Finance professionals in Electric vehicles
Three current Lucid Motors finance leaders and two former Rivian ones are in this electric vehicle finance group, with the rest at General Motors, Polestar, NIO, Octopus Electric Vehicles and AESC, including Amy Li after six years as a Tesla manufacturing accounting controller. Product development finance, battery costs and fleet financing all appear, which suits automakers budgeting a new vehicle program or tracking manufacturing cost.
Professionals to explore
Alaina Nosworthy
LinkedInExperience: Former Product Development Finance Director · Rivian
Vehicle program investment questions fit Alaina Nosworthy, Product Development Finance Director at Rivian (2018–2022). At McLaren Automotive Ltd, Alaina was Vice President of Finance - McLaren North America (2016–2018), Senior Finance Manager - Sales & Marketing - Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Central Region (2015–2016), Finance Manager - Engineering (2014–2015) and Senior Financial Analyst (2013–2014), and cites margin, pricing and investment strategy.
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Amy Li
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director and Group Controller, Worldwide Manufacturing Accounting · Tesla
From 2017 to 2023, Amy Li was Sr. Director and Group Controller, Worldwide Manufacturing Accounting at Tesla, and has been Corp Vice President, Finance at AESC since 2023. Amy was also Sr. Finance Director, Global Manufacturing Finance and Cost Accounting at SunPower (2015–2017), and Finance Director, Worldwide Manufacturing Operation Finance and Inventory Accounting (2013–2015) and Group Controller, Worldwide Manufacturing Finance (2011–2013) at Spansion is Cypress Semiconductor.
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Chris Curran
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director - ICE and EV Propulsion · General Motors
At General Motors, Chris Curran has been Finance Director - ICE and EV Propulsion since 2025. Earlier GM titles were Finance Manager - Global Product Development - Portfolio Strategy (2023–2025), Finance Manager - GM Energy (2022–2023), Finance Manager - Commodities & Battery Raw Materials (2020–2022) and Finance Manager - FP&A (2017–2020), a fit for battery raw material and propulsion cost questions.
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Chris Jenny
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director, Finance, Future Programs · Rivian
Chris Jenny was Sr. Director, Finance, Future Programs (2024–2025), Director, Operations Finance (2022–2024) and Sr. Manager, Operations Finance & Cost Engineering (2020–2022) at Rivian, and has been Vice President, Finance at ALSO. since 2025. Chris describes 6+ years at Tesla spanning manufacturing cost reduction, factory planning, battery cost and supply chain strategy, and program management for Semi and Cybertruck.
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Diana Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Head of Finance, Finance Director, NIO Europe · NIO
Diana Zhang has been Head of Finance, Finance Director, NIO Europe at NIO since 2023, and was Operation Finance Manager at Apple (2016–2023), CFO at Shanghai Hi-Tech-Bio Engineeing Ltd. (2015–2016), and Senior Manager (2010–2015) and Manager (2007–2010) at KPMG. Diana describes leading departments of up to 90+ staff, a fit for questions on setting up finance for an EV brand's European business.
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Flemming Knudsen
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · Polestar
Polestar's Director of Finance since 2025, Flemming Knudsen took the role after Business Controller at Scandinavian Airlines (2022–2025), and held Business Control (2001–2022) and Business Controller (1999–2001) titles at SAS - Scandinavian Airlines. Flemming describes moving between operational, tactical and strategic perspectives, which suits business control questions at Polestar.
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Gagan Dhingra
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Finance & CAO · Lucid Motors
Senior Vice President, Finance & CAO at Lucid Motors since 2025, Gagan Dhingra took that title after Interim Chief Financial Officer (2023–2025) and VP, Principal Accounting Officer (2021–2025) there. Gagan was VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller at Anaplan (2019–2021), has sat on the Accordance Advisory Board since 2025, and cites more than $5B of capital raised in public and private markets.
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Henry Pearson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance & Capital Markets · Octopus Electric Vehicles
Financing the Octopus EV vehicle fleet is part of what Henry Pearson describes as Director of Finance & Capital Markets at Octopus Electric Vehicles since 2025, along with leading the finance team; before that, Henry was Director of Capital Markets there (2023–2025). At Deloitte, Henry was Director (2019–2023), Assistant Director, Debt Advisory (2013–2023) and Auditor (2008–2013), with more than 80 transactions advised on, a fit for EV fleet financing questions.
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Philip Judge
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Finance · Lucid Motors
Philip Judge has been Senior Director Finance at Lucid Motors since 2024 and was Senior Director, Finance (2021–2024) and Director of Finance (2019–2021) at Cruise, describing FP&A, capital allocation and risk management there. At General Motors, Philip was Director of Finance (2017–2019) and Head of Product Development Finance - GM China (2015–2017), a fit for capital allocation and product development finance questions.
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Ryan Clark
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Development and Engineering Finance · Lucid Motors
Lucid's upcoming midsize platform is the program Ryan Clark describes supporting as Director, Product Development and Engineering Finance at Lucid Motors since 2026, covering BOM and investments. Ryan was Senior Manager - Product Development Finance at Lucid (2025–2026), and at Cruise Senior Finance Manager - Engineering Org (2023–2025), Finance Manager II - AV Software & Services (2021–2023) and Finance Manager - AV Hardware & Vehicle Platforms (2020–2021).
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Choose the right perspective
For vehicle program budgets, Ryan Clark, Alaina Nosworthy and Philip Judge have held product development finance titles, and Chris Jenny covers future programs and cost engineering. Manufacturing cost and inventory questions suit Amy Li, battery and propulsion economics Chris Curran, and capital raising and accounting Gagan Dhingra; Henry Pearson fits fleet financing, while Diana Zhang and Flemming Knudsen cover finance leadership at NIO Europe and Polestar.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set a vehicle program's target bill of materials while battery cell prices are still moving?
- 02Which program investments do you defer first when production volume comes in below plan?
- 03How do you track manufacturing cost per vehicle during a ramp, and what tells you it will reach target?
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