Suzy Taherian

Board Member

Suzy Taherian will be an independent member of our board of directors. Ms. Taherian has over 25 years of experience acting as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and acting Chief Executive Officer for global industrial companies. She served as one of the independent directors of NewHold Investment Corp. from July 2020 to July 2021. Since September 2024, Ms. Taherian has served as a member of the board of directors of NewHold Investment Corp III, a special purpose acquisition company that is in the process of searching for a business combination target. Most recently, she joined 3Degrees as their CFO and is currently a member of the board of directors of Heffernan Insurance. 3Degrees is a major player in origination, sales, and trading of environmental commodities with annual revenues of over $800M. Prior to 3Degrees, Ms Taherian was CFO of Xpansiv from Sept 2021 to Sept 2023. Xpansiv is a public company in Australia and is the world’s largest online exchange for voluntary carbon markets and she helped raise over $725M from Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and others. Ms. Taherian started her career as a consultant with Accenture, advising large companies on implementation of ERP systems to optimize operations. She later held various senior finance roles for 16 years at Exxon and Chevron. Additionally, Ms. Taherian has served as Chief Financial Officer of several industrial companies — from February 2017 through December 2019, at Kinetic Systems Inc., a global engineering and construction firm; from July 2016 through January 2017, at RePower, a national solar company; from June 2015 through June 2016, at NobleIron, a publicly-traded construction equipment rental company (TSX:NIR); and from April 2013 through May 2015, at eCullet, a national manufacturer of glass. Over her career, she has worked on financings of over $4.5 billion and M&A transactions of over $2.5 billion. She previously served on numerous boards such as Wrightspeed, an electric vehicle company which was winner of World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award; Glass to Glass, a joint venture with Owens Illinois which is the world’s largest glass manufacturer, and Chevron Federal Credit Union, which has over $1 billion in assets. She previously served on boards of various nonprofits (including a homeless shelter and a school) and is an active community leader and was appointed as the Contra Costa County Library Commissioner, advocating for literacy and education for 1 million residents of the county. Since 2019, she has been on the Steering Committee of CFO Leadership Council, a national organization of Chief Financial Officers. Additionally, Ms. Taherian has been an adjunct professor at UC Davis Graduate School of Management for 10 years, teaching courses on International Finance and International Business. She was recognized as Silicon Valley Woman CFO of the Year in 2023 by Finance Executive International. Ms Taherian wrote numerous articles on board and CFO topics for Forbes.com Ms. Taherian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.