Dubai, UAE · Global
Sebastian Fuchs
Global Automotive Executive · Digital, Data & Platforms
Twenty-two years inside the global automotive industry, the last decade rebuilding it for a digital, data-driven and AI-enabled future. Operator background across Germany, France, Sweden, the United States and today the GCC.
Open for: Board · Non-Executive Director · Advisory · CEO mandates
LinkedIn“Brought in when a business needs to enter a market, rebuild after acquisition, or move from product to platform.”
22+
years in global automotive leadership
400
people led across multi-country P&L
26
countries reached with global Volvo roll-out
10x
growth plan now executing in the GCC
Areas of expertise
- — P&L Leadership (up to 400)
- — Digital and Data Product Strategy
- — AI/ML in Automotive
- — Marketplace and SaaS Models
- — Used Vehicle and Remarketing
- — OEM, Captive and Leasing Partnerships
- — M&A Integration
- — GCC, Europe, North America
Profile
I take traditional automotive businesses and rebuild them around digital channels, data products, AI/ML and platform economics — inside Hyundai, Europcar, Volvo Cars, Cox Automotive, today World Automotive Group in the GCC. Twenty-two years across OEM, rental, remarketing, SaaS and data platforms, built across six countries and three continents. I take the roles where the brief is uncomfortable: enter a new market, integrate after acquisition, build a category that does not exist yet, or move a long-established business into the next decade.
Managing Director, Digital Products and Services — World Automotive Group / AutoData Middle East
Dubai, UAE · May 2023 — Present
- — Owns the full B2B and B2C portfolio: market data, valuation tools, OEM analytics and consumer marketplace assets.
- — Executing a 10x growth plan: clean data foundation, AI/ML pricing and inventory products, next-generation marketplace with AR/VR inspection.
- — Rebuilt the leadership team and operating model, with direct line to ownership and to OEM, dealer and finance partners across the region.
Managing Director, Manheim & RMS Continental Europe — Cox Automotive
Munich, Germany · April 2018 — April 2023
- — Full P&L for a multi-country business of 400+ people across Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and the Nordics.
- — Repositioned the SaaS remarketing platform from a tool for remarketers into a strategic system bought by OEMs, captives and leasing companies — to category leadership in Continental Europe.
- — Led the partnership work behind the agency-model shift in European automotive retail.
Director, International Used Car — Volvo Car Group
Gothenburg, Sweden · 2013 — 2016
- — Authored and rolled out Volvo's first end-to-end global used-car strategy.
- — Delivered Selekt China, Volvo's certified pre-owned programme, from concept to launch.
- — Built the statistical model for cross-border used-car trade that became Volvo's wholesale routing logic.
Earlier
- — International Fleet Remarketing Manager, Europcar International — 50,000+ vehicles per year; launched 2ndmove, the first direct-to-consumer online sales platform by a major European rental player.
- — European Fleet Remarketing Manager, Hyundai Motor Europe — built the function from zero to thirty people.
- — Jaguar Land Rover Germany — sales operations, company fleet, approved used-car programmes.
Education
- — Graduate School of Business Administration Zurich — International Management (2006–2008)
- — VWA Wiesbaden — BA Business Administration, Marketing (2002–2005)
Languages
- — English — Native / Bilingual
- — German — Native / Bilingual
- — French — Professional
- — Swedish — Working
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