Speakers

Thomas Schäfer

CEO

Volkswagen

Håkan Samuelsson

CEO

Volvo Cars

Ivan Espinosa

CEO

Nissan Motor Corporation

Michael Lohscheller

CEO

Polestar

José Muñoz

CEO

Hyundai Motor Company

François Provost

CEO

Renault Group

Marc Winterhoff

Interim CEO

Lucid Motors

Markus Haupt

CEO

SEAT and CUPRA

Nicolas López Appelgren

CEO

Lynk & Co

Gary Lan

CEO

OMODA & JAECOO UK, CHERY UK

Daniel Davey

CEO

Longbow Motors

Wolfgang Ufer

CEO

smart Europe

Jim Baumbick

President

Ford Europe

Jens Sverdrup

Chairman

Zenvo

Peter Swain

Founder & CEO

RBW Electric Classic Cars

Maria Alonso

Lead, Autonomous Systems

World Economic Forum

Mary Aufdemberg

Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks ONE Program

Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Janette Bell

Managing Director

First Bus

Imogen Bhogal

Chief Content Officer, Producer and Presenter

Fully Charged Show Ltd

Nigel Blenkinsop

Director of Industrial Operations

JLR

James Chai

Assistant Chairman and Deputy Secretary General

CCPIT-Auto

Elvis Cheng

Managing Director Northeastern Europe

XPeng

Fraser Crichton

Corporate Fleet Manager

Dundee City Council

Uwe Dreher

VP Marketing Europe

BMW

Sonia Ederstål

Vice President, Head of R&D, Scania Industrial Operations Asia

Scania

Michael Fischer

General Manager R&D Europe

Honda

Anne-Marie Fleury

Responsible Sourcing Director Cobalt

Glencore

Robin Francois

Head of Lithium

Glencore

Matias Giannini

CEO

Horse Powertrain

Harold Goddijn

CEO

TomTom

Willem Groenewald

Secretary General for Automobile Mobility and Sustainability

FIA

Peter Grünenfelder

President

auto-suisse, the Association of Swiss Automobile Import Industry

Jonathan Hewett

CEO

Thatcham Research

Jens Hinrichsen

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Analog and Automotive Embedded Systems

NXP

Fiona Howarth

Founder and Director

Octopus Electric Vehicles

Paul Hyne

Commercial Director of the Transport Business

Lloyd's Banking Group

Siddartha Khastgir

Head of Safe Autonomy at WMG, University of Warwick, and Science Advisory Council Member

Department for Transport

Yasmine King

Corporate Vice President, Automotive

Analog Devices

Benjamin Krieger

Secretary General

CLEPA

Lasse Kristoffersen

President & CEO

Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Aurélie Lemaire

Global Director of OEM Partnerships

Ayvens

Chris Lockett

SVP Electrification and Castrol Technology

Castrol ON

Michael Lovati

Chief Purchasing Officer

Volvo Group

Oliver Lowe

Head of Product

OMODA UK

François Marion

Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer

Valeo

Stephen Marvin

Directeur R&D

Plateforme Française de l'Automobile (PFA)

Ian Mills

Technical Director

RBW Electric Classic Cars

Mr. Scott Nash

Senior Director Connected Vehicle Sales

Verizon

Ryan Naughton

Head of B2B Connected Car & Future Mobility

The AA

Paula Diniz Oliveira

Senior Director - Global Head of Fleet Operation

Zoetis

Marie Panek

Head of Integration Management and Software Excellence

Bentley Motors

Omar Panse

CTO

KPIT Technologies Ltd.

Ben Payne

Vice President of Design

Lotus

Annie Pin

Chief Commercial Officer

Ayvens

Ian Plummer

Chief Commercial Officer

Autotrader

Ms. Julia Poliscanova

Senior Director, Vehicles & Emobility Supply Chains

T&E

Mr. Toby Poston

CEO

BVRLA

Ning Qu

VP of Engineering, Global Head of Software Platform

NIO

Fedra Ribeiro

Executive Vice President for Cross-Domain Computing Solutions

Bosch

Emilio Scervo

Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Board

Bugatti

Nicole Melillo Shaw

Managing Director

Volvo Car UK

Nic Thomas

Managing Director for the UK, and Director of Marketing for EU

Changan

Remco Timmer

SVP, Product Management

HERE Technologies

Daxue Wang

CFO

Group Lotus

Nick Williams

CEO and Managing Director of the Transport business

Lloyd's Banking Group

Michael Würtenberger

VP Business Line My Journey

BMW Group

Klaus Zyciora

Vice President of Design

Changan

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Industry editor

Financial Times

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Senior business writer

Financial Times

Tim Bradshaw

Global Tech Correspondent

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EU correspondent

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Sarah White

Paris correspondent

Financial Times

Ian Johnston

EU correspondent

Financial Times

Camilla Hodgson

Commodities correspondent

Financial Times

Sebastien Ash

Acting Frankfurt Correspondent

Financial Times

2026 Speaker Interviews Booklet

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