Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann is the CEO and Founder of KTN Investment and Consulting, a position he has held since 2018. Prior to this, he held a management position at Canoo Inc., an electric vehicles company, where his responsibilities included technology and marketing.
He was previously Chairman of the Board and President at Opel, served as Executive Vice President and President of Europe for General Motors and was a member of GM’s Executive Committee. He was also with Volkswagen AG, where he was CEO and Vice President of Volkswagen Group China in Beijing. Prior to that, Dr. Neumann held a number of management positions at Volkswagen, including Head of Research and Director of Electronics Strategy. In addition, he was a member of the Executive Board at Continental AG responsible for the Automotive Systems Division. From 2008 to 2009, he was Chairman of the Executive Board of Continental AG and later returned to Volkswagen AG with company-wide responsibility for electric propulsion.
He holds a Ph.D. in Microelectronics from the University of Duisburg, Germany, as well as a diploma in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dortmund, Germany.
Dr. Neumann serves on the Board of Directors of South Korea based Hyundai-Mobis.