We welcome Michael Smuts and Michael Carter to Lucid

As Lucid Motors continues to grow – currently 900 employees and growing – we attract the best talent from the automotive and technology industries. With this in mind, it is our pleasure to announce two important additions to our leadership team.

As Lucid’s Vice President of Finance, Michael Smuts oversees the company’s accounting and finance operations. Prior to joining Lucid, Smuts spent 25 years in key financial management roles at Ford Motor Company – including as Chief Financial Officer of Ford’s Southeast Asian operations and as Global Director of Cost Optimization for that company.

Michael Carter is Lucid’s Vice President of People, responsible for bringing together software and automotive talent and human resources strategies and initiatives that support the company’s high performance culture. Prior to joining Lucid, Carter was Vice President of Human Resources at Samsung Electronics. He has more than two decades of HR leadership experience from a number of high-profile Silicon Valley technology companies, including Cisco, Intel, and Qualcomm.

“We are building Lucid to be the next great technology and automotive company, with our current momentum allowing us to attract top talent such as Michael Smuts and Michael Carter,” said CEO Peter Rawlinson. “I’m excited to welcome you to the team as we take Lucid Air into production.”