Press Release

Lukas Walter Becomes New COO at AVL

Lukas Walter returns to AVL and takes over the position of Chief Operating Officer in the Engineering division.
Lukas Walter

Graz, Austria, March 26, 2025 - AVL List announces the appointment of Lukas Walter as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in the Engineering division. With his extensive international experience and in-depth industry expertise, Mr. Walter will play a key role in shaping the further development and strategic direction of the company.

Lukas Walter is returning to AVL after several years in leading positions in the automotive industry. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President in the top management of MAN Truck & Bus, where he held various roles with responsibility for global truck sales, truck engineering, product strategy and planning. In these roles, Lukas Walter was responsible for the implementation of essential transformation processes. During his more than 30-year career at MAN and AVL, he gained extensive top management experience in the areas of engineering, business development and global sales.

As COO of AVL Engineering, Walter will take over the management of the entire strategic business unit. His focus will be on further strengthening the company's innovative power and competitiveness and driving forward the transformation towards sustainable mobility solutions.

"The mobility of the future will be characterized by digitalization, networking and sustainable technologies. I am looking forward to developing innovative solutions at AVL that both meet current market requirements and shape the mobility of the next generation in a sustainable way," explains Lukas Walter.

Helmut List, CEO of AVL, emphasizes: "With Lukas Walter, we are gaining back a proven expert who knows both our company and the challenges of the market inside out. His extensive experience and strategic vision will make an important contribution to strengthening our Engineering division."

The appointment of Lukas Walter underlines AVL's continuous innovation strategy. With his expertise and experience, he will help to further expand the company's pioneering technological role and actively shape the dynamic requirements of the market.
 

About AVL

With more than 12,200 employees, AVL is one of the world's leading mobility technology companies for development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry and in other sectors such as rail, shipping and energy. Based on extensive in-house research activities, AVL delivers concepts, technology solutions, methodologies and development tools for a greener, safer and better world of mobility and beyond.

AVL supports international partners and customers in sustainable and digital transformation. The focus here is on the areas of electrification, software, AI and automation. AVL also supports companies in energy-intensive sectors on their way to green and efficient energy generation and supply.

AVL's passion is innovation. Together with an international network of experts spanning 90 locations with more than 50 competence and development centers worldwide, AVL is driving the future of mobility. In 2024, the company generated a turnover of 2.03 billion euros, of which 11% was invested in R&D activities. 

For more information: www.avl.com

 

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Contact
Dr. Markus Tomaschitz, Unternehmenssprecher AVL
Tel.: +43 664 100 0289
E-mail: Markus.Tomaschitz@avl.com