Canoo Inc. announced key executive appointments to execute its business and manufacturing strategy. Sohel Merchant, who joined the company in 2017 as one of its founders, has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer, Automotive. Mr. Merchant, most recently SVP of Complete Vehicle Engineering at Canoo, has worked closely with Tony Aquila, Investor, Chairman & CEO, since Mr. Aquila joined the company. Mr. Merchant has been in the automotive industry for approximately 20 years, holding executive positions at startups and such OEMs as Tesla and The Ford Motor Company. Dean Harlow joined Canoo as Executive Vice President, Operations, with an initial focus on manufacturing, purchasing and program and portfolio management. He has held senior management positions in the automotive industry at such OEMs as GM and Tier 1 suppliers such as Delphi. Ram Balasubramanian joined the company as Chief Information Officer. He has held senior technology management positions for more than two decades at such companies as Salesforce.com, Motorola Solutions and PepsiCo. Key executives taking on expanded responsibilities include: President Josette Sheeran, who joined the company earlier this year and has been leading government affairs and sustainability, will oversee on an interim basis, sales, marketing, and communications. Chief Design Officer Richard Kim, who joined the company in 2017 as one of its founders. His responsibilities will be expanded to include Creative Content and, on an interim basis, Merchandising. Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer Ramesh Murthy, who joined the company this year, who will now take the next step and take on added responsibility as Interim CFO. Interim CFO Renato Giger, who worked closely with Mr. Aquila for many years before joining the company this year, will be become an advisor to the CFO and the Audit Committee of the Board. In addition to those announced, the Executive Management Team includes the following senior executives, all of whom joined the Company in 2021: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary - Hector Ruiz; Chief Human Resources Officer - Kate Lengyel; SVP Customer Journey and After Sales - Christian Treiber and SVP Corporate Development - Kunal Bhalla. Canoo also announced that Peter Savagian, former Chief Technology Officer, will leave the company at the end of the year.