– USA, VA – Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services today announced the appointment of Joan Amble to its board of directors.
“Joan embodies the very relentless, unbounded, and collaborative spirit that we value at Spire. Her valuable perspective from what has been a tremendous career in finance will be immensely impactful as we continue to scale the business and strive toward being the best we can be. Joan’s commitment to women in business and mentoring the next generation is inspiring and having her counsel will only further strengthen Spire’s position as a company that cultivates top talent. I am pleased to welcome her to our board of directors,” said CEO, Peter Platzer.
About Joan Amble
Ms. Amble has had a storied career in finance, most recently serving as EVP, Finance, and Comptroller for American Express. Prior to holding senior leadership positions at American Express, Ms. Amble spent more than a decade at General Electric, most recently serving as COO and CFO for GE Capital Markets, overseeing securitizations, debt placement, and syndication, as well as structured equity transactions. She has extensive experience in corporate governance, having served on the Board of Directors of Broadcomm Corp, Brown-Forman, Sirius XM Holdings Inc., and as an independent Advisor to the Executive Committee of the U.S. affiliate of Société Générale S.A. Ms. Amble currently serves on the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance Group AG, BuzzFeed, and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. She is currently the president of JCA Consulting, LLC.
“Spire is a company operating in the most future-oriented industry there is – space, bringing data solutions to market with broad applications across sectors, public and commercial. What is particularly exciting to me is the fact that these solutions are addressing needs that aren’t nearly fully understood or appreciated yet,” said Joan Amble. “Spire has just begun scratching the surface of what is possible when utilizing its unique vantage point, and I look forward to working closely with the management team as the company continues to grow and increase adoption of its solutions, globally.”
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire is a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering access to unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy, and speed. Spire uses one of the world’s largest multi-purpose satellite constellations to source hard-to-acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions. Spire then provides this data as a subscription to organizations around the world so they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage, and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial and government organizations the competitive advantage they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s toughest problems with insights from space.
Spire has offices in San Francisco, Boulder, Washington DC, Ontario, Glasgow, Oxfordshire, Luxembourg, and Singapore.
For more information: https://spire.com/
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