Manfred Bräunl
Rank: 40
Company: Porsche Middle East and Africa
Designation: CEO
Sector: Automotive
Nationality: German-Canadian
Global headquarters: Germany
MENA headquarters: U.A.E.
Bräunl has been with Porsche for seven years. His team of 75 employees initiated the first Porsche virtual sales consultation in 2020 and launched a campaign for the new all-electric Taycan Cross Turismo, which was viewed by 47 million viewers worldwide. The company has a global target to be CO2 neutral by 2030. Its current plans include launching a fast highway charging network for electric vehicles in the Middle East. Bräunl has also been a guest professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, China since 2017.