Torsten Kiedel joins the management of Sono Motors as CFO

German mobility provider Sono Motors has appointed Torsten Kiedel to the company’s management board with immediate effect.

In his function as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the 41-year-old Business Master graduate will secure the company’s financing in the future and make a key contribution to strategically positioning Sono Motors for its market entry and growth in the coming years.

Torsten Kiedel looks back on more than 15 years of management experience, including in the areas of corporate finance, risk management and controlling. In addition to corporate experience in various finance departments at BMW, including three years at BMW Bank in the USA, with him he brings to Sono Motors seven years of start-up experience from management positions in the agile growth environment of companies such as mytaxi (now known as Free Now) and Flixbus. In his previous position as CFO of Occhio, he was responsible for finance and purchasing.

“Unfortunately, the financing environment and the lack of venture capital for start-ups is still a challenge in Germany. After the completion of one of the most successful Community Funding Campaigns in Europe, the challenge now is to secure through financing until the start of production of the Sion and thus create financial sustainability as quickly as possible,” said Laurin Hahn, CEO and one of the founders of Sono Motors. “We are very pleased to have Torsten onboard in this decisive phase who is an extremely experienced colleague and financing expert and is as enthusiastic and engaged with climate-friendly mobility as we are.”

Following the new addition, the Sono Motors management board will henceforth consist of the founders and CEOs Laurin Hahn and Jona Christians as well as Torsten Kiedel (CFO), Isa Krupka (CMO), Thomas Hausch (COO) and Roberto Diesel (CTO).