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The US-based Lucid Motors has hired John Yeo, a former Nio and GM employee, to lead its supply chain and procurement team for interior and exterior components.
Yeo joined the Shanghai-headquartered company in 2016 and was one of the first US-based employees shortly after the opening of Nio’s advanced research and innovation center in Silicon Valley.
“I am thrilled to share that I am continuing my journey toward a sustainable future as Director of Supply Chain & Procurement – Interior & Exterior at Lucid Motors!,” he wrote on LinkedIn this Tuesday.
This move comes during a period when the future of China-made electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. market remains uncertain following the recently announced 100% tariffs, up from 25%.
The EV maker led by Peter Rawlinson is preparing to start mass production of its second model, the 7-seater SUV Gravity, by the end of the year.
Nio, which unveiled in early 2021 that the U.S. market was part of its global expansion plan until 2025, has not confirmed any entrance date into the North American market.
John Yeo joined the company in August 2016 as a Strategic Sourcing Manager after more than three years working for General Motors, where he was team lead for Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.
After serving in several positions, Yeo was appointed last November as Chief of Staff and Head of Supply Chain. Two months earlier, in September 2023, Nio moved its North American headquarters and Innovation Center to a new building that is also located in San Jose, California.
Earlier this month, Nio’s Senior Director for Automated Driving in Europe, Mirko Reuter, left the company to join Airbus Defence and Space as a Senior Vice-President and Head of Engineering Connected Intelligence.
In mid-June, two of Nio’s country managers for Germany and the UK left the company to join Geely’s fully electric brand, Polestar.
The company has recently announced that its Chief Financial Officer Steven Wei Feng has resigned after five years in the company due to “personal and family reasons”.
As the resignation has immediate effect, Nio‘s board has promoted its Senior Vice President of Finance, Stanley Yu Qu, to become the new Chief Financial Officer.
Written by Cláudio Afonso | LinkedIn | X
