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.
Congratulations to the 2020 Rising Stars!
You can read the profiles of all the winners below.
The winners were inducted in a virtual ceremony on July 7, 2020.
Click here to view the ceremony again
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.