Advent Technologies Announces the Appointment of Von McConnell to its Board of Directors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 4, 2022--

Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADN) (“Advent” or the “Company”), an innovation-driven leader in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, proudly announces that Von McConnell has agreed to join its board of directors.

Mr. McConnell has nearly forty years of executive experience in the telecommunications sector, including approximately twenty years working for Sprint Corporation (now T-Mobile), where his positions included serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Operations for Sprint’s 4G business unit. Furthermore, Mr. McConnell has also served as Sprint’s Executive Director of Advanced Labs & Innovation, where he was responsible for research and development, systems and network design, engineering, product evaluation, customer trials, and quality certification for all wireless systems and products. He is currently the founder and president of the TM Group, a successful technology consulting firm which has been engaged in venture capital acquisitions, 5G network rollouts, Division 1 university artificial intelligence programs, and other cutting edge technological commitments. Mr. McConnell is responsible for dozens of patent innovations.

“I am excited to welcome Von, who has decades of experience working with cutting-edge technology, to Advent’s board of directors,” said Dr. Vasilis Gregoriou, Advent’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. “We look forward to leveraging his experience and relationships in two global telecommunications corporations as Advent looks to unlock the next step of its own growth.”