CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BENTLEY MOTORS

Adrian Hallmark joined Bentley Motors for a second time in his career in February 2018 as Chairman and CEO.

His first experience of Bentley was as Board Member for Sales and Marketing from 1999 to 2005, and drove the definition and delivery of the growth strategy for the new generation of Bentleys, which redefined the marque and created a new segment.
He has 25 years of global and regional automotive board.

Investor

Alexei brings to Autotech a long track record of investing in hard science startups related to both hardware and software, and he enjoys working with companies that build competitive barriers to entry via fundamental IP or strong network effects.

Previously, Alexei was a Managing Director of NY-based VC firm Harris & Harris Group, leading their Silicon Valley office. Prior to H&H, he was at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), contributing to their VC investments in advanced manufacturing, quantum computing, and alternative energy.

Dr. Andreev earned his MBA from Stanford, his PhD in Solid State Physics from Moscow Steel & Alloys Institute, and his MA in Liberal Sciences from Dartmouth. In his free time, he enjoys studying quantum mechanics, playing basketball, windsurfing, and surrealist artwork.

Dr. Andreev previously served as board director for D-Wave Systems and Adesto Technologies (NASDAQ:IOTS) and former board observer at NeoPhotonics (NYSE:NPTN) and Molecular Imprints (acq. Canon and Magic Leap).

Founder and Chairman or Bankers without Boundaries (bwbuk.org) and www.nessundorma.global

The son of an Australian diplomat, Angus grew up in Hong Kong, Hamburg, Port Moresby, Belgrade and Auckland. He worked in the City (London) for 20 years, at stockbrokers James Capel and Merrill Lynch and subsequently at the hedge fund GLG Partners. There he ran the Global consumer sector equity long short fund.

Leaving the City in 2007, Angus started working for himself as an investor and mentor in consumer start ups. Currently he is involved with companies ranging from Mexican food to a British surf wear company. He also works with his wife Dame Darcey Bussell DBE on all her business and philanthropic interests.

With a passion for the environment Angus was the first director of the Prince’s Rainforest Project and founded Bankers without Boundaries (bwbuk.org) in 2014 of which he remains the chairman.

Angus is a strong advocate of global governance of the biosphere. He has founded www.nessundorma.global to promote the idea. His dream is to vote online in the first global referendum to create the first piece of global governance, an authority that has full global regulatory and taxation powers sufficient to deliver a sound biophysical future for the ultra long term.

consultant, GOODWOOD

Ben is an award-winning journalist, consultant and speechwriter.  He writes about cars, mobility and technology for major newspapers and magazines around the world, and has worked with Goodwood on the content for Nucleus since its inception in 2015.

As a speechwriter and communications consultant, he has worked directly with C-level executives at many global OEMs and tech companies. He has a separate business providing publicity services to the entertainment industry, with clients including Netflix and Warner Bros.

A former magazine chief test driver, Ben’s favourite stories include driving a standard Mini to the highest place a car can go, the 18,000ft Khardung La pass in the Himalayas.

Ben’s writing has brought him awards including Journalist of the Year, Feature Writer of the Year, the AA Environment Award and the Bentley International Award.

CHAIRMAN, CHEMRING Plc., CHAIRMAN, Vesuvius Plc

• Degrees in Economics and Aeronautical Engineering
• 1982-1986: Management Consultant/Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company
• 1986 – 1996: various positions in the engineering department of BMW AG in Munich, the last one as Vice President responsible for the development of the 5 series BMW model line
• 1996 – 1999: Managing Director of BMW South Africa
• 1999 – 2000: Member of the Board BMW AG, responsible for global manufacturing
• 2001 – 2009: first Managing Director of Adam Opel AG, then from 2006 President and CEO of General Motors Europe and a Member of GM’s Global Automotive Strategy Board
• 2010 – 2011: Group CEO of Tata Motors which included JaguarLandRover
• 2013 – 2022 Special advisor to the Chairman of the Geely Group, holding board positions at Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong, as well as CEVT, the Geely engineering centre in Gothenburg and Chairman of The London Electric Vehicle Company (formerly The London Taxi Company)
• Currently Chairman of Chemring Plc, Vesuvius Plc as well as StoreDot; member of the boards of Babcock Plc., The Mobility House AG, Kinexon GmbH, Gordon Murray Design Ltd., Envisics Ltd.

Head of Automotive Strategy, Facebook.

Christoph is the Head of Automotive Strategy at Facebook. In that role he leads all major marketing and strategy initiatives to enable Facebook’s automotive partners leveraging Facebook’s family of apps to accelerate digital and mobile business transformation and to generate true business value. He also coordinates our partner efforts with leading business consultants and global agency networks for the automotive vertical.

Christoph is a seasoned international marketing executive and digital evangelist. Prior to Facebook he was EVP, Global Client Officer-Automotive at Wunderman/WPP, the World’s #1 digital agency, responsible for the global client relationship and digital marketing transformation for Ford and Jaguar Land Rover. He served as CEO at McCann//MRM, Germany where he personally oversaw the GM EMEA relationship, as COO of Kabel New Media (BBDO InterOne), where he launched MINI.com, and as CEO of Wunderman, Germany/CEE with Ford being his main client engagement. Throughout his career he focused on the Auto vertical, on integrated innovative marketing solutions and on digital transformation at scale.

He started in consulting, servicing Fortune 500 clients in automotive, retail, and telecom at The Boston Consulting Group.

Christoph holds a master’s degree in business from the European Business School (Frankfurt, Paris and London).

co-founder of Web Summit

Daire Hickey is the co-founder of Web Summit -Europe’s largest tech startup event and f.ounders – a unique gathering of 200 of the world’s fastest growing tech companies. The events have attracted the founders and CEO’s of Tesla, PayPal, Twitter, Skype, Youtube, Uber, Pixar, Dropbox and many more.

Daire was announced as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. He is also a World Economic Forum Global Young Shaper.

Previously Daire was a journalist and producer.

EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SWITCH MOBILITY

Dr Andy Palmer CMG is a chartered engineer, automotive executive, and the former CEO of Aston Martin and COO of Nissan.  As the latter, he presided over the launch of the Nissan LEAF, the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle, leading the media to dub him the ‘godfather of EVs’.

Today, Andy works with a variety of innovative mobility companies in the net zero space.

Chairman, DYSON

Dr. Ian Robertson (HonDSc) is now retired from BMW, but was previously a member of the BMW AG Board, responsible for Global Sales and Marketing. He is also the Chairman at Dyson where he has been a member of the board since 2012.

Ian was born in Oswestry, Shropshire (UK) and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Studies from the University of Wales, Cardiff. He started his career in the automotive industry as a Graduate Trainee with the Rover Group in Great Britain in 1979 and has been working in a variety of positions in the car industry ever since. From 1988 he held various senior management roles at the Rover Group, including Purchasing Director, before being promoted to Managing Director of Land Rover Vehicles in 1994. He served as Managing Director at BMW South Africa from 1999 to 2005 before becoming the Chairman and Chief Executive for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd in 2005 and he remained chairman until 2012.

CEO, Europe Region, President and CEO, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, EVP Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Production, CEO, Africa Region, President and CEO, Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd. Director, Toyota South Africa Pty Ltd. Chairman, Toyota South Africa Pty Ltd

Date of birth: June 8, 1958
Home country: Republic of South Africa
Education: Doctor’s degree in business economics, University of Potchefstroom, 1986
Career
Jul. 1993 Joined Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd. (TSAM) as sales director
Mar. 1995 Group marketing director
May 1996 Director, Toyota South Africa Pty Ltd. (TSA)
Jul. 1996 Executive managing director, TSAM
Jan. 2002 President and chief operating officer
Jan. 2003 President and CEO
Jun. 2009 Managing officer, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)
Apr. 2010 Deputy Chief Officer, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Operations Group
Apr. 2013 CEO, Africa Region
Apr. 2015 CEO, Europe Region
Apr. 2015 President and CEO, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Apr. 2016 EVP, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Production
Apr. 2016 Chairman, Toyota South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (TSA)
Jan. 2017 Senior Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)

CEO, Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE)

Erik leads Vodafone Global Enterprise, a business unit accountable for Vodafone’s largest global
corporate customers. He defines the strategy and operational execution for Vodafone’s relationship
with multinational corporate customers.

Prior to this Erik was Director of Vodafone IoT, where he was fully responsible for driving Vodafone’s
IoT growth, business strategy, products and profit and loss at a global level. This included the
recently acquired Vodafone Automotive business (formerly Cobra Automotive Technologies S.p.A).
Since starting at Vodafone in October 2009, Erik has helped to drive Vodafone’s position in the IoT
market. Having held a range of senior management positions with industrial market leaders, he has
a wealth of sales and management experience.

Before Vodafone, Erik held a range of senior management positions within Siemens and Cinterion
Wireless Modules. Working as Head of Sales for Siemens Wireless Modules, he developed his
awareness of IoT hardware and the industry sector. Prior to this, Erik worked at Landis+Gyr,
Switzerland as Vice President of Sales, where he grew his knowledge of the utilities industry and
enhanced his understanding of energy and power control systems.

Erik holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany
and a bachelor’s degree in business studies. In addition to his native German language, Erik is
fluent in English and French and busy learning Italian

Scientist, Bestselling Author, and Entrepreneur

Gary Marcus, scientist, bestselling author, and entrepreneur was CEO and Founder of the machine learning start-up Geometric Intelligence, recently acquired by Uber.

As a Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, he has published extensively in fields ranging from human and animal behaviour to neuroscience, genetics, and artificial intelligence, often in leading journals such as Science and Nature.

As a writer, he contributes frequently to the The New Yorker and The New York Times, and is the author of four books, including The Algebraic Mind, Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind, and The New York Times Bestseller, Guitar Zero, and also editor of the recent book, The Future of the Brain: Essays By The World’s Leading Neuroscientists, featuring the 2014 Nobel Laureates May-Britt and Edvard Moser.

In November 201, he invented the now-ubiquitous trolley problems for driverless cars (borrowed, mostly recently, by Barack Obama),

Conservative Member of Parliament for Chichester

Gillian has held a number of senior executive positions in the Technology, Banking and Automotive sectors. Gillian was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Travelport, a technology company owned by Blackstone, prior to this she spent eight years based in Madrid as Group Vice President for Amadeus IT Group, which transacted the largest IPO in Europe in 2010. In her earlier career she was involved in the development of digital payment services in the 1990’s.

After more than 25 years working for multinational corporations, Gillian decided to embark on a political career in 2014.

Gillian was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Chichester in the 2017 General Election. Prior to this she served as a Councillor and Cabinet member for Commercial Services on Chichester District Council where she was responsible for economic development, land and estates, car parks, leisure & well-being centres, museums and tourism. She was a Board Governor on an NHS Hospital Trust and was Director of Women2Win, an organisation founded by Theresa May and Baroness Anne Jenkin to increase the number of Conservative women in public office.

In the 2015 General Election, Gillian stood for Parliament in St Helens South and Whiston in Merseyside where she is originally from.

Gillian remains involved in business as an investor in an early stage venture capital fund which has invested in 19 software and digital businesses to date.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies and a Sloan Fellowship from London Business School.

CEO, Vodafone Automotive

Gion Baker joined former Cobra Automotive in 2008 and took over the responsibility for the telematics
business three years later. In this role, he launched innovative projects with global vehicle manufacturers. He is now leading the Telematics team at Vodafone Automotive. Gion has been instrumental in defining a long-term transformation strategy for Vodafone Automotive, and has responsibility for executing this strategy and delivering innovative telematics services to new verticals in addition to the automotive and insurance industries.

Gion holds a degree in engineering from the technical University of Zurich and an EMBA from the Zurich
Business School. In addition to his native German, he is fluent in English, Italian and French.

Projects & Technology Director, Royal Dutch Shell

Harry Brekelmans became Projects & Technology Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell plc on October 1, 2014. He joined Shell after graduating in 1990 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering from Delft Technical University in the Netherlands.

He began his career in the research and development department of Shell’s Exploration & Production (E&P) business in the Netherlands, followed by a variety of assignments in Egypt and the UK.

Harry was appointed Internal Audit Manager for Shell E&P Europe in 2003. In 2005 he became Global Audit Manager for both the E&P and Gas & Power businesses.

From 2007, he was Chief Executive Officer of Salym Petroleum Development, a Shell joint venture in Russia. In September 2009, he became Executive Vice President (EVP) for Shell Group Strategy & Planning.

In mid-2011, he returned to Russia as Country Chairman and EVP for Russia and the Caspian region.

He moved back to his native city, The Hague, the Netherlands, in early 2013 to take up a new role as EVP for Upstream International Operated.

Harry is a board member of the Global Leadership and Technology Exchange, which connects business, governments and civil society in seeking more efficient, low-carbon growth.

Personal
Harry is married to Petra and they have two children. The family enjoy travelling and sports, especially tennis and running.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FISKER INC.

Henrik is Fisker Inc.’s Co-founder and has served as the company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the company’s inception in 2016. He is synonymous with iconic cars and leadership in electric vehicle development with a passion for technology and futuristic design.

Henrik’s many past and present global entrepreneurial endeavours are headlined by his current role as the Chairman and CEO of Fisker Inc. – founded in 2016 as his second automotive company. Fisker Inc. is the world’s first digital car company, with the “vision” of a clean future for all, and a mission of “Making the World’s most sustainable vehicles”. Fisker designed the 2022 Fisker Ocean all electric SUV, which is set to disrupt the automotive market through its unique design, extreme sustainability, technical features and affordability.

Henrik has been behind some of the most emotionally appealing vehicles ever created. The Fisker Karma was the world’s first luxury plug-in hybrid, launched in 2011. Henrik led the development of the iconic BMW Z8 sports car – with James Bond at the wheel in the 1999 blockbuster film, The World Is Not Enough.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of BMW Designworks USA, his creation of the Z8 Roadster took the globe by storm, while his stints at Aston Martin as board member and design director resulted in the turnaround of Aston Martin through the famed DB9/V8 Vantage, which to this day is the most sold Aston Martin ever. Recent accolades relating to Fisker Inc. for the Fisker Ocean have included Time Magazine’s “Best of CES 2020”, Business Insider’s “Best New Products at CES 2020” and CNET’s “Best Products of CES 2020.”

Chief Engineer and Lighting Inventor at Dyson

Jake Dyson is Chief Engineer and Lighting Inventor at Dyson. Jake joined the board of Dyson as a Non-Executive Director in 2013 and in 2015 his business, Jake Dyson Light, joined forces with Dyson.

Jake studied industrial design at Central St Martins in London, and worked as a product designer after graduating.

In 2004, he set up his own company inventing, manufacturing and selling LED lighting, intended to overcome the shortcomings associated with existing lights.

Jake and his team brought two new product families into the Dyson business – CSYSTM task lights and
Cu-BeamTM suspended lights – and Jake continues to develop lighting products, while also overseeing Dyson’s future strategy and technology development across other categories.

As the eldest son of James Dyson, Jake has first-hand understanding of how family ownership enables investment in R&D over long time frames – and he used to spend his school holidays helping his father build vacuum cleaner prototypes and has witnessed Dyson grow from 2 people to over 10,000.

President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG

Joe Kaeser is President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering. He is the thirteenth CEO in the company’s more than 165-year history. Joe Kaeser has over 35 years of experience at Siemens, where he has held a variety of leading management positions in finance and strategy both in and outside Germany. Immediately prior to his appointment as CEO in August 2013, Joe Kaeser had served as Siemens’ Chief Financial Officer for seven years.

Joe Kaeser began his career at Siemens in 1980 in the business field of components and semiconductors, where he also worked in Malaysia and the U.S. In 1999, he joined the Corporate Finance department. Here, he took part in preparations for Siemens’ stock market listing on Wall Street in New York, and overlooked the worldwide conversion of the company’s accounting system to the US GAAP standard. In 2001, Joe Kaeser was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Information and Communication Mobile Group. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Siemens’ Chief Strategy Officer and guided the company’s long-term strategic orientation to global megatrends.

Joe Kaeser is member of the supervisory boards of Daimler AG, Allianz Deutschland AG, and NXP Semiconductors N.V.

Global Automotive Sector Leader

Joe is the Global Automotive Sector Leader and also serves as the Global Lead Client Service Partner (LCSP) for Deloitte member firm services for several of the Deloitte’s largest automotive OEM clients.  In these roles, he is responsible for delivering the firm’s multidisciplinary solutions, including consulting, enterprise risk management, tax, and financial advisory services to these global clients worldwide. With more than 20 years’ experience, Joe’s career has been accentuated by projects to assist manufacturing companies with business performance improvement.

He specializes in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain optimization, and new product development. Also, Joe has a distinguished track record of service to many leading automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and tier one suppliers. In addition, Joe is involved in leading Deloitte’s independent automotive research efforts that explore consumer preferences and behavior worldwide as well as research examining the collaborative relationships between OEMs and their suppliers with a focus on innovation efforts.

Previously, Joe served as the manufacturing industry leader and automotive sector leader for one of the large regional markets within Deloitte United States (Deloitte LLP). Prior to joining Deloitte, Joe worked as a manufacturing engineer at FMC Corporation and   Westinghouse Manufacturing Systems and Technology Center.

Founder and CEO of Joby Aero Inc.

JoeBen Bevirt is the founder and CEO of Joby Aero Inc., a mobility company that is building a fully-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) passenger aircraft optimized to deliver air-transportation-as-a-service. The Company’s first aircraft carries five people, flies 150 miles on a charge, and is nearly twice as fast and 100 times quieter than conventional rotorcraft. Founded in 2009, the Company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. To learn more, visit www.joby.aero.

Born an engineer, JoeBen has dedicated his life to driving radical innovation in the fields of electric propulsion and robotics. In 1999, JoeBen co-founded Velocity11 to develop high-performance robotic laboratory systems. Velocity11 experienced incredible growth and was acquired by Agilent Technologies in 2007. In 2008, JoeBen founded Joby Energy to develop groundbreaking airborne wind turbines to harness the abundant power of high-altitude wind. Joby Energy was merged with Makani Wind, which, in turn, was purchased by Google. He also founded and led Joby Inc., which develops useful, unique, and delightful consumer products, including the popular Gorillapod flexible camera tripod.

JoeBen holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He is the recipient of the 2018 Haueter Award for outstanding technical contribution to the field of VTOL aircraft development. He holds 30 U.S. patents.

Founder and CEO of Mobius Motors

Joel is the Founder and CEO of Mobius Motors, an automotive venture designing, manufacturing and selling super durable and affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market. His work has been recognised in the Forbes 30 under 30, Clinton Global Initiative, TEDGlobal and the UN. Before Mobius, Joel worked on business strategy with an acclaimed microforestry social enterprise in rural Kenya and as a Management Consultant in London, advising top Fortune 500 companies across Europe and North America. He is the recipient of the TED Fellowship, Wired Innovation Fellowship and Echoing Green Fellowship and a graduate of Imperial College with a first class degree in Computer Science.

Founder of Self Racing Cars

Joshua Schachter is the founder of Self Racing Cars, a motorsports autonomy competition in Silicon Valley. As an entrepreneur, Joshua started two companies thus far. His first company, Delicious, was acquired by Yahoo in 2005 and was the origin of tags (and the related hashtags) on the internet.

His second company was acquired by Walmart in 2013. Joshua is also an angel investor, having invested in over 180 companies across a variety of sectors, including online marketplaces, fabrication, and autonomy. Seed investments include Kickstarter, Etsy, Square, and Twilio. Joshua races competitively in the San Francisco region of the SCCA.

President, Aptiv Automated Mobility on Demand

Karl is an authority on robotics and autonomous vehicles. His commentary has been published and broadcast worldwide on Bloomberg, The Economist, CNBC, and BBC, among others. As former director of the Robotic Mobility Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), his research resulted in more than 150 technical publications, 50 issued or filed patents, and numerous edited volumes, including books on the DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions. In 2017, Karl was named one of the “Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs and designated a member of the “Recode 100” list of technology influencers. Karl holds MS and PhD degrees from MIT, where he was a National Science Foundation fellow, and a BS from the University of Michigan, where he graduated first in his class.

Iagnemma co-founded nuTonomy, Inc. in 2013 and saw the company through acquisition by Aptiv in late 2017. He is now President of Aptiv Autonomous Mobility on Demand, which is building the world’s safest and smartest driverless vehicle software. nuTonomy was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018 and was selected as a 2017 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.

Chief Global Strategy and AI Officer, Executive Leadership Team – Levi Strauss & Co.

Dr. Katia Walsh’s career spans over 20 years of fuelling digital innovation by harnessing data and machine learning solutions across industries. Her expertise is in transforming large multi-national companies from traditional, product-siloed businesses to digital, customer-centric cultures.

In the past two years, Dr. Walsh has been leading Vodafone’s Big Data and Advanced Analytics capabilities. She built a team 300 data scientists and engineers in 17 Vodafone operating countries and created some of the largest machine learning platforms in EMEA. Vodafone Big Data and Advanced Analytics are a critical contributor to Vodafone’s digital transformation, powering 60% of customer communications, increasing offer redemptions by up to 200%, and delivering billions of euros in business value.

Chief Strategy Officer at Karma Automotive

Ken Stewart is Chief Strategy Officer at Karma Automotive responsible for technology, product and business planning for the company. His career spans over 40 years and he has comprehensive technical and commercial experience in the ‘new age’ transportation industry including electric vehicles and connected cars.

His career has provided a unique opportunity having been directly involved in a wide variety of global start-ups, small companies and large corporations in various disciplines. His expertise is in the commercialization of technology in the automotive space and has consulted, participated in company board activity and guest lectured on various subjects in this area.

Karma Automotive is a new OEM and producer of high-end luxury electric cars based in Irvine, California. Over the last four years, the company has built a complete automotive design, development, manufacturing, sales and service operation in North America. Karma’s first car, the Revero, began production and commercial sales one year ago with future expansion plans in place to expand to Europe and China in the next few years.

Prior to Karma Automotive, Ken led the business development activity for Protean Electric, an automotive electric motor start-up company located in Farnham England, Detroit and Tianjin and Shanghai China with private equity funding sources from Silicon Valley and Beijing.

Prior to that he was heading the mobile fuel cell business unit for automotive, commercial and space and defense applications for United Technologies Corporation. He also served at General Motors for over 25 years in several capacities developing conventional as well as multiple advanced technology vehicle programs.

He began his career as an engineer and has been leading automotive efforts in battery electric, hybrid and fuel cell technology since the late 1990’s. Ken has a BSME from Michigan State University and an MBA from Duke University as a GM Fellowship Scholar.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EDB (EnterpriseDB)

Kevin Dallas is responsible for all aspects of the EDB business globally. EDB is a Bain Capital and Great Hill Partners portfolio company. Kevin brings over three decades of experience driving digital innovation and growth at technology companies, most recently as CEO at Wind River, a TPG portfolio company. As CEO, Dallas accelerated the software company’s growth culminating in its $3.5 billion acquisition by Aptiv in 2022.

Previously, Kevin spent nearly 25 years with Microsoft, where he most recently served as the corporate vice president for cloud and AI business development. Prior roles demonstrated his customer-focused approach to delivering advanced intelligent cloud and edge product innovation, and enabling customer digital transformation.

Kevin is a recipient of the 2022 Gold Stevie Award, American Business Award, Entrepreneur of the Year, and the 2022 Globee Awards Gold Winner for Executive of the Year. Kevin currently serves as a director on the board of Align Technology, Inc. He holds a B.S.c. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

Member of The Managing Board of Siemens AG

Klaus Helmrich is a member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, where he is responsible for the company’s Digital Factory and Process Industries and Drives Divisions and for the Africa and Europe Regions.

He began his career at Siemens in 1986 as a development engineer. This position was followed by activities and executive functions in various Divisions before he was named CEO of the Drive Technologies Division in 2008. Klaus Helmrich was appointed member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG in 2011. He was Chief Technology Officer until September 2014, during which time he also served as Human Resources Director from October 2013 to September 2014.

Klaus Helmrich also holds a number of internal and external mandates, including Vice President of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI) in Frankfurt am Main; member of the Restricted Board of the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) in Frankfurt am Main; and member of the Board of Trustees of the Physical-Technical Federal Institute (PTB) in Braunschweig and Berlin. In addition, he serves on the supervisory boards of Deutsche Messe AG in Hanover, EOS Holding AG in Krailing, and inpro Innovationsgesellschaft für fortgeschrittene Produktionssysteme in der Fahrzeugindustrie mbH in Berlin.

Broadcast Journalist and Specialist News Presenter

Krishnan Guru-Murthy is a broadcast journalist and a specialist news presenter. He also presents the foreign documentary series Unreported World travelling to some of the planet’s most far flung and dangerous places including Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. He has covered six British general elections, interviewed many Prime Ministers around the world and presented a host of special political programmes, live television debates as well as popular and controversial science programmes.

Krishnan has chaired a number of high level conferences including The UN International Development Summit in Mexico and the UK climate change summit for Gordon Brown and Al Gore.

In 2010 and 2014 he was nominated as Presenter of the Year in the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards.

Krishnan’s first foray into television came presenting the BBC2 youth discussion programme, ‘Open to Question’, at the age of 18 before he set off for Oxford University to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Krishnan went on to present the children’s programme Newsround, then was a reporter on the current affairs programme Newsnight before helping to launch the BBC News channel. He also presented a Sunday morning politics show on the radio station LBC and for some years wrote a column for the Metro newspaper. He has appeared on a range of entertainment programmes from “Eight out of Ten Cats” to ‘Have I Got News for You’, played himself in the hit British movie “Shaun of the Dead” and with his family in tow led a cooking team for an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s ‘The F Word’.

CEO of the CITROËN brand

Linda JACKSON, aged 56, holds an MBA from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She started her career in the automotive industry in 1977 at MG Rover Europe, where she held various positions, in particular Managing Director for France from 2000 to 2003. She joined CITROËN in 2005, first as Finance Director of CITROËN UK, and then of CITROËN France, from 2009 to 2010. She was appointed CEO of CITROËN UK and Ireland in July 2010. From 1st June 2014, Linda JACKSON is CEO of the CITROËN brand.

Linda JACKSON, 56 ans, est diplômée de l’université de Warwick (MBA) en Grande Bretagne. Elle a commencé sa carrière dans l’automobile en 1977 au sein de MG Rover Europe et a occupé différents postes, notamment celui de directrice Générale France (2000 – 2003). En 2005, elle  rejoint la Marque CITROËN en tant que directrice financière de CITROËN UK (Royaume-Uni) puis de CITROËN France (2009 – 2010). Elle devient ensuite Directrice Générale de CITROËN UK et Irlande en juillet 2010. Depuis le 1er juin 2014, Linda JACKSON est Directrice Générale de la Marque CITROËN.

MP for West Suffolk

Matt Hancock MP was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 8 January 2018. He was previously Minister of State for Digital from July 2016 to January 2018.

Matt Hancock is the MP for West Suffolk, having been elected in the 2010 general election. From 2010 Matt served as a backbencher on the Public Accounts Committee and the Standards & Privileges Committee. Matt entered government in September 2012 and has served in a number of Ministerial Roles, including for skills and business, and as Paymaster General. He oversaw the expansion of apprenticeships, and championed the digital transformation of government.

Since July 2016 he has served at DCMS as Minister of State for Digital and is responsible for broadband, broadcasting, creative industries, cyber and the tech industry.

Before entering politics, Matt worked for his family business, as an economist at the Bank of England, and as Chief of Staff to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. He holds degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Matt is married to Martha and has three young children. He is the first MP in modern times to win a horse race, having raced to victory at the Newmarket July Course in August 2012. He is an avid cricketer and plays for the Lords & Commons Cricket team. Matthew once played the most northerly game of cricket on record, and succumbed to frostbite en route to the Pole. He retains all his fingers

Managing Partner of Softbank Investment Advisers

Michael is Managing Partner of Softbank Investment Advisers where he focuses on investing in next-generation Automotive and Transportation companies, as well as Artificial Intelligence and Communications companies. Michael joined Softbank in 2017 after 19 years at Goldman Sachs where most recently he was a

Partner Managing Director and served as co-chief operating officer of the Global Technology, Media and Telecom Group and a member of the Investment Banking Operating Committee. Michael was a member of Goldman Sachs’ M&A Group and the founder of the Automotive Technology effort at Goldman Sachs.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Michael served as a non-commissioned officer in the Israeli Air Force Intelligence Corps and later worked as an attorney, specializing in bankruptcies and financial restructurings. Michael earned an LLB (JD) from Tel-Aviv University in 1994 and an MBA, with distinction, from the Stern School of Business at NYU in 1998.

MANAGING DIRECTOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS – JAGUAR LANDROVER

Michael van der Sande joined Jaguar Land Rover as Managing Director, Special Operations in June 2018. He is responsible for Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO), Jaguar Land Rover Classic and the Jaguar Land Rover Vehicle Personalisation and Accessories departments.

Originally from the Netherlands, Michael came to the United Kingdom in 1995 and has held a variety of senior automotive roles including European Marketing Manager at Bentley, Managing Director at Harley-Davidson Europe, SVP Global Sales, Marketing and Service at Tesla Motors and most recently SVP and Managing Director of Alpine Cars, Groupe Renault’s sports cars division.

Chief Executive Officer – McLaren

Mike Flewitt joined McLaren Automotive as Chief Operating Officer in June 2012 and became Chief Executive Officer in July 2013. Since becoming CEO, he has presided over the significant growth of the business, in terms of product development, turnover and profit. Under his tenure, the company has launched its three-tier product family – Sports Series, Super Series and Ultimate Series – and introduced a total of ten new cars or derivatives. 2015 marked the company’s third successive year of profitability with operating profits of £23.5M from revenues of £450.6M. In 2016 the brand celebrated the manufacture of 10,000th car and sold unprecedented 3,286 cars – a record 99.3 per cent improvement in sales performance, from 1,654 cars sold in 2015.

Looking forwards, Mike has recently led the Management team and Board of Directors to the approval of Track22, the business plan that looks to the next six years of growth. This will see the company double its turnover (based on 2014) whilst always remaining profitable, and more than doubling its sales volumes thanks, in part, to the introduction of 15 all-new cars or derivatives.

Prior to joining McLaren Automotive, Mike was Vice President, Manufacturing, Ford of Europe, and Corporate Officer, Ford Motor Company, Before joining Ford, he held senior manufacturing and operations roles at TWR Group Limited, AutoNova AB and Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars Limited. He qualified in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and completed a postgraduate qualification in Management and Project Management at Salford University in 1996.

Following the global launch of McLaren Automotive in 2010, the groundbreaking12C was revealed in 2011, the 12C Spider in 2012, and the limited-run McLaren Pl TM went into production in 2013. In keeping with its plan to introduce a new model each year, the company unveiled the 650S, in Coupe and Spider form in 2014, while 2015 proved to be a year of unprecedented growth of the product portfolio with five new models launched across the full range. The strictly limited edition 675LT Coupe premiered at the Geneva Motor Show alongside the track-only McLaren Pl TM GTR which, with L000PS, became the most powerful model ever produced by the brand. The much-anticipated Sports Series became the third – and final – model tier in the McLaren range with the 570S Coupe and 540C Coupe debuting in New York and Shanghai respectively, less than one month apart The end of 2015 saw the launch of the fifth model, the 675LT Spider, which was as a direct response to customer demand.

The year also saw the end of production for the first model in the Ultimate Series as the 375th McLaren Pl TM was completed, closing what had become a defining year for the British brand. 2016 continued where 2015 had left off with the introduction of the 570GT – a second bodystyle for the Sports Series and the most luxurious car McLaren has ever built as well as the 570S GT4 and 570S Sprint track variants. 2016 also marked the introduction of the company’s new business plan, Track22, which sees the company investing £1B in Research and Development to deliver 15 all new cars or derivatives by the end of 2022, of which at least 50% will feature hybrid technology. The uplift in sales in 2016 also saw the launch of the second shift at the McLaren Production Centre as well as the company’s third year of profitability in just six years of trading.

Chartered Engineer

Mike is a chartered engineer and has worked in the automotive industry for over 25 years. He started his career in Rover and then moved to two other OEMs. He then moved into consultancy where he was responsible for automotive consulting across Europe, before returning to industry to turn around a specialist vehicle manufacturers and return it to profitability.

Mike now leads the North West Europe automotive practice across Deloitte where he is currently working with a number of OEMs to help them to prepare for and manage the transformation across their business required as they navigate the unprecedented disruption facing the industry.

Senior Vice president of product research and development at Faraday Future (FF)

Nick Sampson is the senior vice president of product research and development at Faraday Future (FF), a new smart, connected, electric vehicle company that is looking at future mobility with a fresh approach. As one of the founders of FF, Nick is responsible for all technology and engineering development, overseeing their integration across all aspects of their vehicles. He also leads the product.

He has over 30 years’ experience in the high tech & automotive business worlds. Throughout his career he has made significant contributions at Tesla, Group Lotus, Jaguar Cars, and many other luxury, high performance and racing companies. Nick has a demonstrated ability to develop innovative and creative products and business propositions within both small and large organizations. He is highly experienced in all aspects of vehicle design, engineering, development, and manufacture from concept stage right through to production.

Whilst at Tesla he led the vehicle engineering team responsible for the creation and development of the Model S sedan and the Concept development of the Model X. Previously at Lotus Nick was Program Director with overall technical and organizational leadership for new product development for Proton and Lotus. This included the multi vehicle adaptable platform as well as many high performance sports cars including M250, Esprit & Elise. He was also chief engineer of Lotus’s world recognized chassis and vehicle dynamics team, working for performance car companies and race teams throughout the world. Jaguar produces both luxury saloons and sports cars. Nick was part of the new vehicle engineering management team responsible for the Jaguar XJ6 sedan, XK8 sports car, Jaguar S Type and also the XJ220 supercar. As a consultant he has helped develop a number of new designs for electric and alternative power high performance vehicles, designed high performance supercars and developed championship winning racecars.

Now with Faraday Future he has a new mission.

“I have been fortunate throughout my career to have worked with some of the best people and companies in the world, working on some of the most exciting and innovative products imaginable. This latest venture is an opportunity to bring together all the years of knowledge and experience and focus this with others to create a new company, new products and realize the dreams for a better future.

If we define the future based on current assumptions, we will never be able to create disruptive products, change people’s lives and build a great company. I believe we need to define the future from the future perspective, then define our path. Our new company is based on this thinking, vehicles and mobility will be redefined, and we will persist and never turn back as long as it can light up people’s lives.

Our life in this universe is only a glimpse of time. We are fortunate enough to be in this world. Let’s do something to improve the living environment for society and mankind. Vehicles, transport & mobility of today do not meet the connected digital lifestyles of today or the future generations to come. We will bring revolutionary changes to liberate people from their perceptions of mobility. This is the ultimate pursuit of us dreamers.”

Chief Operating Officer, Futurist-in-Chief, Dubai Future Foundation

Noah Raford is the Chief Operating Officer and “Futurist-in-Chief” for the Dubai Future Foundation, a policy and innovation think tank in Dubai created by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He is a former advisor on futures, foresight, and innovation in the UAE Prime Minister’s Office, where he helped establish the country’s first national foresight unit, helped established the Dubai Future’s Foundation and the Museum of the Future, and is part of a team that identifies emerging opportunities, develops strategic partnerships, and prototypes future initiatives.

Some the projects he has helped launch or overseen include the Museum of the Future, the Dubai Blockchain Council, the UAE Drones for Good Award, the world’s first 3D printed office building, the Dubai Self-Driving Vehicle Strategy, and many more.

Prior to his work in the UAE, Noah was a senior manager at the strategy consultancy Monitor / GBN, CEO of the technology foresight company Futurescaper LLC, the North American Director of Space Syntax Limited, and the Senior Research Advisor to Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment.

Noah completed his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), his masters degree at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and his undergraduate studies at Brown University.  He is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, a fellow at the Bartlett School of Architecture, a member of the International Futures Forum.

Chief Executive Officer, NIO U.S. Chief Development Officer, NIO, Board Member

Padmasree Warrior is the chief executive officer of NIO in the U.S. She also serves as the chief development officer of NIO as well as a member of its board of directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NIO’s autonomous, electric vehicles and the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NIO US is headquartered.

Previously, Padmasree served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until September 2015. In this capacity, she was charged with aligning the company’s technology and business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco’s worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology.

Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership. Forbes has named her one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” for three years running. In 2013, The International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Wireless”. The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India’s National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner. The Wall Street Journal has called her one of “50 Women to Watch.” Fast Company included her among the “100 Most Creative People in Business.” The Economic Times listed her as “the 11th Most Influential Global Indian.”

Padmasree holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

In addition to the company’s board, Padmasree serves on the board of Microsoft and Spotify. She held previous board seats for Gap and Box. Padmasree is married and has a son.

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Lucid

Peter Rawlinson serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Lucid and has served on Lucid’s board of directors since April 2019. As CTO, he is responsible for the creation and delivery of all Lucid products. He brings over 30 years of automotive industry experience to bear in these roles.

Prior to Lucid, Mr. Rawlinson was Vice President of Vehicle Engineering at Tesla and Chief Engineer of the Model S, where he led the engineering of the Model S from a clean sheet to production readiness while building the engineering team.

A graduate of Imperial College, University of London, Mr. Rawlinson was formerly Head of Vehicle Engineering at Corus Automotive, Chief Engineer at Lotus Cars, and Principal Engineer at Jaguar Cars.

Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG MINI, BMW Motorrad, Rolls-Royce, Aftersales BMW Group

19 October 1959 born in Weißenburg, Germany
1980 – 1984 Studied Business Administration at the University of Applied
Sciences, Munich
1984 – 1994 BMW AG, various functions at Marketing and Sales
1994 – 1997 Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Head of Sales Germany
1997 – 2003 Porsche Iberica S.A.
2003 – 2008 President and CEO Porsche Cars North America Inc.
2008 – 2012 Member of the Board of Management of Audi AG, responsible for
Marketing and Sales
1 April 2013 Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG
MINI, BMW Motorrad, Rolls-Royce, Aftersales BMW Grou

CEO and President of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America

Philipp Skogstad was appointed CEO and President of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) in November 2017. With 6 offices across the U.S., MBRDNA comprises all R&D activities for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in North America from technology research, powertrain engineering, software design to vehicle design to create the next generation of intelligent vehicles.

Philipp is driven by curiosity and the desire to improve people’s lives. He has a track record of envisioning and creating innovative products and organizations using design thinking.  His leadership style utilizes agile approaches to maximize collaborative learning through rapid prototyping.

Prior to joining MBRDNA, Skogstad worked in various industries last serving as Vice President of Design & Innovation at SAP. He was also the Deputy Director of the Center for Design Research at Stanford University, and a student in Hasso Plattner’s first course at Stanford’s d.school.

He holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering with focus on Design Methodology and Innovation Management from Stanford University and a MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

In his free time, Skogstad enjoys garden-to-table cooking and spending time with his wife and daughter in the outdoors.

Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar Land Rover

Prof. Dr. Ralf Speth joined Jaguar Land Rover as Chief Executive Officer on 18 February 2010. In the same month he was appointed to the Board of Tata Motors and in 2016, to the Board of Tata Sons.

Prior to joining Jaguar Land Rover, Prof. Dr. Speth was a Director at The Linde Group, the international industrial gases and engineering company.

Previously, he worked at BMW for 20 years before joining Ford Motor Company’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG) in 2007.

Prof. Dr. Speth has a Doctorate of Engineering and is a Professor of the University of Warwick. The Royal Academy of Engineering invited Prof. Dr. Speth in 2014 to join its Fellowship. In 2015, Prof. Dr. Speth was awarded an Honorary Knight of the British Empire.

Head of EMEA Alfa Romeo brand

Roberta Zerbi joined FCA in 2011, after 13 years spent in the automotive industry. Her first position was as EMEA Manager of the Fiat Panda Family brand, reporting to the head of the Fiat brand for the EMEA Region. Her objectives included the creation and development of market strategies for the launch of the new edition of the city car.

From July 2013 to June 2014 she was appointed Brand Marketing, Development and Optimisation Planning Manager for Fiat in the EMEA Region. Her responsibilities included developing guidelines for the Brand’s annual budget, issuing instructions on marketing and sales plans to the National Sales Companies, and acting as Brand interface by internally coordinating the Product Development and Management, Marketing Communication, Sales Planning, Finance and Public Affairs teams.

From July 2014 to April 2015 she occupied the post of Business Centre Head of Marketing and Communications for Italy. Her objectives included the development of marketing and communication strategies for Fiat, Abarth, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Jeep, with the aim of achieving FCA Italy’s key performance, economic and sales indicators.

From May 2015 to July 2017 she has been Head of the Alfa Romeo & Jeep Business Centre for Italy, tasked with developing marketing and sales strategies for the relaunch of Alfa Romeo and the consolidation of the Jeep brand. Since August 2017, she has been Head of Alfa Romeo brand for the EMEA Region.

Before joining FCA, Roberta Zerbi had built up lengthy automotive experience with Ford and Toyota, always in the marketing and sales functions. She has a top-flight educational background with a degree in Business Administration with Marketing specialisation from Luiss in Rome and a Master in Business Administration from Warwick Business School in the UK. She is fluent in English, French and Italian.

Deputy CEO Roborace

Coming from a diverse background in motorsports, music videos, advertising and media arts, Chong settled into a career in racing games, first producing the GT Legends sim game in 2004, before moving to an eight year stint at Electronic Arts, leading the creation of urban and automotive culture elements for the Need for Speed franchise.

He is best known as the founder and former creative director of the influential Speedhunters.com automotive media project. This was the first internet focused international automotive media brand to link together enthusiast car culture, motorsports fandom and racing games.

Rod recently completed a stint on the Project CARS2 simulation game franchise as Chief Commercial Officer, directing all OEM and Motorsports partnerships as well as overseeing eSports, marketing and social programs.

He recently joined Roborace and was quickly appointed their Deputy CEO. He’s a self confessed amateur racing historian, but is pushing an agenda to radically rethink and rebuild racing for the future.

Non-Executive Director – Dyson

Joined the Board of Dyson as a Non-Executive Director in 2013. Sam is founder of independent record label and publishing company, Distiller Records. He has an engineering background having worked on DC05 – the first cylinder to have a motorised cleaner head cleaner.

Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer – Aston Martin Lagonda

Mr. Simon Sproule has been Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Aston Martin Lagonda since November 2014. His responsibilities include global marketing and communications, brand communications, corporate social responsibility and internal communications. Simon reports to Dr Andrew Palmer, President & Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda.

Prior to Aston Martin, Simon served in executive marcom positions for Tesla Motors in Palo Alto, CA and between 2003 and 2014, for Nissan Motor Company based primarily at Nissan’s global HQ in Japan. Simon started his auto industry career in 1992 with Ford Motor Company in the UK. In 1998, he relocated to Ford’s global operations in Michigan followed in 2000, leading communications in North America for Jaguar, Aston Martin and Land Rover. In 2003 Simon joined Nissan North America as Vice President for Communications and a year later was moved to Japan to take up the role of Corporate Vice President for Global Communications.

In 2000, Simon was named as a Young Achiever of the Year by the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit, MI. He has been named several times to the PR Week Power List and in 2013 was given an ‘All Star Award’ for Public Relations by Automotive News.

Born in Hampshire, England, he earned a degree in Geography in 1990 from the University of London. Simon resides in London, UK.

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Automobili Lamborghini

Stefano Domenicali (1965) is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Automobili Lamborghini. He covered several important roles in Ferrari from 1991 to 2014, when he left as Principal of Scuderia Ferrari F1. He was Vice President New Business Initiatives at AUDI AG since November 2014 before taking over his current role at Lamborghini in 2016. He is also President of the F.I.A. Single Seater Commission.

CEO, Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT)

Stefano leads Vodafone’s Internet of Things (IoT) business unit. Reporting to the CEO of Group Enterprise at Vodafone, Stefano is responsible for driving Vodafone’s IoT growth, business strategy, products and profit and loss at a global level, including the Vodafone Automotive business.

Prior to this role, Stefano was CEO of Vodafone Egypt, responsible for the strategy, business operations and the full profit and loss of the business. Vodafone Egypt has over 40 million customers and is the leading brand in telecommunications in Egypt. In this position Stefano improved NPS in consumer and enterprise, driving revenues and market share from 40% to 45% in two years.

In 2014 Stefano was appointed CEO of Vodafone Partner Markets where he was responsible for forming strategic alliances with local operators around the world to extend Vodafone’s reach. The Partner Markets division currently has 31 partners in over 45 countries. Stefano joined Vodafone in 2004 and has held a number of senior positions in both consumer and enterprise in Vodafone Italy and Vodafone Ireland. Stefano was Consumer Business Unit Director and sat on the Executive board of Vodafone Ireland and Vodafone Italy.

Before joining Vodafone, Stefano worked for five years in management consulting at Bain and before that in consumer products in Sara Lee and Philips. Stefano has a degree in Economics from the University of Turin and an MBA from INSEAD,# Fontainebleau. He speaks Italian, English and a little French and Spanish.

Group Vice President and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Ford Motor Company

Steven Armstrong is group vice president and president of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Ford Motor Company, since June 1, 2017. In this role, he is responsible for leading Ford’s European and Middle East and Africa business units, building a sustainably profitable business through an unprecedented focus on new products, a strong brand and increased cost efficiency. He reports to Jim Farley, Ford executive vice president and president, Global Markets.

Armstrong also serves on the Ford Sollers and Ford Otosan boards of directors, since Oct. 1, 2016.

Previously, Armstrong was vice president and chief operating officer, Ford of Europe. In this position, he was responsible for many of Ford of Europe’s operations, including manufacturing, quality, product development, purchasing, sustainability, environment and safety engineering. Prior, he was president Ford South America responsible for all Ford South American operations since January 2014.

A native of the United Kingdom, Armstrong has worked in the United States, Sweden and Germany. He served as president, Ford Brazil, starting June 1, 2012, leading all aspects of Ford’s largest business unit in South America.

Armstrong also served as chief operating officer, Volvo Cars, where he oversaw the divestiture of Volvo Cars to Geely Automotive Holdings Ltd. Armstrong was responsible for major quality and cost improvements while chief operating officer of Volvo, and led the company’s development of the S60 and V60 vehicle lines.

During his more-than-25-year career, Armstrong has served in a variety of senior management and purchasing positions for Jaguar, Volvo, Ford of Europe and served as chief operating officer of Getrag-Ford Transmissions.

He has been recognized with many awards, including being named a Eurostar by Automotive News in 2005 for improving supplier relations for Volvo.

Armstrong is based in Cologne, Germany. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of East London.

CHAIRMAN, GOODWOOD GROUP OF COMPANIES

Charles Richmond, The Duke of Richmond and Gordon, CBE DL, is Chairman of the Goodwood Group of Companies and the founder of the widely acclaimed Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival.

He took over the management of the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex from his father, the 10^th Duke of Richmond and Gordon, in 1994 after a successful career as a photographer in London. Having had a passion for film and photography since the age of 10, he left school at the first possible opportunity and at 17 worked for the film director Stanley Kubrick on the film Barry Lyndon. He went on to forge a world-wide reputation as a still-life photographer, producing award-winning campaigns for some of the world’s most famous brands.

Motorsport at Goodwood was started by his grandfather, Freddie Richmond (the 9^th Duke of Richmond and Gordon), who opened the Goodwood Motor Circuit in 1948. Having established the Festival of Speed in front of Goodwood House in 1993, Charles Richmond brought motor racing back to the Goodwood circuit (which had been closed in 1966) with the creation of the Goodwood Revival in 1998. Both events have since become recognised as some of the most exciting and creative events in the world.

The Goodwood Estate Company is one of a diverse portfolio of businesses which includes Goodwood Racecourse which has been one of the highlights of the English summer season since 1802. Goodwood’s most famous meeting, the Qatar Goodwood Festival attracts many of the greatest thoroughbreds in racing and in terms of the experience is revered right across the racing world. The estate also enjoys a 4,000acre organic farm, two eighteen-hole golf courses, Goodwood Aerodrome and Flying School, a ninety-one-bedroom hotel and Hound Lodge, a luxury ten-bedroom sporting lodge. The Group employs over 650 people and attracts more than one million visitors each year. The Estate covers 12,000 acres and since 2003, has been the home and headquarters of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

In 2012, Nature Translated, a major exhibition of his photographic work (under the name Charles March) was staged at the Bermondsey Project Space in London. The exhibition was shown at the Marble Palace, part of the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg, in January 2014 and in Moscow as part of the Moscow Photography Biennale in April 2014. Two new exhibitions were held in early 2015: Wood Land at the Venus Over Manhattan Gallery in New York City and Abstract and Intentional which was held at Hamiltons Gallery in London.  In late 2016, Seascape was held at the Venus Over Los Angeles Gallery in the U.S.A. and was shown again at Hamiltons Gallery in London in September 2017.  An exhibition of highlights from his photography career, and a new body of work taken on the Scottish island of Jura, was held in the Palazzo Borghese in Rome in 2018.  At the same time, he launched a book of the Jura pictures called Gleann Badraig, published by Distanz and with poetry by Ken Cockburn.

Charles Richmond is President of the British Automobile Racing Club, Patron of the TT Riders Association, and an honorary member of the British Racing Drivers Club and the Guild of Motoring Writers. He received the CBE in 2024 for services to heritage, sport and charity.

He lives at Goodwood House with his wife, Janet (née Astor), and their five children.

Partner, Automotive Sector Lead Germany/EMEA, Strategy & Operations – Deloitte

Thomas Schiller is Deloitte Germany’s Automotive Industry Head

He has over 20 years of Strategy & Operations project experience in the automotive and manufacturing industries.

Thomas was managing director of Arthur D. Little China Ltd. for almost 7 years with major focus on Automotive

His in-depth understanding includes the global automotive industry structure and competitive landscape, particularly in emerging markets.

Before joining the consulting industry, Thomas worked  in the manufacturing industry and R&D for 8 years.

Expertise and Consulting Focus

• Corporate Strategy, Marketing and Sales, Product Strategy
• Automotive and Manufacturing Industry

Highlights of Client Experience

• BMW
• Volkswagen
• Daimler
• Honda
• Hyundai
• Nissan/Infiniti
• Renault
• FAW
• SAIC

Selected Project Experience

• Managed various projects in automotive retail, e.g. expansion, new format design, dealer performance improvement, CRM
• Managed various assignments in Marketing and Branding such as Marketing Spend Effectiveness, Brand Strategy, Modeling of Sales Incentives or Marketing Planning
• Led various engagements in automotive derivate businesses, e.g. fleet management, used car, auto finance, aftermarket, residual value management
• Helped to design/manage a JV set up for a sub-brand of a multinational OEM in China
• Developed product strategy and development program for a leading car manufacturer in China
• Developed program management in marketing and sales, facilitating transformation and reporting to global executives
• Managed more than 50 projects/programs to improve client’s sales performance in China

Academic Background

• PhD, Business Administration
• Graduate Degrees, Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration

Senior Advisor to the Director General, Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Tom is a lawyer by background who has lived in the UAE for the last 17 years and is author of the regional bestseller “Exponential Emirates”.

Tom was previously in-house lawyer at DP World and for the last decade has advised more than 50 companies on their regional expansion, many in the mobility space.

In his work with ADIO, he is advising on the Smart and Autonomous Vehicle Cluster, among other strategic initiatives.

Tom was educated at Eton, commissioned as an officer in the Royal Dragoon Guards, studied History at Bristol before converting to law at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS

Torsten Müller-Ötvös joined Rolls-Royce Motor Cars as Chief Executive in January 2010. During his tenure he has substantially expanded the global footprint of the brand and has overseen the transition of Rolls-Royce from a purely automotive brand to a fully-fledged House of Luxury.  He has been responsible for the broadening of the company’s product offering through the introduction of a number of successful new models, including Wraith, Dawn, Cullinan SUV and a new model of the brand’s pinnacle offering, Phantom.  He is currently piloting Rolls-Royce’s entry into a fully electrified future with the introduction of Spectre slated for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Vice President of the Daimler and Mercedes-Benz Cars Strategy

Wilko Stark, 45, has been Vice President of the Daimler and Mercedes-Benz Cars Strategy since 2013 and Head of CASE at Daimler since mid of 2017. The acronym CASE stands for the four trends Connectivity, Autonomous Driving, Shared & Services and E-Mobility going to fundamentally change the automotive industry.

Stark’s responsibility is to ensure Mercedes-Benz Cars’ core business profitability and competitiveness by setting up an outstanding product- and technology portfolio as well as pushing forward each C.A.S.E. dimension and their intelligent combination into new, innovative and customer-oriented business models. To achieve a consistent logic from strategy up to implementation, Stark is responsible within the Mercedes-Benz Cars Strategy for the planning, development and production of electric vehicles and is responsible for the integration of all CASE topics.

He started his professional career at the Boston Consulting Group, where he spent eight years mostly serving clients from the automotive industry. In 2007 he began working for Volkswagen AG as Head of the Product Strategy VW Group and VW Passenger Cars. After serving as Head of Products for a brand of the Volkswagen Group, he joined Daimler AG in 2012, initially managing Products & Modules Daimler Trucks.

Head of Content and Services & Head of the Product Innovation Team, Samsung Electronics America

Yoon C. Lee is Senior Vice President and Head of Content and Services and Head of the Product Innovation Team (PIT) and at Samsung Electronics America. As head of PIT, Yoon is responsible for overseeing the creation of consumer insight-based innovative concepts for Samsung Electronics’ strategic mid-term products across all product categories. Yoon also oversees the content & services teams, that create SW products for our devices which includes contents and services in VR, Samsung Kids, Family Hub refrigerator and for other emerging platforms.

Yoon has 20+ years of product design and development experience in most all areas of new product development verticals from product strategy, design research, ideation, user experience and concept development to hands on engineering and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). He has worked on design and innovation topics for various industries including, automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, retail, industrial equipment and telecom services.

Previous to his current position, Yoon was Vice President of Insight Concept and Portfolio at Samsung Electronics in Korea, leading Samsung home appliances’ midterm products as well as portfolio development. Yoon started his career at Samsung within PIT, overseeing four other PIT offices around the world.
Before joining Samsung, he was a product development and innovation consultant for seven years at major management consulting companies, PRTM (PwC) and at Accenture. Yoon began his career designing robots for automotive applications at FANUC Robotics in Michigan, a leading industrial robot manufacturer.

Yoon has over 15 publications in professional journals and has spoken at several global design and innovation conferences as invited guest speaker. Yoon earned his PhD in mechanical engineering and product design from the University of California at Berkeley.

Shell Executive Vice President Technology and Chief Technology Officer

Yuri Sebregts leads a global Technology organisation of more than 3,000 people, combining technical, scientific and commercial expertise. These teams are based at Shell’s major technology centres in Amsterdam, Houston
and Bangalore, and at smaller technical centres located close to Shell’s customers and partners.

Yuri is responsible for Shell’s technology strategy and new technology development, as well as external technology commercialisation activities. These range from research and development programmes delivered both in-house and through collaborations with external partners, to deployment of technologies across Shell’s operations, as
well as catalyst manufacturing and sales, and technology licensing and technical services to third parties. He also oversees the company’s digitalisation activities to apply proven and new digital technology solutions to Shell’s existing businesses and emerging new business models.

Yuri has 27 years of experience in technical and commercial positions in Europe and the USA, including Chemicals, Lubricants and Refining.

He holds board positions for the MIT Energy Initiative, Dutch Chemical Building Blocks Consortium, Amsterdam Economic Board and TNO (The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) advisory board for energy research. He has been invited to address high-level, leading international forums including the International Petroleum Technology Conference and Exhibition, CERAWeek and World Petroleum Congress, as well as several industry-specific conferences. Yuri was born in The Netherlands and completed his MSc in chemistry at Leiden University before joining Shell in 1991.

He is married with two daughters.