Hydrogen player Plug Power appoints new VP Strategy & Business Development Europe

Plug Power Inc., a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, announces Benjamin Haycraft as the company’s newest Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Europe.

Located in France, Benjamin Haycraft will be responsible for executing the European Plug Power strategy, sourcing external growth opportunities, acting as commercial interface between Plug Power and its partners, and deploying green hydrogen generation and distribution infrastructure on a large scale across Europe.

“Plug Power has strong development ambitions in Europe and is aligned to significantly strengthen its presence in the coming months in fuel cell-powered on-road commercial mobility, green hydrogen generation and distribution and large scale electrolyzer markets,” says the company.

Before joining Plug Power, Benjamin Haycraft advised the company as a Santander banker, where he built the bank’s expertise on hydrogen over the past three years. Haycraft has spent more than ten years in finance and investment banks and focused on clean mobility and renewable energy topics.

Haycraft will report to Sanjay Shrestha, Chief Strategy Officer at Plug Power and general manager of the Energy Solutions division.