Zapp Announces Senior Management Changes

LONDON, ENGLAND –  April 15, 2023 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Zapp Electric Vehicles Limited (“Zapp” or the “Company”), a UK-based, high-performance two-wheel electric vehicle company, today announced two changes to its senior management team.

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Theodore Allegaert as Chief Legal Officer, effective April 6, 2023. Mr. Allegaert’s appointment adds more international expertise to Zapp’s senior leadership team as it nears the launch of its innovative i300 high-performance electric motorcycle.

Mr. Allegaert brings to Zapp twenty-five years of commercial legal experience, including thirteen years in private practice at preeminent firms in Silicon Valley and New York and a further decade of experience as senior in-house counsel at multinational companies. From 2017-20, he served as Chief Legal Officer at Nasdaq-listed Ferroglobe PLC in London (initially as Deputy), after previously serving as Deputy General Counsel of its U.S. subsidiary Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. from 2011-15. From 2016 to early 2017, and from 2021-23, Allegaert was self-employed, serving as a contract general counsel and legal and compliance consultant to international businesses in Asia and the U.K.

Swin Chatsuwan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, stated: “It is a pleasure to welcome Theodore to Zapp as our first CLO. He brings senior level legal, regulatory and commercial experience to the company, including in senior legal roles at Nasdaq-listed companies, and is well versed in international business. These credentials and his considerable C-suite and board level experience make him an ideal fit for our team as we prepare to launch the i300 and execute our business plans.”

Mr. Allegaert commented: “Both professionally and as a lifelong motorcyclist, I am delighted to join Zapp as it prepares to launch its first product and transition to being a public company. The award-winning design and innovative features of the i300 speak volumes about the talent and ingenuity of my new colleagues and foretell exciting days ahead.”

Allegaert holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School, and is licensed in New York, California and Florida.

The Company also announces the removal of the Chief Technology Officer role from its C-suite and the departure of Pongsatorn “Peter” Sukhum, who held that position on a part-time basis from August…