Awards & Recognition
★2025 Sturmey Award from Autocar
★2024 Automotive News All-Star
★2023 Reuters Events Visionary Leader in Automotive D.R.I.V.E Honours
★Motor Trend's 2021 Power List #5 ranking
★Top 10 Automotive Tech CTO 2022
Notable Facts
→Former Tesla Model S Chief Engineer who led development from clean sheet to production
→CEO/CTO of Lucid Motors since 2019, stepped down as CEO in February 2025
→Holds dozens of patents in battery technology and EV innovations
→Led development of Formula E racing circuit batteries
→Over 30 years automotive industry experience at Jaguar, Lotus, Corus, Tesla
→Imperial College London mechanical engineering graduate
→Highest-paid automotive CEO in 2022 with $379M compensation
→Oversaw launch of Lucid Air and Gravity vehicles