VivoPower appoints David Mansfield as CFO, Keith Loose as CTO

VivoPower International (VVPR) announced key executive leadership appointments, namely David Mansfield as CFO and Keith Loose as CTO. In addition, Suneet Wadhwa, former Head of Investments at Ripple, has joined the Board of Advisors. Mansfield most recently served as CFO of VinFast (VFS). Mansfield will lead VivoPower’s financial strategy, capital allocation, statutory reporting and investor engagement functions. Loose has held senior technology leadership positions at companies including Block, Block.one, OSL Group, CLSA, and J.P. Morgan. At VivoPower, Loose will oversee the Company’s digital transformation, cybersecurity, and the buildout of its digital asset treasury infrastructure. Wadhwa brings specific experience in the digital asset and decentralized finance industry and his role at VivoPower will be to build out the company’s DeFi strategy to generate yield on its XRP treasury and to spearhead DeFi investments in the XRPL ecosystem