AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. (CSE: HG) (OTCQB: HGRAF) (“HydroGraph” or the “Company”) today announced the appointment of John Neale as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 20, 2026. Matt Anderson, who previously served as Chief Financial Officer, will continue serving the Company in the role of Vice President of Finance.
As CFO, Mr. Neale will oversee HydroGraph’s finance, legal, human resources and technology teams, bringing more than 20 years of finance leadership experience across multiple technology, business to business and manufacturing focused enterprises.
“I am pleased to welcome John to the team as we advance dynamic commercial opportunities across a growing list of global enterprise and federal government customers,” said Kjirstin Breure, Chief Executive Officer of HydroGraph. “John brings a depth of financial and operational experience that will support our commercial scale up, continued expansion of our capital markets activity and development of our global team as we drive adoption of HydroGraph’s industry-leading graphene products.”
“Throughout my career I have focused on innovation, technology and manufacturing companies, I have come to recognize when a product is truly disruptive,” said Mr. Neale. “HydroGraph’s synthetic graphene has accrued the scientific and commercial base to be just that, unlocking new opportunities to deploy graphene into multiple large global markets that require ultra-pure, batch consistent nanomaterials to fuel the next wave of performance enhancement.”
Most recently, Mr. Neale served as CFO of L7 Informatics Inc., a provider of integrated scientific data and analytics solutions empowering scientists and researchers to accelerate discovery, improve operational efficiency and drive innovation. During his more than three-year tenure, he elevated the company’s accounting capabilities, raised growth capital, and provided leadership over global operations.
Previously he was CFO of Rollick Inc., an VC-backed B2B SaaS company focused on the recreational vehicle marketplace, driving operational performance, improving gross margins and delivering a path to cash positive operations. He has served as Interim CFO of a retail focused hyper growth start up, CFO of a retail analytics company serving the largest consumer packaged goods companies on a global basis, and multiple financial leadership roles for a Nasdaq listed ERP software provider to global manufacturers, among other senior finance roles in both public and private companies.
Based in Austin, TX, Mr. Neale holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, a Master of Business in Finance from the University of Technology in Sydney, and a Bachelor’s of Economics from the University of Sydney. He is a member of the Australian Society of CPAs.
In connection with Mr. Neale’s appointment as CFO, the Company granted him 938,538 stock options on February 20, 2026 exercisable for 938,538 common shares at a price of $4.47 per share for a period of 5 years. 25% of the options vest on each of February 20, 2027, February 20, 2028, February 20, 2029 and February 20, 2030.
About HydroGraph
HydroGraph is a leading producer of pristine graphene using an “explosion synthesis” process, which allows for exceptional purity, low energy use, and identical batches. The quality, performance, and consistency of HydroGraph’s graphene follow the Graphene Council’s Verified Graphene Producer® standards, of which very few graphene producers are able to meet. For more information or to learn about the HydroGraph story, visit: https://hydrograph.com/. For company updates, please follow HydroGraph on LinkedIn and X.
Trademarks: HydroGraph™ and Fractal Graphene™
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