LONDON, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vektor Partners
onboards former CEO of Alpine Racing and strategy expert,
Laurent Rossi, as Partner and member
of the Vektor Partners International Advisory Board.
"We are delighted that Laurent Rossi will be joining Vektor
Partners as a Partner, joining Bernd
Gottschalk and Roger Spitz on
our International Advisory Board. Laurent has decades of experience
in the automotive space and deep networks in France, Europe and internationally. We look forward to
his contribution and expertise as we further increase our focus on
the European deep tech space," said Sebastian Bihari, General Partner at Vektor
Partners.
"I very much look forward to joining Vektor Partners. Vektor
Partners consolidates decades of experience across tech,
operations, investments, and industry, making us a value-added
partner to founders and other investors in this vast and complex
space. Some of their portfolio companies such as NoTraffic and
Compredict are already setting off the transformational wave that
will engulf large parts of European industry. Vektor Partners and I
will be part of these exciting developments," said Laurent Rossi, Partner at Vektor Partners.
About Laurent Rossi
Rossi served as a senior advisor to the Renault Group and is the
former Chief Executive Officer of Alpine Racing SAS and Chairman of
Alpine Racing Ltd. Rossi previously served as Renault's Chief
Strategy Officer and was appointed CEO in 2021 with the Alpine name
joining the Formula 1 grid ahead of the 2021 FIA World Championship
season.
He began his career at Renault in Paris before earning his MBA from Harvard Business School and joining Boston
Consulting Group, where he worked in the New York office. As an automotive expert, he
was a consultant on several strategic and operational assignments,
working with major global automakers and parts suppliers. He
covered the entire value chain from design to sales, including
powertrain strategy, manufacturing, and supply chain.
In 2012, he moved to Google, taking charge of developing
commercial relations with major automotive industry companies,
initially based in Paris for the
Europe region, then in
New York for the Americas region.
Rossi eventually served as the head of Google's Global Auto
Practice, before returning to Renault in February 2018. After a short period heading the
Organization Department, he was appointed as VP of Corporate
Strategy and Business Development.
Rossi holds a Master of Science in Fluid Mechanics from ENSEEIHT
(Toulouse) and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering /
Automotive Engines & Petroleum Products from IFP School.
About Vektor Partners
Vektor Partners is a European deep tech VC firm investing in
critical technologies driving the global transformation over the
next decades, as the world moves towards Artificial Intelligence,
Automation, and Decarbonization. Vektor backs visionary and global
minded founders of scalable B2B businesses operating at the
technological frontier of AI-enabled applications, computer vision,
software-definability, dual-use technology and next-gen compute
power, with a strong focus on economic-resilience and security and
defence applications. The firm's most recent fund is dedicated to
opportunities in the transportation, logistics and supply chain
space - a sector that is an early adopter of new technologies.
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