Lucid Appoints New Legal Chief After Matthew Everitt’s Departure

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Lucid Motors has appointed Brian K. Tomkiel as its new General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Compliance Officer, effective October 28, following the departure of Matthew Everitt in September.

Tomkiel, who joined the electric vehicle maker in July 2021 as Associate General Counsel and Privacy Officer, was most recently serving as Deputy General Counsel and Compliance Officer. The executive replaces Everitt, who left Lucid after 11 months to join Carrier as Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer.

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Before joining Lucid, Tomkiel spent over four years as Director of Compliance at Gap Inc..

Everitt, who joined Lucid in November 2023, brought a decade of legal leadership from Mercedes-Benz USA, where he served as general counsel & corporate secretary before being promoted to vice president and general counsel.

NameAppointed General CounselLeft Lucid
Jonathan Butler04/ 202001/ 2024
Matthew Everitt01/ 202409/ 2024
Brian Tomkiel10/28/ 2024N/A

Prior to Everitt, Lucid’s general counsel was Jonathan Butler, a former Tesla legal leader who joined the EV giant in its early days.

As reported by EV earlier this week, Lucid Motors will start deliveries of its second model, the Lucid Gravity, next year — sources familiar with the matter disclosed. Last week, Peter Rawlinson said that production of the Gravity SUV is set to begin “imminently”.

Shares of the electric vehicle maker closed 1.5% higher on Thursday at $2.06. The stock hit a new all-time low last week at $1.93.

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