FREMONT, Calif. - s4story -- PQCrypto, Inc., a Delaware-based company developing quantum-safe security solutions, today announced that Manavendra "Manu" Sial has joined its board of directors, effective June 1, 2026. Sial currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco, and brings more than two decades of financial leadership experience across public, private-equity-backed, and clean-energy companies to pQcrypto's board.

Sial's appointment adds deep public-company financial governance, capital markets, and scaling experience to PQCrypto's board as the company advances its post-quantum cryptography platform toward broader commercial deployment.

"Manu has built and led finance organizations at some of the most complex public companies in energy and industrials, and he has done it through periods of rapid growth, transformation, and public-market scrutiny," said Amit Tomar, Co-Founder and CTO of PQCrypto. "As we scale PQCrypto and prepare the company for its next phase, his experience with financial discipline, investor relations, and governance at scale will be invaluable to our board and to our team."

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"Quantum computing will force every organization to rethink how it protects data and infrastructure, and PQCrypto is building the tools to get ahead of that shift," said Manu Sial. "I'm looking forward to working with PQCrypto team to help the company scale responsibly, with the financial and governance foundation to match the pace of its technology."

Sial currently serves as EVP and CFO of Tenneco, a role he has held since January 2024, overseeing financial planning and analysis, accounting and reporting, and tax and treasury operations. He previously served as CFO of Fluence Energy, and before that as EVP and CFO of SunPower Corporation, where he led treasury, project finance, investor relations, financial planning, and accounting. Earlier in his career, Sial held senior finance and operating leadership roles at SunEdison, including Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific and South Africa, as well as finance leadership positions at Vectra and an eleven-year tenure at General Electric.

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Sial holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.

Sial joins PQCrypto's board alongside fellow directors Tejas Shah and John Basmadjian, who joined earlier this year.

About PQCrypto, Inc.
PQCrypto, Inc. is a Delaware C-corporation building post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe security solutions to help organizations protect data and infrastructure against the emerging threat of quantum computing. Headquartered in Fremont, California. Learn more at https://www.pqcrypto.ai.