Biography

Julia Steyn, appointed as an independent director, is Chief Commercial Officer at the investment firm VectoIQ. Ms. Steyn previously served as CEO of Bolt Mobility, where she currently serves as Non-Executive Chairwoman. Ms. Steyn is currently a Non-Executive Board Member of First Group PLC in London, UK, a multi-national transport group that operates transport services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States. In addition, Ms. Steyn is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey focusing on the mobility space and corporate innovation, and serves as an advisor to several venture capital organizations. Ms. Steyn worked for almost a decade at General Motors where she was the founder and CEO of Maven, the shared mobility marketplace owned by General Motors. Ms. Steyn joined General Motors in 2012 as vice president, Corporate Development and Global Mergers & Acquisitions. Before joining General Motors, Ms. Steyn was vice president and co-managing director for Alcoa’s Corporate Development group, and she also has worked at Goldman Sachs in key positions in London, Moscow and New York. Earlier in her career, she was a business analyst at A.T. Kearney. Ms. Steyn has a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago.