California-Based Matternet Appoints Sanjay Shah to Board of Directors

Shah brings more than 30 years of experience in operations and supply chain management. During his career, he has held senior leadership roles at Gopuff, Beyond Meat, Tesla, Amazon, and Dell.

His appointment strengthens Matternet's leadership as the company expands its FAA-certified drone delivery platform across healthcare, food, and retail markets.

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Sanjay Shah's appointment strengthens Matternet's Board as the company enters its next stage of commercial growth. In recent months, Matternet partnered with SoftBank Robotics America and launched drone delivery operations for the UK's National Health Service (NHS), connecting two major hospitals in Central London to transport critical medical items in just a few minutes.

Matternet is also expanding its partnerships across healthcare, restaurants, retail, and direct-to-consumer delivery as it continues to grow its commercial drone delivery network.

“Drone delivery is entering a new phase, moving from early commercial deployments to scaled, everyday infrastructure,” said Andreas Raptopoulos, Founder and CEO of Matternet. “Sanjay has spent his career building some of the world’s most complex supply chains and operating networks. He brings the discipline, judgment, and executional depth required to turn breakthrough technology into infrastructure that can operate reliably at global scale.

“Throughout my career, I have seen firsthand the limitations of conventional last-mile delivery and the need for a fundamentally new approach,” said Mr. Shah. “Matternet has built a unique technology platform that integrates aircraft, ground infrastructure and software to automate the delivery process end to end. I am delighted to join the Board and look forward to helping the company scale its network to serve the logistics needs of large enterprise customers.”

About Matternet

Founded in 2011 by Andreas Raptopoulos, Matternet develops commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban areas. The company designs the Matternet M2 drone, Matternet Station, and its software platform to support automated drone deliveries. Matternet operates its drone delivery services directly for customers, and also works with logistics partners, including UPS, to deliver goods safely, and efficiently.

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