Blink Charging Co. announced that its Board of Directors elected Ritsaart van Montfrans as Chairman of the Board, at its May 10, 2023 Board meeting. Mr. van Montfrans has served on the Blink Board since December 2019.

He is an experienced entrepreneur in Europe, where he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Incision Group, an Amsterdam-based medtech startup in team performance and education, since January 2017. He also co-founded and led ScaleUpNation, a growth accelerator for ventures with large scale-up potential, from February 2016 to January 2017, also in Amsterdam. In February 2009, Mr. van Montfrans founded NewMotion, which grew to become the leading service provider for electric vehicles in Europe, with the largest public network of charging stations.

Mr. van Montfrans served as Chief Executive Officer and International Business Development Director of NewMotion until February 2016, shortly before the company was purchased by Royal Dutch Shell. Prior to NewMotion, Mr. van Montfrans was a partner at H2 Equity Partners, an investment firm in Amsterdam, from September 2002 to February 2009; an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. in Amsterdam from May 1999 to September 2002; and an associate in the mergers and acquisitions group of J.P. Morgan in London.

Mr. van Montfrans received a Master of Science degree in business from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.