QuantumScape Welcomes Sebastian Schebera to Board of Directors
Schebera brings notable automotive and battery technology expertise to the company as the Volkswagen Group’s newest director on the board
Schebera boasts 20 years of professional experience in the automotive industry, with a focus on operations, strategy, partnerships and investments. Since 2012, Schebera has held various positions within Volkswagen AG and its affiliated companies, currently as its Head of Strategic Partnerships since 2020, and prior to that as Senior Director for Battery Strategy, and before that as a Principal at
Schebera will take one of the Volkswagen Group’s two seats on QuantumScape’s board of directors. He succeeds
“Sebastian’s extensive first-hand experience with business strategy and partnership management across the automotive sector will be valuable to our ongoing growth plans,” said
“QuantumScape is on the forefront of a technology revolution and has the potential to help reshape the global energy storage landscape at scale,” said
The company’s board of directors consists of 12 members:
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Jagdeep Singh , co-founder and chairman of the board of directors atQuantumScape -
Brad Buss , former Tesla board member and former CFO ofCypress Semiconductor and SolarCity - JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, and founder and CEO of Redwood Materials
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Jeneanne Hanley , board member at KLA Corporation and former president ofE-Systems , Lear Corporation -
Susan Huppertz , former chief supply chain officer of Johnson Controls -
Dr.
Gena Lovett , board member of Trex and AdvanSix and former VP of operations at Boeing -
Dipender Saluja , managing director at Capricorn Investment Group -
Dr. Jürgen Leohold, former executive director of
Group Research at theVolkswagen Group -
Frank Blome , CEO of PowerCo, the battery arm of theVolkswagen Group -
Sebastian Schebera , head of strategic partnerships at theVolkswagen Group -
Prof.
Fritz Prinz , co-founder and chief scientific advisor atQuantumScape -
Dr.
Siva Sivaram , president and CEO atQuantumScape
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