Mark Blackwell Joins Zero Motorcycles Board of Directors

Zero Motorcycles keeps strengthening its team of executives, and the most recent addition to its Board of Directors is none other than AMA Hall of Famer Mark Blackwell. Having started racing while in his teens, Blackwell was one of the very first American Motocross superstars.

After his racing career ended, he has held positions of increasing responsibilities in the motorcycle industry, initially at Suzuki, then at Husqvarna, at Suzuki again and finally at Victory Motorcycles where he was Vice President & General Manager through a critical growth period for the brand. In addition to his new responsibilities with Zero, Mark remains an executive of Polaris Industries.

“I am delighted to join the Board of Zero Motorcycles. I have tracked the progress of the company from afar and been impressed with its growing product line and its increasingly well-established brand, channel, and supply chain. I look forward to helping the company grow in the coming years and advising its team of talented, industry-experienced executives,” said Mark Blackwell.

“My colleagues and I have known Mark for a while and we greatly value his industry insight, knowledge of motorcycles, and years of managerial expertise,” said Aflalo Guimaraes, Managing Director of The Invus Group, LLC and a Zero board member. “We are excited Mark has elected to join the Board of the company and we know his contributions and talents will make an enormous impact on our business moving forward. We look forward to a close and productive relationship with him.”

Zero Motorcycles CEO Gene Banman has recently retired from the operational management of the company, but has remained on the board of directors, with day-to-day operations now under control of Karl Wharton.