Rising Stars is an annual program honoring automotive executives in middle and upper management in all disciplines, across Europe, together with the companies who are nurturing that future leadership talent.

Explore our previous classes of Rising Stars below. The 2019 Rising Stars award ceremony will be held at the Clarion Hotel Post in Gothenburg on 21st May, 2019, the eve of the Automotive News Europe Congress.

The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations.

PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares did the impossible by leading the French-German automaker to a first-half profit despite a multitude of challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

The other 14 Eurostars, who were chosen by the editors of Automotive News Europe, have achieved equally impressive results during a tumultuous 2020.

Automotive News Europe and PwC are proud to honor the 2020 winners.

The nomination period for the 2021 program closed on February 15, 2021.

The 2021 class of Rising Stars will be announced in the summer of 2021. 

Nominees must be 45 years old or younger on January 1, 2021 to be eligible.

The executives who are this year’s Eurostars have stood out from their rivals by exceeding expectations.

Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess changed the dialog on Europe’s largest automaker by aggressively pushing into the electric era.

Opel CEO Michael Lohscheller did what seemed impossible: making the German volume brand profitable after decades of losses. Kia Europe boss Emilio Herrera has the Korean automaker on pace to keep growing in a declining European market because of strong demand for models such as the Stonic and Sportage crossovers.

Rising Stars is an annual program honoring automotive executives in middle and upper management in all disciplines, across Europe, together with the companies who are nurturing that future leadership talent.

Explore our previous classes of Rising Stars below.

RISING STARS AWARD CEREMONY UPDATE:

Because of the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Automotive News Europe Rising Stars awards ceremony will become a virtual event.