Mr Guenter Butschek is a globally experienced (South Africa, China, India, South Korea, Europe) Chief Executive leading holistic industrial strategies and operational excellence in aerospace and automotive industry. He is recognized as a thought leader and for running turnaround initiatives including large-scale business transformations, optimizing manufacturing footprints, aligning end-to-end supply chain operations, improving global operating systems, leading joint ventures and creating partnerships with social partners, private and public authorities as well as fostering organizational culture of teamwork, agility and accountability.

Since April 2022, Mr Butschek is the Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’) of Cubonic GmbH, a pioneering provider of sustainable, highly customizable electric LCV solutions offering automated to autonomous driving, seamless connectivity to customers’ ecosystems, peace-of-mind reliability and improved productivity and profitability. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Cheesecake Energy Limited, UK with effect from February 1, 2023.

Preceding that he was the CEO & MD of Tata Motors Limited (‘TML’) from February 15, 2016 to June 30, 2021, also serving on several TML affiliated company Boards as the Chairman or a Non-Executive Director. He possess prolific experience pertaining to automotive, e-mobility and aerospace industry. He has specialized knowledge in devising holistic strategies focusing on operational excellence, redesigning of product portfolios, execution of comprehensive business transformation processes, including sustainable business turnaround initiatives. 

Prior to this, he was engaged with Airbus, in the capacity of Global Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer Airbus Germany, member of the Management Board - Airbus Group and on various Supervisory Board Mandates. He has also performed in various management functions and in several global constituencies within the Daimler Group.