Henrik Fisker
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder
Henrik Fisker is Executive Chairman, Chief Design & Brand Officer at Fisker Automotive. Immediately prior to co-founding Fisker Automotive in August 2007, Mr. Fisker was, and remains, co-founder and chief executive officer of Fisker Coachbuild, an automotive design house established in 2005 that revived the art of coachbuilding by combining beautiful design with existing world-class engineering. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Fisker held prominent design positions at Ford Motor Company. He was creative director at Ingeni, Ford’s London-based design and creativity center. At Aston Martin he served as a member of the Board of Directors and design director. There he designed the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and was responsible for the production launch design of the DB9, variants of which were James Bond’s preferred vehicles. Mr. Fisker was also director of Ford’s Global Advanced Design Studio in Irvine, California. Designed under his direction were several show cars including the Shelby GR1 concept showcased at the 2005 North American International Auto Show. In January 2001 Mr. Fisker became president and chief executive officer of DesignworksUSA, BMW’s California-based industrial design subsidiary. Some of his most notable works include the BMW Z07 concept (1997) and Z8 roadster (1999), another Bond car. In 1989 Mr. Fisker began his career in Germany at BMW’s advanced design studio, BMW Technik GmbH, upon graduating from The Art Center College of Design in Switzerland.
Joseph DaMour
Chief Financial Officer
Joseph DaMour is the Chief Financial Officer at Fisker Automotive. He brings more than 25 years of global experience and automotive industry knowledge required to establish and grow the company within the global marketplace.
Prior to joining Fisker, Joseph DaMour served as Executive Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, Office of the Chief Financial Officer at General Motors; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, General Motors Global Powertrain in Detroit, Michigan; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, General Motors Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China; and General Director, Marketing and Sales at General Motors do Brasil. He began his career in 1985 at General Motors’ Treasurer’s office in New York City.
Tom LaSorda
CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board
Tom LaSorda is Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Fisker Automotive. Within his 30+ year global automotive industry career, Mr. LaSorda served in several executive positions including CEO, President and Vice Chairman of Chrysler Group where he also played an integral role in the sale of Chrysler to the Fiat Group. Prior to his service with Chrysler, Mr. LaSorda held a number of executive positions at General Motors spanning a 23 year career. Mr. LaSorda is also a Co-Founder of the venture capital fund - Stage 2 Innovations.
Richard Beattie
Chief Commercial Officer
Richard Beattie is the Chief Commercial Officer at Fisker Automotive. He is responsible for Fisker Automotives global marketing, sales, and customer service divisions.
Richard Beattie was formerly responsible for sales and marketing at Jaguar Land Rover North America from 2002 to 2007, before taking over the position of Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Jaguar North America in 2009. Prior to this, he was VP of Marketing, Sales, and Service at Lincoln Mercury, having risen through the ranks at Ford both in Europe and the USA, including a posting as President and CEO of Mazda’s North American operations.
Bernhard Koehler
COO and Co-Founder
Bernhard Koehler is the co-founder of Fisker Automotive and leads as Chief Operating Officer. He is currently leading "Project Nina," which includes the conversion of a recently closed General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware into a production facility for Fisker plug-in hybrid sedans scheduled to launch in 2012.
For more than 22 years, Bernhard Koehler held positions at BMW and DesignworksUSA where he served as the Director of Operations. He also served as Director of New Business Development at Ingeni, Ford Motor Company's design center in London; as Director of Business and Operations for Ford's Global Advanced Design Studio in Irvine, California and, in 2005, Bernhard co-founded Fisker Coachbuild with Henrik Fisker.
