Bloom Energy Appoints Simon Edwards as Chief Financial Officer

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE), a global leader in onsite power solutions, today announced the appointment of Simon Edwards as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 13, 2026. A seasoned finance executive with nearly two decades of experience scaling technology companies, Edwards brings a rare combination of operational rigor, systems leadership, and deep exposure to digital infrastructure that aligns with Bloom’s strength, market focus and strategy – to be a solution for power availability as it becomes the defining constraint on the AI industry and its growth.

Edwards joins Bloom from AI-inference leader Groq, where he most recently served as CEO after initially joining as CFO. At Groq, he led the global financial operations and guided the company through a period of rapid expansion, infrastructure build-out, and its recent licensing agreement with Nvidia. His prior leadership roles include CFO positions at Conga and ServiceMax, two leading SaaS businesses, where he led finance, corporate development, and revenue operations teams through phases of transformational growth and sustained margin expansion. Earlier in his career, Edwards held senior financial roles at GE, including CFO of GE Digital and as an executive in the company’s Corporate Audit Staff, giving him strong grounding in manufacturing, service, digital transformation, and data-driven operational excellence.

“Simon brings deep experience across finance and financial operations, along with the discipline, systems thinking and technology leadership needed as Bloom rapidly builds the power platform for the digital economy and beyond,” said KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Bloom Energy. “His engineering foundation, background in software and experience scaling AI infrastructure will be highly relevant as industries face increasing constraints around power availability. He will further strengthen our accomplished management team. We are pleased to welcome Simon to Bloom.”

Edwards is joining Bloom at a time when companies across sectors – from data centers to manufacturing to healthcare – are turning to onsite power for faster access to resilient, reliable, and cost-effective electricity.

“I’m excited to join Bloom at a pivotal moment, as power availability becomes a defining constraint on digital and AI infrastructure,” said Edwards. “Bloom is uniquely positioned to address this challenge, and I look forward to joining the team and helping to build a scaled, disciplined operating model to support the company’s continued growth.”

Edwards holds a BS in Computing for Real Time Systems from the University of the West of England and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy empowers enterprises to meet soaring energy demands and responsibly take charge of their power needs. The company’s solid oxide fuel cell systems provide ultra-resilient, highly scalable onsite electricity for Fortune 500 customers around the world, including data centers, semiconductor manufacturing, large utilities, and other commercial and industrial sectors. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Bloom Energy employs more than 2,000 people worldwide and manufactures its systems in the United States. For more information, visit BloomEnergy.com.

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