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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Autonomous Vehicles space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Raphaël Vergnaud
Senior Sales Director of Zendrive
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About Anatole, Zendrive: Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Mandy Dean
Director Commercial Vehicles Ford of Britain and Ireland of Ford Motor
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Philip Avery
Non-Executive Director of Oxbotica
Philip Avery is a non-executive director at Oxbotica. In 1999, Philip co-founded NavTech Radar and currently serving as the managing director of the company. He has been involved in the development of several millimeter wave radar systems and various other autonomous vehicle projects. He has also been involved with research projects at Oxford and Sydney University. As the MD of Navtech Radar, Philip has been one of the key strategists behind the company’s introduction of this technology into different industries including Security surveillance, Industrial automation and Highways monitoring and incident detection. He is also a strong proponent of UK industry, particularly high tech design and manufacturing.
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About Navtech Radar, Oxbotica: Oxbotica powers the navigation, perception, user interface, fleet management, and other features needed to run self-driving vehicles.
Byrnece Turner
Director of Westfield Technology Group
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About Westfield Technology Group: Westfield is an autonomous vehicle provider that is known for selling niche sports cars globally.
Mikhail Sokolov
Director of Roborace
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About Roborace: Roborace is a global race series for driverless electric cars.
