Toddington Harper, co-founder of Gridserve, has announced plans to sell cutting-edge EV charging technology globally, with the formation of Gridserve Global.
The new entity will be led by Toddington Harper, the current CEO of Gridserve, who will hand over the reins to the UK company in the interim period to Roy Williamson, the current Executive Chairman of the company. The plan is for Toddington and his co-founder and brother Heston Harper to focus on global expansion.
As part of its international expansion plans, Gridserve Global is planning to partner with EV charging networks around the world allowing them to leverage the technology that the UK entity currently has deployed, while further enhancing that technology to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Toddington has expressed hopes that Gridserve Global will become ‘a new internationally focused technology powerhouse’, with the development of charging solutions for heavy goods vehicles likely to be a major focus for the new entity.
He noted, “The addition of Gridserve Global to support Gridserve in the UK will deliver unrivalled focus and technology leadership, which is critical for supporting partners globally with world-leading technology, building on all our successes to-date, and supporting our mission to move the needle on climate change. I am so proud of what Gridserve has achieved so far and I’m excited about what we can now achieve internationally through building on our technology leadership position into 2025 and beyond.”
Roy Williamson, Executive Chairman and interim CEO at GRIDSERVE in the UK, added, “Gridserve’s business remains 100% focused on developing, delivering and operating an EV network that gives UK drivers the confidence to go electric with a great customer experience.
“Under Toddington’s vision and leadership, the team has installed almost 1,500 charging bays at over 190 locations, and Gridserve has become a market leading charge point operator. We’re continuing to build on that success for 2024 and beyond and will remain focused on our mission to deliver sustainable energy at the speed and scale needed to move the needle on climate change.”