Spire Global Appoints Theresa Condor as CEO and Taps Aerospace Industry Veterans for Executive Team
2024年12月3日 - 8:45PM
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Founder and CEO Peter Platzer will continue
serving the Company in the role of Executive Chairman
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”) announced
that Theresa Condor, who currently serves as Chief Operating
Officer and a board member, has been appointed as the new Chief
Executive Officer. Condor will assume the role on January 1, 2025,
and Founder and CEO Peter Platzer will become Executive Chairman as
part of a planned leadership transition.
After 12 years at the helm of the Company, Platzer’s tenure as
CEO was marked with several milestones that he set out to achieve
before transitioning into the Executive Chairman role, including
rapidly scaling the Company from $10 million to more than $100
million in revenue and taking it public. He also oversaw the
Company’s recent agreement to sell its maritime business for
approximately $241 million, which Spire intends to use to retire
all outstanding debt and invest in near-term growth opportunities.
As Executive Chairman, Platzer will guide Spire’s vision and lead
the Board of Directors, as well as focus on securing major
opportunities to drive the Company's growth strategy. He will
remain involved in select investor engagements and speak at events
about the burgeoning commercial space opportunity.
Condor, who was part of the Company’s founding team, has led the
expansion of Spire’s solution offerings and business lines, growing
the Company’s customer base to more than 745 customers across 65
countries. As CEO, she intends to lead Spire into its next phase of
growth with a focus on streamlining operations and strong execution
at scale.
“Peter has an incredible vision for how satellite technology and
space can improve our lives here on Earth, and that vision has
guided the growth of Spire since the company was founded,” said
Will Porteous, Spire Board Member. “Theresa has been instrumental
in turning that vision into reality. She has a deep understanding
of Spire’s customers, the business, and its operations that will be
transformational for the company as it enters this next phase of
growth as an increasingly profitable company.”
The Company has appointed two aerospace industry veterans to
join its executive bench. Celia Pelaz, a former Airbus executive,
will serve as Chief Operating Officer, assuming responsibility for
the Company's revenue and operations. Most recently, Pelaz served
as COO and a member of the Management Board of HENSOLDT AG, which
focuses on sensor technologies for defense and security missions.
Pelaz played a major role in the carve-out of HENSOLDT from the
Airbus Group in 2017, its successful IPO in 2020 and shaping the
strategic direction of the company. Today, HENSOLDT AG has a market
cap of approximately 4.2 billion euros.
Gabriel Oehme will serve as Chief Transformation Officer. Oehme
spent 22 years at Airbus in roles including operations, business
development, procurement and sales. Most recently, he served as
Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer of Aerotech
Peissenberg, an aerospace manufacturing company specializing in
high-quality, zero defect precision machining at scale, where he
oversaw the commercial business as well as operations and
manufacturing. During his tenure, he drove business growth in civil
and military aerospace markets while boosting company profitability
and efficiency.
“Celia and Gabriel bring invaluable institutional knowledge of
the aerospace industry and a wealth of expertise in operations,
having effectively managed businesses centered on manufacturing and
engineering,” said Condor. “With our recent agreement to sell our
maritime business, we are at a transformational point as we seek to
become a debt-free company with proven space infrastructure and
technology. We are in a strong position to capitalize on
significant near-term opportunities that generate long-term value.
Celia and Gabriel’s experience will be integral in helping us seize
these opportunities through focused execution and operational
excellence at scale.”
Pelaz and Oehme will assume their positions on January 6,
2025.
Leo Basola has informed the Company that he will step down from
his role as Chief Financial Officer once the Company completes its
previously disclosed review of certain accounting practices and the
related restatement of prior period financial statements. Thomas
Krywe, Spire’s former CFO, will assume an interim role while the
Company searches for Basola’s replacement. Krywe has worked as a
consultant for the Company since August 2024 and was instrumental
in signing the agreement to sell Spire’s maritime business.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements,
including information about executive transitions, management's
view of Spire’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including
our views regarding future execution within our business, and the
opportunity we see in our industry, within the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the results of
Spire to be materially different than those expressed or implied in
such statements. Certain of these risk factors and others are
included in documents Spire files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including but not limited to, Spire’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as
subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have
material adverse effects on Spire’s future results. The
forward-looking statements included in this presentation are made
only as of the date hereof. Spire cannot guarantee future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, you
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. Finally, Spire expressly disclaims any intent or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a global provider of space-based data,
analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful
insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with
confidence in a rapidly changing world. Spire builds, owns, and
operates a fully deployed satellite constellation that observes the
Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The data
acquired by Spire’s satellites provides global weather
intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming
detection to better predict how their patterns impact economies,
global security, business operations and the environment. Spire
also offers Space as a Service solutions that empower customers to
leverage its established infrastructure to put their business in
space. Spire has nine offices across the U.S., Canada, UK,
Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore. To learn more, visit
spire.com.
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