Dr. Greg Ombach, Ph.D. - Head of Disruptive R&T and Senior Vice President, Airbus

Dr. Grzegorz (Greg) Ombach, Ph.D. ( https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Greg-Ombach-Head-Disruptive-R-T-Senior-Vice-President-Airbus/b60db4cb-0b87-48cb-a3a0-41068d3d05ab ) is Head of Disruptive R&T ( https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/disruptive-concepts ) and Senior Vice President, at Airbus, the multinational aerospace corporation, where he is passionate about managing technological innovation from an idea to broad market adoption, and his combination of technology, leadership and commercial expertise together with a truly global outlook, having worked across Europe, the USA and China, puts him in a solid position to drive international market success for high-tech innovations.

As a Head of Disruptive R&T, Dr. Ombach shapes Airbus's ability to be the global leader in innovation and future technologies across all Airbus divisions and he works very closely with all businesses and divisions globally.

Prior to this role, when Dr. Ombach served as Executive Vice President, Head of Battery Systems Business and Group Strategy and Innovation at Dräxlmaier, he was responsible for the strategy for the business and led the entire product commercialization, from the initial concept to high volume production of cutting-edge technology in a premium market for the automotive sector, including the first high-volume production of an 800V battery system for the Porsche Taycan.

Earlier, Dr. Ombach worked at Qualcomm as a Global Vice President and General Manager of a breakthrough automotive technology licensing business and also gained experience from Siemens VDO, Continental and Brose.

Dr. Ombach holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Silesian University of Technology, Poland and a Certificate in Global Management from INSEAD, The Business School for the World. He has also been awarded Guest Professorship at the Zhejiang University in China.