Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) stock is on the move Tuesday after the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Mary Chan as its next Chief Operating Officer.
Chan will take over the COO role at Nikola starting on Oct. 9. This appointment will have her leading the company’s engineering, program, product, supply chain and manufacturing teams. She previously worked as a Managing Partner at VectoIQ, which helped Nikola with its public launch.
Outside of that, Chan has held various executive roles over the years. Among these are President of the Global Connected Consumer group at General Motors (NYSE:GM), Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Mobility Solutions & Services at Dell (NYSE:DELL) and President of 4G/LTE Wireless Networks at Alcatel-Lucent.
Steve Girsky, president and CEO of Nikola, said the following about Chan joining the team.
“Mary brings a solid understanding of business, combined with extensive experience in technology and transportation, spanning both engineering and management. Her expertise will be a tremendous asset to the Nikola team.”
NKLA Stock Movement on Tuesday
Investors in Nikola stock will note that some 63 million shares of the company’s stock have changed hands as of this writing. To put that number in perspective, the company’s daily average trading volume is closer to 88 million shares.
NKLA stock is down 11.3% as of Tuesday morning. The EV company’s stock is also down 36.6% since the start of the year.
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