Amp EV, a Southport-based commercial electric vehicle charge point installer, has appointed former Fuuse chief executive Michael Gibson as chair of its advisory board. Gibson will also act as a consultant to Amp EV, combining an advisory board chairmanship with a consulting remit.
The role is intended to help accelerate growth that has been rapid in recent years. Amp EV’s work has concentrated on charge point installation and management for NHS Trusts, universities and housing associations. It has delivered more than 2,000 charge point installations. Its clients also include Cadent Gas, the Lake District National Park Authority and Northumberland County Council.
Alasdair Croft, Amp EV’s managing director, said he and Gibson had known each other for nearly six years. He described the Fuuse platform and the relationship between the two businesses as a cornerstone of Amp EV’s growth. Croft said he was keen to bring Gibson on board when he learned Gibson was stepping down from Fuuse.
Gibson said he had watched and supported Amp EV’s growth and was pleased to help take it further. He said the opportunities in commercial EV charging are enormous and that he looked forward to working with Croft and the Amp EV team.
Gibson led Fuuse from its launch in June 2021. Under his leadership, the business worked with clients including Scottish Power, Arnold Clark, British Airways and SSE, as well as thousands of others. Fuuse also pursued acquisitions and partnerships during his tenure. It acquired the energy management platform Envisij and the driver support provider Everyday EV. More recently, Gibson led the transfer of nearly 1,000 fleet and workplace clients and 14,000 chargers from BP.
The appointment adds experience from the charge point management side of the market to Amp EV’s installation and management business. Amp EV’s existing focus has been on organisations that need charging infrastructure across sites, including public-sector bodies, housing providers and utilities. No financial terms for Gibson’s appointment or specific growth targets were disclosed.
Gibson’s Fuuse experience included integrating acquired businesses and transferring a large client and charger base from BP. Those areas are relevant to Amp EV’s stated aim of expanding its commercial charging business, although the company has not set out how the appointment will affect its operations or financial performance. The appointment adds a software and platform background to an installer whose growth has come from public-sector, housing, utility and national-park clients. No start date, term length or consulting structure was disclosed.