MCI Livetalk with Volocopter-CEO Dirk Hoke

2023-10-12

As part of the Distinguished Guests Online lecture series, the Entrepreneurial School® was delighted to receive a digital visit from Volocopter-CEO Dirk Hoke.

MCI Livetalk with Dirk Hoke, CEO von Volocopter, about the future of urban air mobility.

With a career spanning over 25 years and five continents, Dirk has led digitalization projects in the aviation, automotive, and technology industries. He started his career in Paris at Renault and subsequently worked 20 years at Siemens, where he held various C-level executive positions. Most recently Dirk was the CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, where he also sat on Airbus’ Global Executive Committee. Dirk serves on the Board of Directors of Spire Global and Solaredge, as well as on the Voyager Space Advisory Board. He is an alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader Program.

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Volocopter GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Bruchsal (near Karlsruhe) and founded by Alexander Zosel and Stephan Wolf. The company specializes in the design of electric multirotor helicopters in the form of personal air vehicles, designed for air taxi use

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