Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales

Oct 23, 2025

Kristina Schaefer-Williams Named New Senior Vice President, Sales

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Xpansiv, the leading infrastructure provider for the global energy transition markets, announced the appointment of Kristina Schaefer-Williams as Senior Vice President, Sales.

Kristina brings nearly two decades of experience in sales execution and operational leadership to Xpansiv. Previously, she was Vice President of Sales at Diligent, a leading governance, risk, and compliance SaaS company. Prior to that, she held a variety of sales roles at Thomson Reuters during her nearly 15-year tenure at the company.

“As Xpansiv scales our technology infrastructure for the global energy transition markets, we are excited to welcome Kristina to advance our go-to-market capabilities and drive growth,” said John Melby, CEO of Xpansiv. “Kristina is a seasoned sales leader with proven technical and sales leadership at Diligent and Thomson Reuters, positioning her to help us surpass revenue expectations and deepen our customer relationships.

“Xpansiv is blazing the path for companies and governments to manage environmental commodities across their full lifecycle through a platform that delivers value for all market participants,” said Kristina. “I look forward to leveraging my passion for sales effectiveness, enhancing customer relations, and building teams to help drive the company’s next stage of growth.”

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Xpansiv operates the technology infrastructure to accelerate the world’s energy transition. The company runs the largest spot exchange for environmental commodities, including carbon credits and renewable energy certificates. It is the premier provider of registry infrastructure for energy, power, and environmental markets. It also operates the largest independent platform for managing and selling solar renewable energy credits in North America.

It also runs Xpansiv Connect™, the leading multi-registry, multi-asset environmental portfolio management system, as well as a premier market data service for the environmental and energy commodities markets. The company is a leading provider of transaction and advisory services in global carbon, renewable energy, and energy transition markets through its Evolution Markets and Carbon Financial Services units.
Xpansiv’s rules-based markets and infrastructure enable stakeholders to deliver transparent, credible, and auditable environmental claims to address the growing global demand for assurance and accountability on climate action and sustainability performance.

Company investors include Blackstone Group, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Aramco Ventures, Macquarie Group Ltd., S&P Global Ventures, Aware Super, BP Ventures, Commonwealth Bank, and the Australian Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

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Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales
Xpansiv Appoints New Senior Vice President, Sales