Executive Management

With more than 30 years in the auto industry, Dr. Zhou has served as our CEO and Board Member since March 2022. Most recently, Dr. Zhou was CEO of Karma Automotive and previously was CEO and President of Beijing Foton-Daimler Automotive, while serving as Level 1 Vice President of Daimler AG Global and Senior Director of Daimler Greater China Ltd., the Chinese operating division of Mercedes-Benz Group. Prior to joining Daimler, Dr. Zhou was General Manager of NAVECO Co. and was VP and General Manager of the International Business Unit of Beijing Foton Motor Co. and was previously General Manager of the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Company of Foton and General Manager of the Marketing and Commercial Company of Foton. Dr. Zhou earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, and a PhD from Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

Prior to becoming CFO of Phoenix in June 2021, Mr. Wang was SVP of Finance of our controlling shareholder SPI Energy. Prior to joining SPI, Mr. Wang served as CEO of Redwood Group International, a Hong Kong-based merchant bank and was a partner with SAIF Xinhuihuang Asset Management Co. Prior to that, Mr. Wang served as President, and previously CFO, of Fushi Copperweld, Inc. At Fushi Copperweld, Mr. Wang led the company’s public listing on the Nasdaq and the acquisition of Copperweld Bimetallics in 2007. He previously worked for Cornerstone China Opportunities Fund, Redwood Capital, Credit Suisse and VCChina. Mr. Wang earned a BSc from the University of Science and Technology Beijing and an MBA in Finance and Corporate Accounting from the University of Rochester.

With 20 years of experience, Mr. Helou joined Phoenix in February 2014. He has served as our COO since August 2019 and previously oversaw the Sales Division of the company as VP of Sales. Before joining Phoenix, Tarek worked for TD Bank in Toronto in its corporate banking head office in Treasury, Capital Markets and Marketing. Prior to TD Bank, Mr. Helou started his career at Bombardier Aerospace with increasing responsibilities as Avionics and Telecommunication Engineer, Integrations team lead and Product Planning Manager. Mr. Helou earned an Electrical Engineering Degree from McGill University and an MBA from HEC — Montreal.

With 20 years of experience. Mr. Paul joined Phoenix in August 2016 and has served as our CMO since September 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Paul served as VP of Business Development and oversaw our Marketing & Business Development functions. Prior to joining Phoenix, Mr. Paul worked at FedEx Express, Dubai holding various positions including Business Planning Advisor, Senior Regional Analyst as the Brand Advisor for the MEIA region. Jose previously worked at Frost & Sullivan in the Automotive & Transportation division as Consulting Manager — Middle East and North Africa region. Mr. Paul also worked at TNS Global, India and at Feedback Business Consulting. Mr. Paul earned a Bachelors in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics from Christ College, Bangalore University and an MBA from the School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology.

With more than 30 years of experience, having spent his career on Wall Street and in the automotive and energy sectors, Mr. Hastings joined Phoenix in August 2022 from Rodo, a New York-based automotive fintech start-up, where he was Vice President of Finance and Insurance. Previously, Mr. Hastings’ career in the investment community was spent on the buy-side as portfolio manager and head of investor relations for energy/natural resources funds Geosphere Capital and Saugatuck Energy and as an analyst at SAC Capital. Before moving to the buy-side, Mark was a sell-side equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch and an auditor at Exxon in Houston. He earned an MBA in Finance from the University of Tennessee and a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia.

With over 30 years of experience, primarily in electric vehicles, EV infrastructure, eMobility, automotive advisory, supply chain and operations management, Mr. Liu joined Phoenix in July 2022 and most recently served as VP of Business Development & Strategy, Corporate Process Executive at Karma Automotive, an Irvine, CA-based EV manufacturer. Previously, Mr. Liu was a founding team member at AiKar, an EV technology start-up, Head of the Global Charging Business and Head of Strategic Partnerships for Faraday Future, and Lead Director of the automotive practice for KPMG Advisory (China) in Beijing. Lewis earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, his MS in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Mississippi and his BS in Computer Science from Beijing Polytechnic University.

Mr. Shen joined Phoenix as our VP of Product Management and Supply Chain in January 2021. Previously, Mr. Shen was a founding member of SERES EV and was the head of Product and Sr. Director of Global Supply Chain Development & Management, and Sr. Director of Product Marketing. Prior to that, Mr. Shen joined Tesla in 2009 when the company was a small startup. During his seven-year tenure at Tesla, he led many key EV product development and global launch programs, contributing to Tesla’s Roadster, Model S, Model X, Model 3, Powerwall, and Powerpack programs, as well as OEM programs for Mercedes Benz B-Class EV, and Toyota Rav 4 EV programs. Previously, Mr. Shen held several senior roles at leading global semiconductor companies, including Applied Materials, Lam Research, and KLA. Mr. Shen earned an M.S. in Engineering from San Jose State University.

With over 15 years of H/EV technology experience, Mr. Selin joined the Phoenix team in 2015 and he oversees the growth of Phoenix Motorcars’ service operations and customer experience. Josh has excelled in service center development, operations strategy and process Improvement and technical content creation. Prior to joining Phoenix, Mr. Selin worked at New Flyer where he managed various projects on electric drive systems and ultracapacitor development for critical planned upgrades, and service modifications, which generated opportunities for Josh to expand his knowledge of software controls and system integration.

With more than 10 years of engineering and product management experience, Mr. Xue joined Phoenix in September 2021 as VP of Operations. Previously, Chao was VP of Product Management at Hyzon Motors and NPI and R&D Programs Manager at Gillig LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Xue was at BYD America and held various senior roles, including Project Manager, Operations Manager and ultimately Head of PMO. He began his career as a Process Engineer as Xunlight Corporation. He earned a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toledo.

With more than 30 years of vehicle development experience, Dr. Lee joined Phoenix in August 2022 as VP of Vehicle Integration. He was most recently VP of Vehicle Integration at Karma Automotive. Prior to joining Karma, Frank was the Chief Engineer for BYD Auto Industry Co in Shenzhen, China and Deputy General Manager at Beiben Trucks Group, also in China. Previously, Dr. Lee held senior positions at Geely Holding Group and Hybride Kinetic Group and had long tenures at General Motors and the Ford Motor Company in Michigan. Dr. Lee earned his BS and MS degrees in Mechanics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a PhD in Engineering Mechanics from the Ohio State University.