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New CFO For 8minute Solar Energy

8minute Solar Energy Brings In Rahul Mathur As Company CFO

Anu Bhambhani
  • 8minute Solar has appointed Rahul Mathur as the company's new CFO
  • He will be responsible to steer overall financial direction of the company
  • Mathur will also oversee financial planning & analysis, project finance, tax, accounting, investor relations, and growth & new markets teams

US based solar developer 8minute Solar Energy has announced the appointment of Rahul Mathur as the company's new CFO, who comes with more than 2 decades of professional experience.

Till recently, Mathur worked as the CFO of semiconductor producer Rambus for 5 years. Before that, he worked with Cypress Semiconductor as SVP of Finance.

At 8minute, he will be responsible for overall financial direction of the company, and oversee the financial planning & analysis, project finance, tax, accounting, investor relations, and growth & new markets teams.

"As an unrivaled technology leader, 8minute requires a strong and creative perspective from our leadership and Rahul certainly fits the part. We're excited to have him join our team as we look to become the leading technology provider of 'smart' power plants and expand into other markets," said Founder and CEO of 8minute, Tom Buttgenbach.

Mathur's appointment follows the promotion of Stephanie Perry to the company's COO in July 2021, from SVP of Engineering & Transactions.

8minute says it has more than 18 GW solar and 24 GWh of energy storage projects under development currently, having already deployed 2 GW solar projects in operation.