor—who played a key role in this development—we are confident in continuing to enhance our technological prowess.”
HW Vassen has led Series Development at PowerCo SE since mid-2023 after spending six years in China overseeing battery cells and systems development for Volkswagen Group China. Born in 1972, he studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and joined Volkswagen Group in 1999.
Soonho Ahn was born in Seoul in 1960 and earned his PhD from Auburn University specializing in electrochemistry for battery applications. Since joining PowerCo SE’s technology department inception phase two years ago after serving as Global Head of Battery Development at Apple.
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