Head of Institutional Affairs, Pirelli

Born in 1967, he began his professional career working in commercial positions, for trading companies and then engineering companies, mainly in Russia.

In 2000 he joined Pirelli Cables where he was responsible of the Representative Office in Russia, coordinating Russia, Baltic countries and Bulgaria. In 2003 he was appointed General Director of Pirelli Tyre Russia.

In 2011 he took on responsibility for the Middle East and India markets and in 2012 he became Market Manager for Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway and Finland). Soon after, in 2013, he was appointed CEO of the Russian and Nordics Region which in 2020 expanded, including also Middle-East, Africa and India Regions.  In January 2023 he became Head of Institutional Affairs, taking over the Regulatory Affairs in October that year.

Logistics & Log-Tech Director & Advisor; Former EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, UPS

Alan is an accomplished C-suite leader and public, private equity and VC backed board director and advisor with deep experience in a broad range of logistics, log-tech and other industrial enterprises. He retired from UPS in June 2018 after 39 years. Alan served in many roles of increasing responsibility throughout his UPS career including VP International Marketing, VP Strategy, President UPS Canada and President UPS Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa Supply Chain before joining the UPS Management Committee in 2007, the executive board of UPS.

As a member of the UPS Management Committee, for 11 years, Alan held various positions including SVP and President of UPS International (a $10.3B USD business unit at the time), SVP Global Sales and Marketing and also as the first EVP and Chief Commercial Officer of the company. In this role, as UPS EVP and CCO, Alan directed global strategy, mergers and acquisitions, sales, marketing, digital channels, new product and solution development, customer technology and experience management, advertising, public relations, customer communications, public affairs and key growth strategies across the enterprise.

Alan led several strategic initiatives and significant acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic enterprise fund investments including Coyote Logistics, the largest acquisition in UPS history and the joint venture with SF Express, the China domestic express market leader. Coyote both accelerated UPS’ entry into the lucrative truckload market as well as provided over $100M in annual enterprise synergies. The JV with SF Express enabled UPS to accelerate growth to and from China. He also led the company wide strategic assessment, the precursor to the UPS transformation that was announced in late 2018. The transformation positioned the company to take advantage of record growth in demand for logistics services through greater utilization of advanced technologies that streamlined work processes and enhanced the customer experience driving top line growth while strengthening shareowner returns.

Alan currently serves as a strategic advisor to 8VC, the venture capital fund dedicated to solving real-world problems through industry transformation. He also serves as Chair of Transportation Insight and is a Board Director of OTR Solutions, Ascend Transportation and Beacon Roofing Supply.

SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTIVE, FOUNDER SPECIALIZING IN RISK & TRANSFORMATION

An award-winning, inspirational leader, Amber Okoye is an accomplished Senior/C-Suite Global Supply Chain & Operations Executive with over 30 years of corporate experience across a diverse array of complex and highly regulated industries, including Aerospace & Defense, MedTech, Government Contracting, and Telecom. Ms. Okoye contributed her expertise to Fortune & FTSE 100 organizations, such as Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, General Dynamics, Motorola, and GKN. A respected change agent, she is best known for transforming supply chains and operations, to manage risk, optimize organization performance, and establish resiliency, both across the organization and throughout the supply chain, all while promoting bottom-line growth.

Further, Ms. Okoye’s extensive background in supply chain and risk management has truly been essential in this moment; 2020 showed the world that the perfect storm can indeed happen, and multiple, extreme risks can be realized simultaneously. Ms. Okoye has leveraged her expertise to monitor, manage, and mitigate risk exposure, averting various supply chain crises.

Ms. Okoye founded Rubicon International LLC to help companies navigate challenging circumstances through small and large-scale transformation. Prior to founding Rubicon International, Ms. Okoye held various senior executive positions across industry, including SVP Supply Chain Management OTS at General Dynamics. Ms. Okoye has received sundry awards and accolades throughout her career, which includes two U.S. patents. She was a recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine’s inaugural Women in Supply Chain Award and was amongst the Top 12 Women in Supply Chain Leadership in Europe. She has been named among the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain for three consecutive years, including 2023.

Ms. Okoye recently was named 2023 Nonprofit Leadership Center Fellow for the Advancement of Racial Equity in Board Service.

UK Government

Andrew Griffith is a former senior business executive who entered the UK Parliament in December 2019.

He has served inside government in a number of roles including Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Director of the 10 Downing Street Policy Unit.

In his 27-year business career prior to entering politics, Andrew was COO & CFO of Sky plc and Chairman of the food-tech start up, Just Eat plc.

Andrew is the Member of Parliament for his home constituency of Arundel and South Downs in West Sussex.

Director, Medallia

Andy leads the automotive vertical for Medallia – the platform brands chose to listen to customers and to personalise fantastic experiences. Medallia now powers experience management at JLR, Volvo Cars, Mercedes Benz USA as well as companies like AirBnb and Apple.

Prior to Medallia Andy worked across Europe at Adobe Software as well as leading sales for a digital personalisation startup. Andy enjoys tennis, photography, and mountain bike riding. He has a wife and 7 year old daughter.

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.

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP)

Founded within Alphabet (parent company of Google) and backed by leading global pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, SiP applies technology to urban infrastructure systems to make them more sustainable, more resilient and more efficient.

Brian bring over three decades of executive and senior management experience in private equity, venture capital and infrastructure to bear in the creation, planning and execution of the strategic direction of SIP.  SIP is widely considered the most advanced infrastructure developer through its holding company  that builds, owns and operates systems in the energy, communications, data center, recycling and advanced mobility/road segments.

Brian was previously head of infrastructure for Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s urban innovation platform (now part of Google).  Prior to joining Alphabet in 2016, Brian was a Managing Director at the American Infrastructure Funds, a private equity and infrastructure investor and operator, which he helped launch in 2006. Earlier, Brian was with Scion Capital, a private investment fund investing in public, private and structured derivative markets worldwide.  Prior to Scion Capital, Brian launched and ran Broadview Capital Partners where he led the firm’s communications and digital infrastructure investments.  Brian began his career as a buy-side equity research analyst focused on the REIT and MLP markets.

Brian holds an MBA in Operations Research and Finance from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Washington.  Brian studied and did research at MIT’s Computer Science and AI Lab (CSAIL) with a specific focus on AI and Infrastructure systems.  Brian is an active Board member at Cornell University’s Program for Infrastructure Policy, a leading academic think tank and is also a founding member of the I3 consortium (Innovation Infrastructure Initiative) a Washington D.C. infrastructure policy advocacy organization.  Brian is based in SIP’s Silicon Valley office and lives in Atherton, California.

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.

Charlie Turner, Content and Communication Advisor, Ferrari.  Founder of Steering Group Media

Charlie has driven award-winning content, communications, and audience growth in the automotive sector for over 20 years. He was Chief Content & Communication Officer at Ferrari and before that Editorial Director of BBC TopGear.

Following his arrival in Maranello in 2021, Charlie increased growth and engagement across all Ferrari comms and media channels and redefined the quality, scale and ambition of the brand’s content creation. He continues to advise Ferrari on their strategic communications, brand, and content creation activities.

During his 18 years at the BBC, he was instrumental in establishing TopGear as the market leading automotive entertainment brand and driving the growth and success that made it one of the largest global communities dedicated to the enjoyment of every aspect of cars and motoring.

Prior to joining TopGear, he worked for Formula One Management and before that spent his formative years driving tractors on a farm in Essex.

He has attended nearly every Festival of Speed since its inception as a fan, a journalist, a driver and as a Nucleus guest.

Vice President, Automotive, NVIDIA

Danny Shapiro is vice president of Automotive at NVIDIA, focusing on solutions that utilize generative AI and the industrial metaverse to enhance all workflows, from vehicle design and engineering to factory planning and production to sales and service. In addition, the NVIDIA DRIVE in-vehicle computing platform enables AI-infused cockpit experiences, driver assistance and autonomy systems.

NVIDIA is engaged with hundreds of car and truck makers, robotaxi companies, tier 1 suppliers, sensor manufacturers and startup companies that are using its platform for automated and autonomous vehicle development and deployment all over the world.

Shapiro holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

CEO, Volocopter

With a career spanning over 25 years and five continents, Dirk has led digitalization projects in the aviation, automotive, and technology industries. He started his career in Paris at Renault and subsequently worked 20 years at Siemens, where he held various C-level executive positions.

Most recently Dirk was the CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, where he also sat on Airbus’ Global Executive Committee. Dirk serves on the Board of Directors of Spire Global and Solaredge, as well as on the Voyager Space Advisory Board. He is an alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader Program.

Chief EV, Digital and design officer, FORD

Doug Field is chief EV, digital and design officer, reporting to Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

In this role, Field drives innovation at startup speed in developing electric vehicles, creating digital platforms and software for Ford’s entire product lineup, and leading the company’s vehicle and digital design studios.

Field’s team is responsible for delivering seamless, delightful and always-on experiences, carrying responsibility for infotainment, navigation, driver-assist technology, connected services and vehicle cybersecurity. His team develops and delivers scalable technology platforms to be deployed across Ford global products, leads the relationships with key technology partners and Ford’s digital developer ecosystem, and is responsible for Ford over-the-air software updates which deliver new experiences, improve quality and reduce costs.

Field joined Ford from Apple, where he served as vice president, Special Projects. Before that, he was senior vice president of Engineering at Tesla, where he led the development of the Model 3. At Apple, he had overall responsibility for development of Apple’s Mac hardware.  He was the first employee and vice president, Design and Engineering, at Segway. Field began his career as a development engineer at Ford from 1987 to 1993.

Field earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. He also holds master’s degrees in engineering and management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Field and his wife, Cathy, have three children.

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, THE AA

Jakob joined the AA in April 2021 as Chief Executive Officer. Jakob has over 25 years’ experience in Financial Services, Digital and Technology enabled business growth, with an in-depth understanding  of running large scale people businesses and a passion for driving outstanding customer service through employee engagement. He previously served for more than fifteen years in senior roles at Lloyds Banking Group, most recently as Group Director of Community Banking on the Group Executive Committee.

Jakob has also served as Non-Executive Director of Scottish Widows plc and Motability Operations plc and was a consultant with McKinsey.

Jakob holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Oxford University and lives in Surrey, UK with his wife and three boys

GOODWOOD ESTATE

Charlie is currently managing Never Lift, a venture capital fund focused on the future of mobility and supply chain. He recently completed his MBA at Columbia and prior to this he worked at 8VC, a venture capital fund in San Francisco, and Afiniti, a global SaaS AI company where he ran the UK sales and strategy team. Additionally, Charlie remains involved at Goodwood, working on the future of the Estate and tech-focused opportunities such as the development of the Gravity flying school.

Chief Executive Officer, Volta Trucks

Essa Al-Saleh is CEO and Board Member of Swedish electric-vehicle manufacturer Volta Trucks, an electric commercial vehicle company that is leading the transition from the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) ecosystem to a safe and sustainable truck for urban distribution.  Volta Trucks is driving the transition with its re-imagined, superior product and its “Truck as a Service” solution which seeks to de-risk the transition for fleet operators.

Previously, he spent more than two decades at Agility Global Integrated Logistics in Baar, Switzerland, where he was appointed president and CEO in 2007. During his time at Agility, he transformed the company from a 300-person, single-country operation into one of the top ten global logistics businesses, operating in over 100 countries, employing more than 18,000 people, and with over $4 billion in revenues.

MEMBER OF THE FOUNDING TEAM, NEOM

At NEOM, Florian leads on overall mobility strategy and systems and has since 2018 been centrally involved with designing and implementing the overall regional master plan for NEOM. Prior to joining NEOM, Florian served at the Innovation Center for Mobility (InnoZ) from 2009 and led the design and implementation of the EUREF Campus, a smart city district and living lab for smart mobility, renewable energy and future city design in Berlin.

Florian has been engaged with sustainable urban development for 30 + years and has advised research institutions, governments, municipalities, businesses, and technology ventures internationally on sustainable mobility, urban development and innovation. In Berlin he also advised the Berlin TXL Urban Tech Republic as well as leading large scale smart city and mobility projects with Deutsche Bahn, Siemens, T-Systems, Schneider Electric, DLR and WZB. Florian served as chair of the European Commission expert group for smart mobility systems and services and as a member of the EU Commission expert assembly on smart and sustainable cities. He is a member of the advisory board of the Austrian Ministry for Mobility, Energy and Environment.

Previously, Florian co-founded the Intelligent City Forum, the Grantham Centre for Climate and Environment, and the Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics (LSE) as well as serving as Director of Corporate Relations for LSE. A native of Berlin, Florian has in the past worked with the German Institute for Urbanism (DIFU) and the German federal government (Treuhandanstalt) during the unification of East and West Germany.

VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS, GEELY EUROPE

Frank is an educated journalist, worked for 17 years for German radio and television – as a redactor but also as a presenter and moderator (radio and TV). Since 2002 Frank is in the communication industry – General Director of Communications for Opel, Global Head of Communications for Jaguar Land Rover, and Managing Director of Public Affairs for Deutsche Boerse AG. Since 2016 Frank is Head of Communications for Geely in Europe and the US.

Frank is experienced in crisis communications, brand communications, and as a petrol head clearly product communications: He did long-distance races in touring cars and participated successfully in more than ten 24 hours races.

Frank is married to Patricia, lives in Frankfurt, and has three children (28, 26, and 21).

Governor of Illinois

HEAD OF BRAND, aUDI

Henrik Wenders started as the Global Chief Marketing Officer of Audi in April 2020. In his position, he devised a new brand strategy for the brand, led the Audi into the era of electric mobility, and rolled out a new Corporate Identity in more than 100 markets worldwide. The result is a holistic, global ecosystem that enables delivery to customer with a consistent experience at all touchpoints despite the complex model lineup.

Wenders draws on the experience gained at in his role at Byton Ltd. As Vice President Marketing, he developed a new global automotive brand. Also, he was responsible for digital and vehicle management as well as the market entry strategy. Starting in 2016, he established with teams in China, Europe and USA to develop Byton into an all-electric premium brand.

Prior to working in China, Wenders held various management positions at BMW AG from 2002 to 2016. During the time, he was responsible as Vice President Product Management BMWi for communication, sales and aftersales in the electric car division.

Before his time in the automotive industry, he became Member of the Board of Management for Marketing and Sales at online marketing company 100world.media AG in 2001. Previously, he worked as consultant at advertising agencies Jung von Matt and Grey, starting in 1995.
He began his professional career in 1992 as an advertising sales assistant, and studied business administration with a focus on marketing and communication at the university of Applied Sciences in Dusseldorf. Before that, he completed an apprenticeship in production engineering, which proved very valuable for his career in the automotive industry.

Henrik Wenders was born 1972 in Dusseldorf, and in the past 50 years, he developed into a marketing specialist with a firm knowledge of electric mobility and digitalization, extensive experience in China and an entrepreneurial spirit. He is a globalist and, having seen so much of the world and its people, advocates diversity and inclusion.

MANAGING DIRECTOR,  RIVERSIMPLE MOVEMENT

Hugo Spowers is the founder and MD of Riversimple Movement.  His original business, Prowess Racing, designed, built and restored racing cars – including the 1957 Le Mans winning D-Type that first ran after restoration at the first Festival of Speed.

He set up Riversimple in 2001, on the basis that a step change in automotive technology is both essential and possible.  The first fuel cell car to emerge was the Morgan LIFECar, shown at the Geneva Motorshow in 2008.  Further vehicle programmes led to the Riversimple Rasa, demonstrated in the First Glance Class, in 2016.  Riversimple is also pioneering Vehicle as a Service (VaaS) – turning sustainability from a cost into a source of competitive advantage and eliminating the economic barriers to bringing low carbon cars to market.

The company is currently raising funds to establish its first plant for volume production.  The first production car will be affordable and fun to drive with a 300 mile range.  It is being developed from the Rasa, trialled last year in Pembrokeshire, the Milford Haven Energy Kingdom project, supported by UKRI, and currently being Beta tested with retail customers in Monmouthshire, supported by OZEV.

CO-FOUNDER & CTO/ATG, platform science

Jake Fields is the Co-Founder and CTO of Platform Science. Since defining the category of “Vehicle Centric Mobile”, they have unlocked vehicle native capabilities for brands like Walmart to individual drivers that were never before possible. Their Virtual Vehicle platform drives customer value, interoperability and OEM subscription revenue.

Jake is a serial technology entrepreneur that has founded or launched eight companies spanning connected vehicle, ride-share, industrial IoT remote device management, medical device, digital advertising, enterprise event management, technical professional services, and executive education services.

Jake has helped organizations radically reinvent themselves through his leadership of innovation efforts with partners in both the public and private sector. These include industry segment leaders including ESPN, Viacom, Loreal, PWC, Schneider, Walmart, Eli Lilly, The Carlos Slim institute, Cue Health, NASA and FDA.

Honed through a decade of experience delivering technical advisory services to enterprise customers, Jake’s customer-centric product development approach combined with his unique technical and product vision has led the company’s product to extraordinary consumer response, industry accolades, and numerous awards.

A frequently requested industry speaker, Jake serves on Samsung’s Enterprise Advisory Council, and leads the Strategy Working Group for the Blockchain in Trucking (BiTA). He holds a Bachelor of Science from Drexel University and has attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for continuing education in technology management.

Sales Director for Europe, Audi

Jens Puttfarcken was born in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1965. After attaining a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 1991, Puttfarcken began his career at Fiat Automobil AG in Turin, Heilbronn, and Frankfurt, in the fields of after-sales and product.

A transfer to Porsche AG, Stuttgart, followed in 1997, where he initially served as a Regional Manager responsible for vehicle business in the European market. From 2010 to 2015, whilst working, Puttfarcken also earned a doctorate in engineering from the University of Duisburg-Essen. After senior positions as Head of Customer Relations, and Head of After-Sales, he was appointed CEO of Porsche Deutschland GmbH, in 2015.

In 2018, Puttfarcken moved to Shanghai, as President and CEO of Porsche (China) Motors Ltd., contributing to the further development of the company’s market success.

In June 2022, Puttfarcken transferred to AUDI AG as Vice President Sales Europe.

GLOBAL MANAGING PARTNER, IBM CONSULTING

Jesús Mantas is the Global Managing Partner in IBM Consulting responsible for Business Transformation Services, leading the $10B unit transforming and operating mission critical businesses with digital technology and AI.

Jesús also serves as an Independent Director and Chair of the Compensation and Management Development Committee in the Board of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB), a leading biotechnology company focused on neuroscience. He serves as a member of the Audit Committee as well. In his prior role as Global Managing Partner of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Development, he defined IBM Consulting market strategy, offerings, ecosystem, acquisition and thought leadership, and led its successful execution.

Jesús previously held multiple leadership roles in IBM as General Manager of IBM Business Process Outsourcing, General Manager of IBM Consulting in Latin America, and Managing Partner of North America Enterprise Market among others.

Before joining IBM, Jesús was a partner in the High Technology Practice of PricewaterhouseCooper Consulting. He also worked for Ernst & Young and lead supply chain systems for Procter & Gamble in Spain.

In addition to his role in the board of Biogen, he was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global AI Council. He serves on the Boards of HITEC and NACME, non-profits focused on leadership development of diversity in technology careers. He supports minority founded startups as LP and Angel Investor.

Jesús holds degrees in Telecommunications, and Business Administration by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, was an adjunct professor at the MBA program of the University of California, Irvine; and served as an officer in the Air Force of Spain.

Chief Technology Officer, Epic Games

Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri is responsible for continuing Epic’s tradition of fusing state-of-the-art technology with the pinnacle of visual artistry, and for defining the studio’s Unreal Engine as the platform of choice for all types of interactive experiences including games, movies, visualization and virtual reality.

Prior to joining Epic Games, Kim was the Chief Strategy Officer at Lucasfilm, where he was responsible for the company’s Star Wars technology strategy and innovations in interactive storytelling, including the highly-awarded 1313 prototype.

Kim’s career in digital technology and visual effects spans over 20 years, and he has credits on more than 25 films including ‘Super 8’, ‘Speed Racer’, ‘Poseidon’ and ‘The Matrix Trilogy’.

He led the development team for the award-winning ‘What Dreams May Come’ as well as for the original ‘Matrix,’ developing the now-legendary Bullet Time technology.

Kim is a respected member of many visual effects bodies, including the visual effects branch of the Academy. He has received numerous awards for his work and contributions to Motion Picture technology including an Oscar nomination in 2006 and two Academy Awards in 2000 and 2015.

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, lilium

Klaus has served as Lilium’s Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director on our board since October 2022.

He joined Lilium following a 30-year career at Airbus, where he was heading the global Customer Services organization for the last 3 years. The full decade before, Klaus was leading the A320neo Family to become the most successful large commercial aircraft of all time.

His first roles at Airbus from 1992 to 2000 focused on composites production and A320 Family engineering. From 2003 to 2008, he worked in the A320 Family Program in various management positions. He was also Senior Vice President Cabin & Cargo Engineering, responsible for the interiors of all Airbus aircraft, ranging from A318 to A380, from 2008 to 2010.

Before joining Airbus, Klaus spent eight years as an officer in the German Federal Armed Forces and completed academic studies in mechanical engineering.

SVP Strategy, Communications & Public Affairs – Northern Europe & APAC, Atos

Member of Global General Executive Management team, Global Communications Leadership team and Northern Europe & APAC Executive Leadership team, techUK – Board Member

Kulveer Ranger leads the development of a collaborative, cohesive approach to corporate communications and marketing enabling integrated and consistent multi-channel campaigns across the communications landscape of 50k colleagues and 23 countries at Atos, a global leader in digital transformation. He is a highly experienced professional who has driven the development of global corporate brand and communications strategies and deployed both internally and externally.

Kulveer has been a leading figure in the development and communication of innovate, technology led services and has a unique track record of working in politics, the public and private sectors over the last twenty five years. This includes having worked on the delivery of the London Oystercard, and four years working for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, leading the transport and environment briefs and establishing the Digital London Office. His time at City Hall included preparing London for the 2012 Olympics, making the case for Crossrail, leading on ground-breaking initiatives such as the cycle hire scheme and Tech City. He has sat on various boards including Transport for London, Bristol 2015 European Green Capital City and is currently on the board of techUK.

He is an international public speaker, a regular broadcaster and political commentator for TV and radio and a passionate Tottenham Hotspur FC fan.

Kulveer has been nominated for a peerage as part of the 2023 resignation honours.

CEO, INEOS Automotive

Lynn Calder was appointed CEO of INEOS Automotive in December 2022, having spent most of her career in the petrochemicals and energy sectors. Lynn has worked within the INEOS Group for five years, with previous roles including CEO of INEOS Composites and Commercial Director of INEOS Phenol.

Before joining the INEOS Group in January 2017, Lynn worked as an investor for a specialist private equity fund in the energy sector for eight years. Prior to this, she spent eight years working in a variety of commercial roles for Talisman Energy, latterly as Non-Operated Interests Manager.

In her spare time, Lynn is a keen sportswoman and enjoys participating in endurance
running, triathlon, road cycling

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, MERCEDES-BENZ HERITAGE

Marcus joined the management associate programme at Mercedes-Benz AG more than 30 years ago as a controller. He later led the company’s transportation and environmental strategy for a number of years before taking over responsibility for the Mercedes-Benz Cars’ marketing and portfolio strategy in 2000.

Later posts included President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Canada and President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz UK. In 2014 Marcus was commissioned to create and lead the new Mercedes-Benz Cars Europe Sales and Marketing Region.

Starting 2019, Marcus has served as Head of Mercedes-Benz Vans and within three years successfully realigned the division in terms of its business, strategy and technology, resulting in a strong balance sheet, an attractive product portfolio and a clear change to a pure electric and connectivity driven course.

From 2022 Marcus has responsibility for the entirety of the Mercedes-Benz heritage, both, as a central component of the luxury positioning of the brand, and as an expanding business of strategic importance. He has been responsible for organizing the successful Uhlenhaut Coupe sale.

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER, ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA

Marek joined Aston Martin Lagonda in 2005 and is the Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer responsible for design developments.

During his professional career he has held design roles at Ford, BMW, Land Rover, Rover Cars and Nissan. Prior to joining Aston Martin Lagonda, he was Design Director at Ford North America.

Marek  holds a BA in Industrial Design from Teesside University and an MDes in Vehicle Design from the Royal College of Art, London. In 2011, Mr. Reichman received an honorary doctorate from Teesside University.

UK Secretary of State for Transport

The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP has been Member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean since 2005 and is Secretary of State for Transport. Born in Swindon, Harper qualified as a chartered accountant and worked in business before his election to Parliament in 2005.

He has previously served in Government as Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform before serving as Minister of State for Immigration and then Minister of State for Disabled People.

In 2015 Mark was appointed Government Chief Whip and served in that role until July 2016. While on the backbenches during the pandemic, Mark was Chair of the Covid Recovery Group of Conservative MPs. After Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, Mark was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport in October 2022.

Matt Harrison, Chief corporate Officer, Toyota Motor Europe

Matt Harrison heads Toyota Motor Europe’s corporate operations spanning Corporate Affairs, Legal, Quality, IT&D, Circular Economy & Energy Business and Sustainability management.

Mr Harrison joined Toyota GB as General Manager Vehicle Marketing in 2000, progressing to the post of Marketing Director in 2003.

He moved to Toyota Motor Europe in 2005 where he worked as General Manager for Corporate Planning, before becoming General Manager Sales Planning in 2006. In 2008, Mr Harrison was promoted to Director of Lexus Europe.

Matt Harrison returned to Toyota GB in 2011 to take up the role of Commercial Director. In 2013, he was appointed President and Managing Director Toyota GB PLC.

Mr Harrison was appointed Vice President Sales & Marketing, Toyota Motor Europe in 2015 and Executive Vice President, Sales, Toyota Motor Europe in 2019.

From 2021 to 2022, Matt Harrison served as President and CEO, Toyota Motor Europe and CEO, Europe Region for Toyota Motor Corporation.

In 2023, as part of an enhanced executive structure to optimise current business performance, whilst accelerating in parallel the business transformation actions to prepare for a carbon neutral future in Europe, Matt was appointed Chief Operations Officer for Toyota Motor Europe. In this role, he was responsible for the operational excellence and commercial performance of Toyota’s Sales, Manufacturing and Research & Development Business Units across the region.

Since January 2024, Matt’s responsibility has a stronger focus on Toyota’s European corporate operations.

His previous motor industry experience includes 10 years with Ford Motor Company, working in sales and marketing in its UK, European and global operations.

Born July 1968 in Oldham, and raised in Lytham St Anne’s, Lancashire, Matt holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Financial Accounting from the University of Kingston upon Hull. He is married with two children and in his spare time enjoys family life, squash and skiing.

MANAGING DIRECTOR, LOTUS CARS

Prior to becoming MD, Matt was Executive Director of Engineering from February 2020, a role which included leadership of Lotus Engineering, the Consultancy division of the business. Matt had also been Executive Director of Sports Car Engineering from July 2018.

His role as MD of Lotus Cars is to continue to deliver Vision80, the corporate strategy which will transform the Lotus business and brand before its 80th birthday, in 2028. His goal is for Lotus to be a financially strong company which is fully committed to the needs of its customers, staff and stakeholders.

With more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, Matt has held senior management roles with both high and low-volume companies. He has worked internationally with businesses such as Volvo, Tesla, Zenos, Caterham and Daewoo.

Advisor to Rimac Group, Wayve.ai and Kimmeridge Energy

Max Warburton is a specialist in the Automotive and Energy sectors and acts as Advisor to Rimac Group, Wayve.ai and Kimmeridge Energy. At Rimac, he provides strategic and business development input across the Group’s automotive technology and energy storage activities. At Wayve.ai, he advises the Board on automotive industry partnerships and strategy. At Kimmeridge Energy, a New York-based private equity firm, he advises on alternative energy and carbon solutions investments.

Mr. Warburton previously served as Advisor to the Management Board and Head of Special Projects at Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG between 2020 and 2024. In this role, he oversaw corporate strategy and worked on multiple industrial and commercial initiatives across Trucks, Vans and Mercedes-Benz Cars. He also drove key electrification projects including the creation of the Mercedes-Benz global high-power charging network, the investment in battery producer ACC, the acquisition of YASA Motors and the development of EQXX, the world’s longest range electric car.

Prior to joining Daimler AG, Mr. Warburton spent more than a dozen years as Head of Automotive Research at Bernstein Research, located in both London and Asia, and served as Partner at parent company Alliance Bernstein. Before Bernstein, Mr. Warburton was Head of Global Automotive Research at UBS (2005-2008) and covered European Autos at Goldman Sachs (2000-2005). He was ranked by investors as the No.1 Automotive sector analyst for an unprecedented 14 years in the annual Institutional Investor survey.

Chief Executive Officer, Singer Group, Inc.

Maz has 25+ years’ experience in start-up and high growth organizations, including both technology and energy sectors. With this background, he has been instrumental in setting strategic direction, building a highly experienced leadership team, and establishing a foundation to scale the company.

Singer today operates facilities in both California and the UK, with a 500-strong team. The company regularly collaborates with the most famous names in the automotive world, including Bosch, Michelin, Williams Advanced Engineering, and Brembo, aligned around Singer’s vision for excellence without compromise.

An accomplished driver, having grown up racing karts, Maz is deeply involved in the dynamic development process and provides the performance benchmarking that, in partnership with the design department, creates the unique blend of aesthetics and capability that Singer has come to define.

Maz lives with his family in southern California.

Chief executive Officer, McLaren

Michael joined McLaren Automotive in July 2022 as Chief Executive Officer.

German-born, Michael holds a doctorate in engineering and a mechanical engineering Diploma, both from RWTH Aachen University. He started working for Fraunhofer in parallel to his doctorate on Technology management.

Michael has held senior positions at Porsche AG finally to become a Product Line Director. More recently, he was the Chief Technology Officer at Ferrari which he joined in 2014.

Michael is married with two children.

Chief Strategy Officer, Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Paul joined Mercedes-Benz in July 2022, taking over responsibility for all aspects of Mercedes-Benz strategy.

Prior to that, Paul has worked for leading professional service firms in America and Asia, including almost 20 years with McKinsey & Company. As a Partner since 2003 and a Senior Partner since 2013, Paul has been advising leading multinational and Chinese automotive companies. He has deep expertise in corporate and business unit strategy, sales and marketing strategy, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, cross-border transactions, organizational development and product strategy with a focus on e-mobility.

Managing director, UK, Jaguar Land Rover

Rawdon was appointed to the role of Managing Director, Jaguar in February 2023, prior to this he was the UK Managing Director for Jaguar Land Rover. He is now responsible for the Jaguar brand strategy, short and long-term brand profitability and the full end-to-end client experience, through the Product, Services and Experiences offering.

Rawdon is a Senior Executive Director, with a track record of enhancing global brands’ revenues and capabilities at Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen, Audi & Camelot Group PLC. He has led transformation across all areas of the Customer Journey, shaping and executing commercially focused transformations to sales and networks, marketing, customer service and supply chain.

He is passionate about using deep customer understanding to enable business change, developing new business channels and building brands.

Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. He’s also a keen tennis player, skier and golfer.

Founder, Executive Chairman, and Design Director, Singer Group, Inc.

Having studied and worked in automotive design, Rob became a critically acclaimed musician before returning to the design world. His goal was to create a company capable of demonstrating a deep understanding of classic automotive design and the opportunity to re-approach it – or ‘reimagine’ it in Singer’s vocabulary – using the benefits of modern material science and fresh perspectives.

Since its formation, the company has focused on a mission to celebrate beauty and uncompromising artisanship supported by a unique understanding of California’s culture and has become an exciting and influential addition to the automotive zeitgeist.

Singer has become renowned for its highly personalised restorations for owners of the air-cooled Porsche 911 and has built a passionate, global clientele along with a vibrant new sector of the luxury automotive world. The company has long been a supporter of the world’s most high-profile automotive gatherings including Goodwood Festival of Speed.

In 2016 Rob went on to co-found Singer Reimagined, a high-watchmaking company based in Geneva. The company’s first watch, known as the Track 1, won the prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève just 18 months later, a unique achievement for such a young brand.

Rob lives with his family in southern California.

Co-founder and CEO, Motive

Shoaib founded Motive with the belief that connectivity and automation could unlock the potential of businesses that power the physical economy. Prior to founding Motive, Shoaib worked at Khosla Ventures, where he led investments in consumer and enterprise technology companies. Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Shoaib led international growth for AdMob. Shoaib started his career at Google, focused on product management and marketing. He holds a BSc in Government and Economics from The London School of Economics.

Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and Client Advocacy Leader, IBM UK and Ireland

Simon joined IBM in 1988, based in Paris, developing the process and contracts for acquiring third-party software. Since then he has held various technical and marketing roles in the UK, European and Global organisations.
In his current role, Simon is Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications officer and Client Advocacy Leader for IBM in the UK and Ireland. This role has responsibility for the full client journey and the entire marketing mix from strategy, through to execution and the associated analytics. As a Marketing Leader Simon champions the latest approaches such as Agile, and constantly ensures that the client voice is at the centre of everything we do.

Simon was Director of Marketing & Communications for the Systems & Technology business in Europe before moving to the Market Insights & Development team at the start of 2012 as Vice President of MD&I Global Markets, and then moved to his current role in 2018.

In previous years, he has held positions in the Software Business and various Hardware Businesses. He has always worked closely with IBM business partners and influencers, and spent two years managing the Volume Channels Marketing Team across EMEA, as well as leading a Research Project with the IBM Rüschlikon Lab in Zurich.
Prior to working for IBM, Simon worked for an IBM Business Partner, a large Personal Computer Dealer and an IBM end-user customer. This earlier experience puts him in the position of working with IBM as an employee, a business partner and an end user customer.

Simon is a Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Independently to IBM he is also a Board Director of the South Bank Business Improvement District. Outside of work, Simon spends time with his wife and two adult children, as well as participating in various hobbies including gardening, theatre and DIY, and is a uniformed Cub Scout Leader.

Former National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom

Stephen was the UK’s National Security Adviser until late 2022, with oversight of the UK’s security, defence and intelligence capabilities on behalf of the Prime Minister.  During that time he was responsible for the UK’s national response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the drawdown from Afghanistan, as well as overseeing AUKUS.

Before his role as NSA Stephen was the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry Defence for five years (2016-2021), a role he also performed at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (2013-2016), where he oversaw the introduction of the UK’s contract-for-difference regime for renewables financing, and the signing of the deal to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.  Prior to that he ran the Government’s Shareholder Executive (now UK Government Investments – UKGI), with authority over HMG owned commercial enterprises, and where he led a number of transactions, amongst them the IPO of the Royal Mail and the sale of British Energy.

Stephen was the Government’s representative on the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games for seven years.  He joined the UK’s civil service in 2004, after a career in investment banking with Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank, latterly as the MD running the media practice.

Stephen is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Columbia University and non-executive director at Grosvenor Ltd.

Vice President of Global Design, GEELY

Stefan Sielaff joined Geely in September 2021 as Vice President of Global Design at Geely Auto Group and Head of Zeekr Design in Gothenburg, Sweden.

He has been instrumental in developing the design language for Geely’s luxury electric brand, Zeekr, which has resulted in the successful launch of several new vehicles across various segments in markets worldwide. Many more launches are planned for the future. Notably, the Zeekr 007, one of the latest models, recently achieved the prestigious 2024 Red Dot Design Award for its exceptional product design.

Stefan supervises all design operations at the state-of-the-art Geely Design Center in Gothenburg. The center accommodates 550 people, split between the global design teams of Zeekr and Lynk & Co.

Born in the German state of Bavaria, Stefan studied at the Design College in his hometown of Munich, as well as the Royal College of Art in London, United Kingdom. He then spent the next 36 years of his career in automotive design, mainly with the Volkswagen Group, where he held top design positions with brands including Audi, Bentley, and Volkswagen. Stefan also had a three-year stint as the Head of Interior Design for Mercedes-Benz.

Stefan enjoys painting and traveling, saying that they provide him with inspiration to excel further in his design work while also making his life very different from his daily work at the design studio.

Founder & CEO, Vertical Aerospace, Founder & Group CEO, OVO Energy

Stephen Fitzpatrick is a British entrepreneur who believes that technology, ingenuity and focus can solve humanity’s greatest challenge – the climate crisis. For the past 13 years, Stephen’s businesses have been powering progress in the decarbonisation of two of the world’s most polluting sectors – energy and transport.

In 2009, Stephen began OVO Energy with a vision of building a different kind of energy company – one that would help consumers find a cheaper, greener and simpler way to power their homes. Stephen started the company with a few friends around a kitchen table and today 4.5 million households rely on OVO for energy.

Following the success of OVO, Stephen turned his attention to the challenge of decarbonising air travel – in 2015 he founded Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace. Partnering with Rolls Royce, Honeywell, GKN, and Microsoft, Vertical is building the world’s most advanced all electric air taxi, capable of carrying four passengers at up to 200mph. In 2001, the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange after securing more than 1,000 in initial aircraft orders from a major global carriers such as Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines and Japan Airlines.

In addition to his entrepreneurship, Stephen is an active campaigner. He recently led Zero C, a successful policy campaign for the introduction of a carbon tax that would accelerate the country’s transition to net zero and use the revenues to support people, household and businesses through the low-carbon transition.

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.

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.

Chief Executive Officer , ACC

Graduate of the Paris Ecole Centrale (1980) and holder of an MBA from INSEAD (1989), Yann joined Renault in 1982 where he held various functions . He became Director of Quality in 2005 and Chief Operating Officer of AvtoVAZ in March 2008.

Yann joined Alstom Transport in 2009 where he was appointed Chief operating Performance and Member of the Executive Committee. From June 2014 to August 2020, he was Industrial Director of Groupe PSA.