Former Fuuse chief executive Michael Gibson joins Amp EV as advisory board chair

Southport-based commercial charge point installer Amp EV has appointed Michael Gibson, the former chief executive of charge point management software firm Fuuse, as chair of its advisory board, the North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) announced on 12 November.

Gibson will also work as a consultant to the company to support its growth, according to the announcement.

Amp EV has built its business on installing and managing charge points for NHS trusts, universities and housing associations, the NWAA said. The company says it has completed more than 2,000 charge point installations for a client base that also includes Cadent Gas, Lake District National Park Authority and Northumberland County Council.

Alasdair Croft, managing director of Amp EV, said he and Gibson had known each other for nearly six years. "The Fuuse platform and our relationship have been a cornerstone for our growth, so when I knew he was stepping down from Fuuse I was keen to get him onboard," he said.

Gibson's record at Fuuse

Fuuse announced earlier this year that Gibson, its founder and chief executive, would step down on 1 September after a decade leading the business. He started the company in 2016 as a data analytics business before launching Fuuse in June 2021, the company said.

Roger Hunter was named as his successor. Hunter was previously global vice president, e-mobility at Shell, where he headed Shell Recharge Solutions, according to Fuuse.

Paul Brennan, chairman of Fuuse, said at the time that the transition was one Gibson had planned thoughtfully and on his own terms.

The NWAA announcement credits Gibson with leading Fuuse from its launch, working with clients including Scottish Power, and with the acquisitions of energy management platform Envisij and driver support provider Everyday EV.

Fuuse's own announcements set out those deals. It acquired energy monitoring and management consultancy Envisij, with which it had previously collaborated on two Innovate UK and OZEV funded projects. It later bought the assets of Everyday EV, a driver support and charger monitoring provider that had built a team of 20. Following that deal, Fuuse said it handles more than 150,000 calls a year from UK EV drivers.

The Lancaster-based company also raised a further £6m from existing investors Par Equity and YFM Equity Partners.

The bp pulse migration

The NWAA announcement also credits Gibson with leading the transition of nearly 1,000 fleet and workplace clients and 14,000 chargers from BP.

Fuuse's own account of that work describes an exclusive partnership with Drax Electric Vehicles to support nearly 1,000 former bp pulse fleet customers, representing a combined charging socket count of more than 14,000. Fuuse said it would lead what it expected to be one of the largest charging infrastructure migrations the UK EV sector has seen. Its announcement does not name Gibson.

Amp EV

Companies House records the company as AMP EV LTD, with a registered office at Greaves Hall Industrial Estate, Banks, Lancashire, and a registered SIC code of 43210, electrical installation. The NWAA capability guide describes the firm as experts in designing and installing electric vehicle charging solutions.

Gibson said: "The opportunities in commercial EV charging are enormous, and I am really looking forward to working with Alasdair and his brilliant team to realise their full potential."

Amp EV's installation tally stands at more than 2,000 charge points, according to the NWAA announcement.