Polestar
Management
Our visionary and experienced management team
Our visionary and experienced management team
CEO
Thomas Ingenlath
Thomas joined in 2017 from Volvo Cars where he was SVP of Design. Prior, he held various design management roles at Škoda Auto and Volkswagen. Thomas brings over 20 years of design, innovation and leadership experience in the automotive industry.
COO
Dennis Nobelius
Dennis joined in 2020 from Zenuity (now Zenseact) where he was CEO. Dennis has 20 years of R&D, operation and leadership experience in the automotive industry.
CFO
Johan Malmqvist
Johan joined in September 2021 from Dole Food Company where he was CFO. Previously, he was CFO at Perstorp AB and Duni AB. Johan has over 20 years of financial experience across multiple sectors.
Strategy, & Bus. Development
Nils Mösko
Nils joined in 2018 as Deputy CFO from Volvo Cars. Prior to this he held finance and treasury function roles for Volvo Cars and Ford Motor Company. Nils has 15 years of automotive industry experience.
Legal
Anna Rudensjö
Anna joined in 2018 from SKF Group where she was Legal Director and Group Legal Counsel. Anna has 20 years of experience.
Global Sales
Mike Whittington
Mike joined in 2018, having previously worked with new EV introductions at Jaguar Land Rover, PSA, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota. Mike has over 20 years of experience in automotive e-commerce strategy.
CTO, R&D
Jörg Brandscheid
Jörg joins in October 2021 from Hella APAC where he was Executive Vice President Electronics. Jörg has 30 years of automotive experience through several R&D roles across technical areas and companies.
HR
Monika Franke
Monika joined in 2019 from Volvo Cars where she held roles of Senior HR Director, Global R&D and Purchasing & Quality. Monika has 20 years of experience.
Brand & Marketing
Åsa Borg
Åsa joined in 2020 from Volvo Cars where she was Chief Operating Officer of Care by Volvo (now Global Online Business). Åsa has over 20 years of Brand, Marketing and automotive industry experience.
Digital
Mikael Björklund
Mikael joined in 2020 from Filippa K where he was Chief Operating Officer. Mikael has over 13 years of business development and digital marketing experience in leading brands.
Polestar UK, PR & Comms.
Jonathan Goodman
Jonathan joined in 2017 as COO from Volvo Car Group where he was Senior VP of Corporate Communications. Jonathan has over 30 years of experience in the automotive industry.
Customer Experience
Mona Abbasi
Mona joined in 2019, from Husqvarna Group where she was Senior Vice President of Brand, Marketing & Communications. Mona has over 20 years of experience in leading consumer and IT brands.
Design
Maximilian Missoni
Maximilian joined in 2018 from Volvo Cars where he was Vice President Exterior Design and Chief Designer Exterior for over 8 years. Maximilian has 20 years of experience within the automotive industry.
Product Attributes
Christian Samson
Christian joined in 2017, from Volvo Cars where he was a Senior Program Manager. He brings over 20 years of automotive product development experience.
Programs & Planning
Victoria Falksund
Victoria joined in 2018 from Volvo Cars where she was Vice President Product Line Management. Victoria has over 25 years of management experience at Arthur D Little, Toyota F1 and Mazda.
Quality & Logistics
David Rohman
David joined in 2021 from Volvo Cars where he was Senior Director Global Inbound Logistics. He brings over 25 years of experience in production, logistics and quality management.
China & Asia Pacific
Nathan Forshaw
Nathan joined in 2016 from Jaguar Land Rover where he was Director of Business Transformation. Nathan has over 25 years of finance, management consulting and strategy development experience.
North America
Greg Hembrough
Greg joined in 2018 from Volvo Cars USA where he was Vice President. He has over 20 years of experience in automotive sales, marketing and line management.
Asia Business Liaison & IR
Ian Zhang
Ian joined in 2019 as a Global CFO from Geely where he served as Deputy Group CFO and Director of Auditing. Ian has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and the automotive industry.
Polestar 0 Project
Hans Pehrson
Hans joined in 2018 as CTO, R&D from Volvo Cars where he was Technical Director for the C30 Electric and Manager, Electric Propulsion System Engineering. He brings over 30 years of industry experience.
Sustainability
Fredrika Klarén
Frederika joined in 2020 from KappAhl where she was Head of Sustainability. Frederika has over 10 years of dedicated sustainability experience across fashion and retail.
Communications & PR
Andrew Lytheer
Andrew joined in 2019 from GKN Automotive where he was Vice President of Marketing, Communication & Business Planning. He has 20 years of automotive and aerospace experience.
Manufacturing
Benoit Demeunynck
Benoit joined in 2018, from Volvo Cars China where he was General Manager. He has over 30 years of production management experience in the US, Europe and China.
Deputy CFO
Mikael Alkmark
Mikael joined in 2021 from Hedin Group, where he was a Deputy CEO and Head of Finance. He has 23 years of commercial, corporate banking, finance, risk and automotive experience.
Purchasing
Ellie Huijing Wu
Ellie joined in 2017, having previously served as Senior Purchasing Manager at Volvo Cars China. She has over 10 years of experience in automotive industry purchasing.