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  • Lilium makes a series of key hires from Airbus and Audi

    Lilium, the disruptive aviation startup developing a revolutionary on-demand air mobility service, has announced today a series of key appointments. Mirko Reuter, formerly Head of Automated Driving at Audi AG, is joining the team as Head of Autonomous Flight at Lilium. Jakob Waeschenbach, formerly Head Of Equipment Installation at Airbus, is joining the team as Head of Aircraft Assembly, and, Rochus Moenter, former Vice President Finance & Lease at Airbus, is joining as General Counsel & Head of Legal at Lilium.

    07.11.2018

  • Lilium appoints Yann de Vries as VP Corporate Development

    Lilium GmbH, the disruptive aviation start-up developing a revolutionary on-demand air mobility service, is further strengthening its senior team by appointing Yann de Vries as VP Corporate Development.

    06.09.2018

  • Lilium appoints Arnd Mueller to lead marketing

    Lilium, the aviation start-up developing the world’s first electric vertical take-off and landing jet, is further strengthening its senior team by appointing Arnd Mueller to lead global marketing.

    11.06.2018

  • Frank Stephenson joins Lilium as Head of Product Design

    Frank Stephenson, the designer of some of the world’s most iconic cars, is joining aviation startup Lilium as Head of Product Design. The American-Spanish designer - famous for his work at BMW, Mini, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and McLaren - will lead the design of all aspects of Lilium services.

    24.04.2018

  • Lilium wins “Early Stage Company of the Year” at Global Cleantech 100 Awards

    Lilium, the German start-up developing the world’s first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, has won the 2018 Early Stage Company of the Year award at the Global Cleantech 100 Awards produced by CTG (Cleantech Group).

    23.01.2018

  • Lilium secures $90 Million Series B Funding Round

    Lilium, the German aviation company developing the world’s first all-electric jet capable of vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), has announced a $90 million Series B funding round. The aviation start up developing an all-electric air taxi with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities has now raised more than $100 million overall.

    05.09.2017

  • Lilium recruits senior leaders from Gett, Airbus and Tesla

    Following our exciting announcement back in February that Meggy Sailer, Head of Recruitment for Tesla EMEA, would be joining Lilium we are very excited today to announce two more senior hires joining the team - Dr. Remo Gerber as CCO and Dirk Gebser as VP of Production. Both have a proven track record of success and leadership in their fields of expertise at Gett and Airbus respectively.

    21.08.2017

  • Lilium celebrates successful flight tests of world’s first electric VTOL jet

    Lilium Jet, the first zero-emission electric plane capable of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL), has completed a series of rigorous flight tests in the skies above Germany. The two-seater prototype executed a range of complex maneuvers, including its signature mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight.

    20.04.2017

  • Meggy Sailer joins Lilium from Tesla to lead recruitment

    Lilium is very pleased to welcome Meggy Sailer as Head of Recruitment. Meggy brings rare experience of staffing a cutting-edge transportation company, joining Lilium from Tesla after more than 5 years.

    16.02.2017

  • Lilium raises €10m in Series A round with Atomico

    Lilium, the pioneering developer of electric planes capable of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL), has raised a €10m Series A funding round with Atomico, the leading global venture capital firm based in London.

    05.12.2016

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