Vancouver, BC, Canada - June 6, 2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Westport Innovations Inc., a clean energy engineering company, announced that Ashoka Achuthan has been appointed as chief financial officer of Westport.
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Mr. Achuthan has been with Westport since November 2013 as Executive Vice President, Finance Operations.
Prior to joining Westport, he was CFO at CODA Holdings Inc. between 2011 and 2013, where he held full responsibility for all financial management aspects of the company including the initial public offering filing, organizational readiness for vehicle launch, supply chain management, and development of the battery based power storage business.
His career includes more than 20 years with Siemens in Asia, Europe and North America. His last position at Siemens was Executive Vice President and CFO of Siemens VDO Automotive Inc.
He has also held roles as CFO at Cooper Power Systems Inc. between 2005 and 2008; CFO at ATC Technologies Corp between 2008 and 2010; and the CFO at Key Plastics LLC in 2010.
Mr. Achuthan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Bombay, an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, and is a Chartered Accountant.
William E. Larkin has been appointed to Vice President, Corporate Development, focusing on strategic initiatives and investments, and development agreements that will contribute to Westport’s financial growth.
Mr. Larkin was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in February 2010.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Larkin served as Chief Financial Officer of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. from May 2008 to May 2009 and as a consultant through September 2009.
Mr. Larkin served as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of FSYS from November 2006 to May 2008.
Prior to that, Mr. Larkin served as Director of Financial Reporting at Standard Pacific Corp and as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche LLP, based in Los Angeles.
Prior to joining Westport, he served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for DDi Corp., a publicly listed manufacturer of circuit boards, beginning October 2009.
Mr. Larkin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Southern California and is a Certified Public Accountant. ■