Speakers

Murat Aksel, Purchasing, Board Member, Volkswagen
Murat Aksel, born in 1972, is the Volkswagen brand board member responsible for procurement. With a degree in industrial engineering, he looks back on 25 years of international experience in supply chain management in the automotive industry in the volume, premium and commercial vehicle segments.

Jan Becker, Co-Founder & CEO, Apex.AI
Jan Becker is president, CEO and co-founder of startup Apex.AI. The Silicon Valley company, which has a German subsidiary, aims to help the auto industry achieve a common operating system standard. Becker, a German, once conducted research on autonomous driving at Bosch. Becker also teaches at Stanford University.

Jörg Burzer, Board Member Production & Supply Chain Management, Mercedes-Benz Group
Jörg Burzer is the board member responsible for Production & Supply Chain Management at Mercedes-Benz. In this role, the 52-year-old from Nuremberg manages the global production network with around 30 vehicle, powertrain and battery locations as well as the worldwide logistics chains. He joined the former DaimlerChrysler AG in 1999 after obtaining his doctorate in engineering.

Andreas Cornet, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Andreas Cornet is a senior partner at McKinsey, where he is responsible for the automotive industry. Cornet has been in the service of the consultancy for more than two decades. Prior to joining McKinsey, Cornet co-founded a software consulting firm, for which he worked until joining the consultancy.

Clotilde Delbos, CEO Mobilize, Deputy CEO, Renault Group
Clotilde Delbos, born in 1967, is Chief Financial Officer of Renault Group and Deputy CEO. The Frenchwoman is also CEO of Renault's mobility brand Mobilize. She began her career at PwC in California. Delbos has held senior positions at Renault for ten years.

Matt Harrison, President & CEO, Toyota Motor
Matt Harrison has been President & CEO of Toyota Motor Europe since April 2021. The Briton joined the Toyota Group in 2000 and helped the Toyota brand and sister brand Lexus to progress in Europe. Most recently, Harrison was executive vice president of Toyota Motor Europe.

Dirk Hilgenberg, CEO, Cariad
Dirk Hilgenberg has been CEO of Volkswagen AG's software company Cariad since August 2020. He was previously Senior Vice President Production System at automaker BMW, for which he worked for a total of 20 years. Cariad is Volkswagen's own software house with 6000 employees.

Christian Hort, Senior Vice President Automotive, T-Systems
As Senior Vice President, Dr. Christian Hort is responsible for the Automotive segment at T-Systems International GmbH. Customers include OEMs such as Daimler, VOLKSWAGEN, BMW, Stellantis, and leading suppliers, e.g. Continental, Schaeffler, Vitesco and Bosch.

Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate for Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies
Mohcine Jazouli is Minister Delegate for Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies of the Kingdom of Morocco. Born in Casablanca in 1967, Jazouli studied in Paris and began his career at Ernst & Young in the French capital. He has been active for the country of Morocco for ten years and has been a minister since 2021.

Stefan Krause, CEO, B-ON
Stefan Krause is founder of CEO of B-ON. The company has acquired German e-truck manufacturer Streetscooter and aims to revolutionize "last mile transportation." Krause was once chief financial officer of both BMW and Deutsche Bank before moving to California to build startup Canoo, among other positions.

William Li, Founder and CEO, Nio
Chinese businessman William Li founded Shanghai-based electric car maker Nio in 2014. Li, 48, is chief executive officer of the publicly traded company, which is currently expanding into Europe.

Michael Lohscheller, Designated CEO, Nikola
Effective January, Michael Lohscheller will become chief executive officer of electric truck maker Nikola. The German has only recently become president of the American company. Lohscheller was once head of Opel in Germany, then CEO of carmaker VinFast in Vietnam for a short time.

Michael Luhnen, Chief Sales Officer AutoScout24
Michael Luhnen ist seit Dezember 2020 Chief Sales Officer von AutoScout24 und verantwortet die Sales Organisation mit den Ländervertretungen und Media Sales. Vor seinem Start bei AutoScout24 war der promovierte Manager als Vice President Continental Europe bei PayPal tätig, wo er 2013 als Head of Business Development & Operations startete. Vor seiner Karriere bei Paypal arbeitete Luhnen von 2005 bis 2013 als Associate Partner bei McKinsey & Company in Zürich.

Patrick Mayer, CEO, Alles.Auto
Patrick Mayer is Head of Strategic Projects and Business Development at AVAG Holding SE. Alles.Auto is AVAG Holding's new online platform, which is led by Mayer.

Karl Obermair, Director Future Mobility Solutions, TÜV Rheinland
Karl Obermair has been Director Future Mobility Solutions at TÜV Rheinland for five years. An experience executive, the Austrian spent 25 years in management positions at the Austrian automobile club ÖAMTC. He also worked for the German ADAC and in strategy consulting for A.T. Kearney. Obermair wants his work to contribute to better, safer, more sustainable, smarter mobility.

Philipp Sayler von Amende, CEO and Co-Founder, carwow Germany
Philipp Sayler von Amende has been founder and CEO of carwow Germany since 2016. The business economist, who studied in Reutlingen and Hong Kong, previously founded several start-ups. Carwow is a new car comparison portal based in Munich.

Matthias Schubert, Divisional Board Member Mobilität, TÜV Rheinland
Matthias Schubert, born in 1972, is the Mobility Divisional Board Member of TÜV Rheinland. He is thus responsible for the global mobility business of the testing service provider. Schubert, who holds a doctorate, began his professional career in strategy consulting at AT Kearney.

Roman Still, Board Spokesman, AVAG Holding
Roman Still is joint CEO of AVAG Holding with his brother Albert C. The family-owned company is one of the largest car dealership groups in Germany and sells the Opel, Toyota, Ford, Peugeot and Skoda brands, among others. They are the fourth generation to manage the AVAG Group, serving for more than ten years.

Carlos Tavares, CEO, Stellantis
Carlos Tavares is CEO of the Stellantis automotive group. The 64-year-old top Portuguese executive worked for Renault for three decades before becoming CEO of Stellantis' predecessor PSA in 2014. Stellantis, the world's fourth-largest car company, is home to 14 car brands.

Jörg Ullrich, Director Business Strategy, Ford
Jörg Ullrich is Director Business Strategy for the DACH markets at Ford in Cologne. With his team, the German designed the agency sales system for Ford, which is being rolled out in Germany.

Marcus Willand, Partner MHP
Marcus Willand, born in 1970, is a Partner at the IT management consultancy MHP in Ludwigsburg. He previously held management positions at SAP, where he was also responsible for the digitization of the automotive industry.

Presenters

Burkhard Riering, Chiefeditor Automobilwoche
Burkhard Riering, born in 1971, has been Editor-in-Chief of the industry and business newspaper Automobilwoche for seven years. A trained business journalist, he was previously editor-in-chief of the "Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung" and for a long time at "Welt" and "Welt am Sonntag.

Lennart Wermke, Editor Automobilwoche
Lennart Wermke, born in 1988, has been Southern Germany reporter for the industry and business newspaper Automobilwoche since September 2021. As a trained sports journalist, he previously spent eight years on the road at Formula 1 racetracks around the world for the Bild and Welt Group. A graduate of the Axel Springer Academy, he began his professional career in 2009 at Bild in Hanover.

Henning Kruse, Managing editor Automobilwoche
Henning Kruse (49) has been managing editor of Automobilwoche since 2020. A graduate of the German School of Journalism, he has been a business journalist for more than 20 years. From 2000 to 2019, the Kiel native worked for WELT in Berlin.

Michael Knauer, Editor Automobilwoche
Michael Knauer has been a reporter for Automobilwoche, based in Bonn, since 2007 and reports primarily on the focus areas of import brands, e-mobility, regulation and transformation. He studied economics in Freiburg and Bordeaux and worked for news agencies for many years.

Michael Gerster, Editor Automobilwoche
Michael Gerster (51) is a reporter for Automobilwoche for the southwest German region. He reports from Stuttgart on companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or Bosch, but also many medium-sized suppliers and start-ups.

Start-ups

Gregor Eckhard COO Easelink
Gregor Eckhard already knew when he graduated in automotive engineering from Graz University of Technology that he wanted to help shape the future of sustainable mobility. He gained experience in the automotive industry and management expertise at McKinsey & Company and as CEO of the automotive start-up MultiMaterial-Welding AG. This year, Gregor Eckhard joined Easelink as COO and is working with Hermann Stockinger, founder & CEO of Easelink, and the team to set the standard for automated charging of e-vehicles with the Matrix Charging technology.

Michael Fernandez-Ferri, Vice President of Partnerships & Product, Goggo Network
He started his career in 2008 developing low-carbon engines for PSA (Stellantis) and led the group's digital transformation. In 2015, he co-founded the start-up Drust, a cloud-based platform for monetising vehicle data. There he raised $10 million with French insurer Macif and led as CEO for five years until he sold the technology to Continental. In 2017, he co-founded a non-profit association called France Autotech, which currently supports about 100 car tech start-ups in France. He was president until 2021 and set the #Autotech4Good charter. Since 2019, he has been part of the Goggo team as its first employee, among other things to develop strategic partnerships.

Marco Möller, Geschäftsführer & CEO, PIONIX GmbH
Marco Möller is co-founder and CEO of PIONIX. He studied BSc Computer Science and Electronics and holds a PhD in Physics. He has a wealth of successful start-up experience and has already worked with the other founders of PIONIX. He is an out-of-the-box thinker and quick at spinning his visions and bringing them to life. He has already been on several stages to spread the idea of making mobility easier and more sustainable through the use of open source.

Stefan Nürnberger, CEO & Co-Founder, ELEXIR
Two and a half years ago, the company Elexir was launched, with Stefan Nürnberger as CEO. Before founding the company, Nürnberger worked for the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, among others. Elexir wants to invent the automotive software stack of the future and significantly simplify the concept.

Felix Pörnbacher, Co-Founder, Managing Director, DeepDrive
Felix Pörnbacher is co-founder of DeepDrive. The Munich-based start-up is developing a plug-and-play platform for vehicles that relies on a gearless wheel hub drive at its core. He is responsible for Strategy & Finance on the management board. Previously, Pörnbacher worked for investment bank Rothschild and Simon Kucher & Partners, among others.

Philipp Timmen, Head of Partnerships Europe, ZYNC
As Head of Partnerships, Europe at ZYNC, Philipp Timmen leads ZYNC strategic collaborations with European media companies and automakers, including BILD, Mercedes-Benz and DFL. With more than 40 media partners integrated in its award-winning in-vehicle entertainment platform, ZYNC brings the world’s best entertainment experiences to cars, including video streaming, gaming and digital experiences.

Inga Töller, CMO, ONOMOTION GmbH
Making ONOMOTION big as THE brand for mobility and logistics is the goal of Inga, our Chief Marketing Officer. She is driven by the need to promote sustainability in mobility. To achieve this, she uses her broad knowledge of brand communication and marketing strategy, which she has already used to establish other B2B companies.