Felix Kilbertus is Pininfarina’s new Chief Creative Officer

Pininfarina appoints world-renowned automotive designer Felix Kilbertus as
the new Chief Creative Officer. Felix will be the creative and strategic
guide at Group level on all aspects of Design (Mobility, Product &
Experience Design and Architecture). Reporting directly to CEO Silvio
Angori, he will supervise all the Pininfarina design teams located in their
geographical areas (Italy, China, United States).

At Pininfarina, Felix will join a multicultural line-up of stylists and
designers with rare and valuable skills. Together, they will consolidate the
company’s global leadership position in design and focus on guiding clients
towards the future of mobility, architecture and experience design.
Pininfarina’s roadmap incorporates the future needs of society and its
citizens and places the ongoing merger of physical and digital realities –
the phygital nature of design development – at its heart.

With a 20-year career in automotive design, Felix most recently held the
role of Head of Exterior Design at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, where he was
responsible for the design development of the brand’s product range since
2017, leading a team of creatives in Munich, Germany and Goodwood, UK.
Previously, Felix held senior design positions at Renault, Nissan, Fiat and
also Pininfarina, where he was a lead designer from 2011 to 2014.

Born in Austria 44 years ago, his creative journey has taken him to France,
Japan, Italy and Germany. He began his long and distinguished international
career after completing Masters in Transportation Design (Strate College,
France) and Industrial Design (UAID, Austria). In 2003, he started as
exterior designer at Renault Design, where he went on to hold positions in
various studios until 2011, focusing on advanced and production designs.
From 2008 to 2010, he joined Nissan Global Design Center in Atsugi, Japan,
as part of an exchange within the Renault-Nissan Alliance, working on
concepts for Nissan and Infiniti brands.

In 2011, he joined the Pininfarina design center in Cambiano, Torino, as
team leader for automotive exterior design development. Among other
projects, he led the design process and exterior styling for BMW Pininfarina
Gran Lusso Coupé concept, unveiled at Villa D’Este 2013. His design
adventure continued at FIAT Centro Stile in Turin, with a new challenge:
from 2014 to 2017, Felix worked as exterior chief designer responsible for
the exterior design development of Fiat brand passenger vehicles.