Lars Klawitter has joined InMotion Ventures, the open innovation arm of UK-based automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, as executive director for strategic business.
Klawitter will oversee the development of InMotion’s mobility services and their integration with its parent company’s products and services, as well as strategic partnerships and the unit’s response to government affairs. He will also be an internal consultant for InMotion.
InMotion hired Klawitter from another carmaker, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, where he headed its personalised vehicle division, Bespoke, as general manager. He joined Bespoke in 2010 and expanded its activities to take in digital innovation and Rolls-Royce’s connected car strategy.
Prior to Bespoke, Klawitter was an IT general manager for Rolls-Royce for four years, having previously been an IT project manager at another automotive producer, BMW.
Klawitteris currently on the advisory boards of Dovu, the developer of a cryptocurrency system for transport, as well as microfinance provider 4G Capital and cryptocurrency creation and trading platform Frontier Foundry.
Klawitter said: “I am very pleased to be joining the InMotion Ventures and Jaguar Land Rover business at a time when the automotive industry is facing great disruption.
“I am looking forward to helping shape the future of mobility through technology and develop alternative mobility services for new and existing customers.”
– Photo of Lars Klawitter courtesy of InMotion Ventures Ltd.