James Frith

CEO

London, England, United Kingdom14 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of experience in energy storage.
  • Expert in lithium battery techno-economics.
  • Advised governments and financial institutions on low carbon economy.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the energy storage and electrification sector.

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Growth CapitalVenture CapitalDeal ExecutionDeal SourcingCommunicationFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisElectrochemistryScienceChemistryR&DData AnalysisAnalytical ChemistryData ProcessingNanotechnology

About

Dr. Frith has over a decade of experience in the energy storage industry. James spent seven years working on lithium batteries in the laboratory before moving to BloombergNEF, where he led the company’s coverage of storage technologies and their associated supply chains. Using his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the techno-economics of lithium batteries, Dr. Frith has advised governments, financial institutions, and the automotive and mining sectors as they position themselves for the low carbon economy. James holds a Ph.D in Electrochemistry from the University of Southampton.

Experience

Oned battery sciences

2 roles

Board Member

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos

Board Observer

Oct 2022Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Volta led OneD's Series C and co-led its Series D

Monolith

Board Member

Jul 2025Nov 2025 · 4 mos

  • Volta led Monolith's Series B.
  • Volta exited its position in Monolith via an acquisition to CoreWeave.

Echion technologies

2 roles

Board Member

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr

Board Observer

Sep 2023Jun 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Volta led Echion's Series B

Fluorok

Board Observer

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Volta participated in FluoRok's Seed round

The battery show

Advisor

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Remote

  • Content advisor for the Battery Show North America

The battery show europe

Advisor

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Remote

  • Content advisor for the Battery Show Europe.

Volta energy technologies

Principal

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

Volta foundation

Editor and Advisor

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Remote

  • Editor and content advisor for the Volta Foundation's Annual Battery Report

Bloombergnef

4 roles

Head of Energy Storage

Jan 2020Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Led the Energy Storage Team at BloombergNEF. Providing insights and analysis on energy storage technologies and the battery supply chain to investor, corporates and governments.

Senior Associate

Promoted

Nov 2019Dec 2019 · 1 mo

Associate, Energy Storage

Jan 2019Nov 2019 · 10 mos

Energy Storage Analyst

Jun 2017Jan 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

University of southampton

2 roles

Research Fellow

Apr 2015May 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

PhD student

Sep 2011Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Education

University of Southampton

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) — Electrochemistry

Jan 2011Jan 2015

University of Southampton

Bachelor of Science (BSc) — Chemistry

Jan 2008Jan 2011

Emanuel School

A-Levels

Jan 2000Jan 2007

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