Carl-Peter Forster
Board Mentor
Criticaleye
Carl-Peter is currently the Chair of Chemring plc and Senior Independent Director on the board of IMI plc. In addition he serves on the Boards of ClearMotion Inc, Cosworth Ltd, Gordon Murray Design, Volvo Cars Corporation in Sweden as well as The Mobility House, Zurich, a mobility energy management company. He is also co-founder of Lead Equities, a small cap private equity fund management company in Vienna. Carl-Peter was previously Chair of the London Taxi Company, a Non-executive Director on the boards of Rolls Royce Group plc, Rexam plc and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd in Hong Kong
Carl-Peter worked in the automotive industry for over 27 years. He was most recently Group CEO and Managing Director of Tata Motors, Mumbai including JaguarLandRover. Prior to this he served as President and CEO of General Motors Europe and held a number of senior management positions with BMW, where his last position was on the Management Board. He started his career in 1982, as a Consultant for McKinsey & Company in Munich.
He has a Diploma in Economics from Bonn University and a Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering from Technical University in Munich. He and his wife Didi live in London.