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Kempower: Geographic Expansion
Finland-based EV charging technology developer Kempower is expanding operations into Thailand to capitalize on Southeast Asia's fastest-growing EV market with DC fast-charging solutions.
Source: Bangkok Post Business
The leadership read
Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for cleantech & renewables leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral) (down 1.4 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+2.4pts) on signal share.
Kempower: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Cleantech & Renewables median of 1 across 32 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
Market entry · Oceania
Square
Executive Search Fintech
Market entry
Dropbox
Executive Search for SaaS
Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
Market entry · Asia
LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
Market entry · Oceania
Etsy
Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC)
MitchelLake in this thematic
Our work · 2019
Director Product Engineering
SEEK Limited
Asia · Technology · digital-transformation · cross-border
Our work · 2022
Retained Search
DG Innovate
EMEA · Climate / Energy · ev technology · energy storage
Our work · 2022
Head of eCommerce and Consumer Experience (CX) / GM North America
LittleOak
Americas · Ecommerce · cross-border · ecommerce-growth
More signals across Cleantech & Renewables
Geographic Expansion · Asia
ACEN Corp. →ACEN expanding floating solar operations across Asia through partnership
Capital Raising · Asia
Ather Energy →Ather Energy's board approved a Rs 2,500 crore fundraising plan comprising Rs 1,500 crore via Qualified Institutional Placement and Rs 1,000 crore from convertible securities and other instruments.
Capital Raising · Asia
Energy Development Corp. →Energy Development Corp., the renewable energy unit of First Gen Corp. (owned by tycoon Federico Lopez), is committing $407 million to geothermal project investments as Philippines accelerates clean energy transition.
Product Launch · Asia
EDP Renewables →EDP Renewables launched a solar project in Japan in partnership with Amazon, expected to generate over 48 GWh of electricity annually. Indicates geographic expansion and strategic partnership execution.
Partnership · Asia
First Solar →Strategic partnership with GameChange Solar to support utility-scale solar growth in India through domestic manufacturing
Capital Raising · Asia
Optimized Electrotech →Deeptech startup raised ₹35 Cr ($3.7M) led by Exfinity Ventures to expand into space imaging
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