American Battery Technology Company announced that the Board of Directors of the American Battery Technology Company appointed Alejandro Flores Arteaga to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective February 9, 2026. Mr. Flores, age 50, brings over 20 years of experience in financial leadership across global automotive, commercial, and manufacturing industries. From July 2022 to October 2025, Mr. Flores served as Chief Financial Officer for a joint venture between Stellantis and Samsung SDI, where he was responsible for all financial, treasury, accounting, and risk management functions.
During his tenure, he secured a $7.5 billion U.S. Department of Energy loan to establish advanced EV battery manufacturing capacity in the U.S. and managed a multi-billion-dollar capital expenditure budget. Prior to this, Mr. Flores held various senior financial leadership roles at Stellantis Mexico from 2015 to 2022, including Chief Financial Officer, where he oversaw full P&L accountability, treasury operations, FP&A, accounting, and tax functions. Earlier in his career, he held progressive finance and treasury roles at PACCAR Mexico from 2003 to 2014 and began his career in corporate finance and credit operations at Scotiabank Inverlat from 2001 to 2003.
Mr. Flores holds a Bachelor?s Degree in Finance from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). He is fluent in English and Spanish and has extensive expertise in treasury operations, FP&A, M&A integration, strategic planning, governance, and operational finance. Jesse Deutsch, the Interim Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the Company effective February 9, 2026.
Mr. Deutsch has been a key leader at the Company and the Company thanks Mr. Deutsch for his dedicated leadership.
