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Zap Energy: Strategic Hiring
Nancy Lipson, former EVP and CLO at Newmont Corporation (18 years), joined Zap Energy as chief legal officer. Zap is a fusion energy company that recently expanded scope to include next-generation nuclear fission.
Source: GeekWire
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening cleantech & renewables executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.3 month-on-month), Americas is at rising (+2.4pts) on signal share.
Zap Energy: 2 signals in the last 90 days — in line with the Cleantech & Renewables median of 2 across 31 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 3 tracked across 85 days.
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