Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve
Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024, is moving into a strategic advisory role supporting the company’s leadership team. Her appointment as CFO comes as Wayve moves from development and testing to a company on the verge of deploying its automated driving technology on two fronts: robotaxis and passenger vehicles.
- ▪Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve.
- ▪Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024, is moving into a strategic advisory role supporting the company’s leadership team.
- ▪Her appointment as CFO comes as Wayve moves from development and testing to a company on the verge of deploying its automated driving technology on two fronts: robotaxis and passenger vehicles.
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Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024, is moving into a strategic advisory role supporting the company’s leadership team. Her appointment as CFO comes as Wayve moves from development and testing to a company on the verge of deploying its automated driving technology on two fronts: robotaxis and passenger vehicles. De Martel, who will be based out of Sunnyvale, California, has a history of working for tech companies, including as CFO at industrial-grade 3D printing company Carbon and an 11-year stint as manufacturing finance director at Apple.
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