Calnan was previously Managing Director UK, and is now to lead Blink’s operations across the European continent, including the UK, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands, starting from 1 July 2025. Alex Calnan is replacing Miko de Haan, who previously served as President of Europe Operations for Blink.
“We are confident that Alex is the right person to lead our European business, execute our strategy and selectively expand throughout Europe. He will bring strong financial discipline, support our global business objectives, and continue to deliver value to our stakeholders,” said Mike Battaglia, President and Chief Executive Officer of Blink. “We are focused on our global growth and expanding Blink’s presence in Europe, where Alex has a strong track record of success.”
Alex Calnan also commented on his upcoming plans: “We are intently focused on taking our efforts to streamline and globalize our services to the next level so we can offer customers across Europe and beyond a single, global experience. I also look forward to continuing to work alongside the passionate and knowledgeable team at Blink as we engage in further enhancing and upgrading our technology and services while forging innovative new collaborations and public/private sector engagements throughout Europe.”
Blink Charging has been on a somewhat disruptive journey of late, having had to fire about 20 per cent of its staff in March. This was at least partially caused by the Trump administration attempting to back out of charging infrastructure contracts between Blink and the US Postal Service at the end of last year. Just before that, the company had also changed its CEO in late August of 2024,
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