Meet the Team
Our Board of Directors
The board of directors was established in 2020 and currently consists of two of our founders. The third board position is currently vacant and will be filled shortly. The board of directors are elected every year at the annual general meeting (AGM). Our enabling legislation allows up to five directors. Additional directors above five require an amendment to the company by-laws.
Our Team
Our veteran founders are equipped with extensive clean technology industry experience across the value chain. Identifying, designing, engineering, building strong teams and delivering solutions are key components our leadership team has industrialized from their extensive networks.
Ian B. McAvoy
CEO
Nima Evans
Co-Founder & CTO
Geoff Crocker
Chief Battery Engineer
Karl Kailing
VP, Business Development
Andrew Robertson
Technical Program Manager
Kim Tram
Project Co-ordinator
Pashmeena Chandio
Business Analyst
Brynn Norwood
Product Research Analyst
Aleisha Silvera
Front-end Developer
Chris Qin
Back-end Developer
Dhairyakumar Chauhan
Business Analyst Intern
Our advisors
Our advisors have extensive knowledge and provide us with guidance in the clean tech, transportation and information technology industries. They assist in creating the short-term and long-term successes of Volterra.
Narayan Sainaney
Co-Founder & CTO, CodeZero (Vancouver, BC)
Mark McLaughlin
Chief Business Officer, Whoop (Silicon Valley, CA)
Chuck Harvey
COO - Retired, Samtrans (Silicon Valley, CA)
Jonathan Soper
CEO and Co-founder, Enovity
Aida Tahiri
Senior Director, Enterprise Data and Analysis, Apotex Inc.
John McPherson
Senior Manager, Economic Transformation, Vancouver Economic Commission