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Geraint Castleton-White promoted to Chief Projects Officer as Connected Energy scales up operations

Connected Energy announces the promotion of Geraint Castleton-White to Chief Projects Officer, bringing four decades of automotive engineering and manufacturing leadership to accelerate the company’s product and developments.

09/09/2025

Connected Energy announces the promotion of Geraint Castleton-White to Chief Projects Officer, bringing four decades of automotive engineering and manufacturing leadership to accelerate the company’s product and developments.

Geraint brings extensive experience in complex engineering project delivery, having led powertrain development across multiple automotive sectors including luxury vehicles, performance cars, and Formula One racing. His career history includes roles at Ford, Lotus, Cosworth Racing and Ceres.

Matthew Lumsden, CEO, Connected Energy, said: “Geraint’s experience in technical innovation from concept through to volume manufacturing will be vital to Connected Energy’s growth trajectory and this new role will be directly responsible for scaling up our products and our developments.”

The appointment comes at a critical time in the company’s growth as electric vehicle adoption accelerates and grid infrastructure faces increasing demand pressures.

Connected Energy has proven the technology and we’re in the right place at the right time. The industry is ready to scale - there's an increasing number of EVs on the road, and we’re providing a necessary solution to the challenge of end-of-vehicle life batteries by developing large-scale energy storage technology. There will be a stockpile of second-life batteries, and if we can repurpose them for profit, then that provides us with an incredible opportunity.

Geraint Castleton-White , Chief Projects Officer

His new role encompasses engineering, innovation, supply chain and project delivery. Geraint will oversee the development of Connected Energy’s M-STOR utility-scale energy storage technology and lead the roadmap to scale systems to 100MWh+ capacity. This includes overseeing the delivery of systems for our recently announced projects in France.

M-STOR will enable revenue generation for customers and partners through grid balancing services using second life EV batteries. The technology also addresses localised energy storage requirements as electrification outpaces grid infrastructure capacity, supporting both renewable energy integration and grid stability.

Geraint continues: “Everyone is electrifying, and there’s going to come a point when the grid can’t support it, so we need localised energy storage. Grid infrastructure limitations present immediate commercial opportunities for scalable storage solutions. I am delighted to be leading the team at this exciting stage of Connected Energy’s growth”

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