March ’24 – Nov ‘24 Fastned Amsterdam (www.fastnedcharging.com)
Fastned was founded in 2011 and is on a mission to accelerate the transition to electric mobility by building and operating a rapidly growing network of fast charging stations in Europe. Fastned is on the verge of profitability and positive free-cash flow, is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and funds itself via the stock market and an in-house developed retail bond program.
Head of Funding and Investor Relations a.i (10 month maternity leave cover)
The accelerated growth phase of Fastned and the resulting focus on funding and investor relations, gave me the ability to instantly put all my knowledge and experience to work. I have been responsible for a wide range of financing and investor relations topics and worked closely with the Management Board and the Supervisory Board on this.
Responsibilities and achievements:
- Funding strategy; assessing the rapidly changing funding opportunities. A mix between bank debt, public debt, intermediate capital and equity. In this strategic role I was able to provide an independent outside-in view.
- Managing the retail bond funding program; 3 bond issuance cycles under my responsibility, raising over EUR 82 million.
- Investor relations; first contact point in managing and maintaining the relationship with institutional investors and the 11 equity research analysts that cover Fastned. Including coordinating and managing investor meetings, roadshows and conferences.
- Quarterly results & annual meeting; preparation of investor presentations and quarterly result presentations (3 results cycles on my watch).
- Working on tenders; active involvement in the high profile London tender that Fastned has won.
- Retail campaign to market the Fastned share to retail investors.
- Preparing Supervisory Board meetings; strategic discussions on short and long term financing strategy.
- Process to improve ESG / MSCI ratings.
- M&A; analyzing potential M&A targets together with the business teams.
- Managing bank relationships with 15+ local and international banks.
- Managing the Funding and IR team of three.
“Joost his independent and outside-in view, based on many years of experience in the wider banking industry, made his input valuable from the start.
His deep knowledge of many different funding options have been instrumental in focusing the discussions”
Victor van Dijk
CFO, Fastned