Geothermal power systems developer XGS Energy has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointments of Al Vickers as Chief Operating Officer, and Kurt Fricker, Chief Procurement Officer.
Alongside these appointments, Dr. Ghazal Izadi steps into the role of Chief Growth Officer, with responsibility for expanding XGS's global geothermal resource portfolio. The additions come hot on the heels of the recent hiring of CFO Richard Chong, former Vice President of Finance at Calpine.
Al Vickers brings 30 years of energy industry experience to the role. At bp, he led world-scale drilling and completions and oil and gas production organisations across five continents. He is also served as CEO of bp's US Low Carbon Energy business and most recently as COO of Grid United, where he planned and developed numerous complex HVDC interregional transmission projects.
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New CPO Kurt Fricker joins XGS from Hess Corporation, where he managed a US$4 billion annual spend budget and transformed the supplier relationship, category management, asset operations, and contractor safety and performance teams.
The new leaders join XGS as the company advances one of the largest geothermal development platforms in the U.S., with over 150,000 acres of site control across the western states, 300MW of which are offtaker commitments from Meta and CC Power, and execution and supply chain partnerships with Baker Hughes and Vallourec.
"We are thrilled and humbled to welcome such superstars to our leadership team," said Josh Prueher, President & CEO of XGS.
