EV Payments Specialist, Paythru, Enters American Market
Summary
Paythru, a UK payments technology company for EV charge point operators, appointed Sam Sockwell as Executive Vice President, Americas to lead its commercial presence across the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The company offers a single platform for card, mobile, and Plug & Charge payments, reduces transaction failures to near-zero, and supports live deployments including the Duracell E-Charge network. Sockwell brings 27 years of B2B infrastructure experience and led CBRE’s EV charging infrastructure division in the Americas, delivering significant revenue and operational insights. Paythru positions the hire as critical as U.S. policy and buildout (NEVI) raise operator focus on payment reliability, utilisation, and commercial performance.