Lucid Group, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael van der Sande as the new Managing Director for Europe, reporting directly to Lucid's CEO and CTO, Peter Rawlinson. With over 30 years of experience in the performance and luxury automotive industry, van der Sande brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his new role. He will be based in Amsterdam at Lucid's European headquarters.

Prior to joining Lucid, Michael served as Managing Director of Special Vehicle Operations for Jaguar Land Rover and held various other leadership positions including SVP and Managing Director at Alpine Cars, Chief Commercial Officer at Aston Martin, and SVP of Global Sales, Marketing and Service at Tesla. Michael holds an M.B.A. from Nyenrode Business University.