Polestar, which started delivering its third fully electric model in Europe earlier this week, announced on Wednesday that its Design Chief, Maximilian Missoni, is leaving the company to pursue a new role outside of Polestar. Missoni left the Geely-backed brand in mid-July after nearly nine years at Volvo Cars, where he became Vice President of Exterior Design in 2014.

To fill his position, Polestar announced that Philipp Römers, the former Head of Exterior Design at Audi, has been appointed. Before his time at Audi, Römers was a prominent designer at Volkswagen.

Philipp has over 25 years of experience in automotive design. Philipp Römers says: “Polestar is the role model of a design-driven automotive company and it's a great honour to take on the responsibility for the Design department. I’m looking forward to working with the creative team to design the next generation of Polestar cars.”

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Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO, says: “I thank Max for his leadership and companionship during the inception of Polestar as Europe’s only pure EV brand. Max established innovative design standards that combine aesthetics, luxury and performance in a way that is truly Polestar. We wish him all the best in the future.

“At the same time, I am delighted to welcome Philipp to Polestar. Philipp’s modern approach to automotive design and experience from the luxury, performance segment will really support us as we take the next step in developing our model line-up.”