Chief Financial Officer
Fluence
Manavendra (Manu) Sial is the chief financial officer (CFO) of Fluence, where he leads the company’s treasury, project finance, investor relations, financial planning and accounting organizations. Previously, he was executive vice president and CFO for SunPower, and before that, he served as CFO for VECTRA, a $1 billion technology-driven diversified industry business, which was a portfolio company of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC. Prior to VECTRA, Sial was with SunEdison in various global finance and operations leadership roles from 2011 to 2015, including CFO of MEMC’s solar energy and materials divisions. He also spent 11 years with General Electric (GE) in a variety of roles, from FP&A leader for the Energy Services unit to CFO of Power Delivery for GE’s Transmission and Distribution group. He earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and his Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University in India.