Speaker Biography

Micheal Perschke
CEO
Quantron AG
Michael Perschke (CEO and member of the board of Quantron AG) is a sustainability pioneer and visionary for passenger & commercial vehicles with 20 years of experience in the global automotive industry. He has held various C-level and managing director roles, including central functions at Audi AG (including responsibility for the strategic sales launch of the Audi eTron brand), sales director for Mitsubishi in Europe and Mercedes-Benz in India, and the areas of finance, IT and organization for Mercedes-Benz in China. As the Founder-CEO of Automobili Pininfarina, Perschke successfully launched an emissions-free luxury car brand, gaining more than 8 years of electric vehicle experience in leading roles.
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