Fastned said its Chief Financial Officer Victor van Dijk will step down from the executive board to take on a new role as Vice President of Strategy, prompting the company to begin a search for a new CFO.
Van Dijk, who has served as CFO since 2019, will now focus on long-term strategic planning, including shaping Fastned’s vision, refining its priorities and strengthening its positioning with capital markets. In his new role, he will work closely with the executive board to align areas such as network expansion, pricing and technology development with financial and investment considerations.
“Over more than 5 years as CFO, Victor van Dijk has played an instrumental role in transforming Fastned into a company trusted by the world’s leading institutional investors,” said Michiel Langezaal, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fastned. He cited key milestones including “the 2021 €150 million equity raise, the €75 million strategic investment by Schroders Capital’s infrastructure fund in 2022, and recently the €200 million bank financing of a consortium of leading European finance institutions.”
Fastned said van Dijk’s new position will allow him to focus more directly on long-term priorities, including the company’s strategy toward 2030, while a new CFO will oversee day-to-day financial operations as the company works toward profitability.
In the interim, Remco Samuels will assume the CFO role. Samuels previously served as CEO of EVBox and held senior finance positions at Engie. He has been working within Fastned’s finance team for the past six months.
Reflecting on his transition, van Dijk said: “Fastned has grown at a remarkable scale and is at an exciting inflection point. The funding foundations are now in place, and the network is growing: the opportunity in front of us is enormous and historic. I am thrilled to take on this new challenge as VP Strategy, working more directly on the long-term strategic questions that will shape what Fastned becomes.”