Steffen Pietzke
Chief Financial Officer
Steffen Pietzke leads Zap’s financial strategy and operations, overseeing business planning, forecasting, and cash flow management as the company advances its integrated nuclear platform.
Pietzke brings nearly three decades of experience guiding public and private companies across energy technology, life sciences, and transportation in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has led finance organizations through multiple public offerings that raised close to $3 billion.
Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of EnerVenue Holdings Ltd., which develops metal-hydrogen batteries designed for more than 30,000 cycles. Before that, as CFO of lithium-ion battery maker Enovix Corporation, he led the transformation of the company from an R&D organization into a publicly listed commercial business. He also held finance leadership roles at two biopharmaceutical companies: Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., and Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Tricida, Inc. He began his career with 15 years at Ernst & Young LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers.