Maria Anhalt

CEO,
Elektrobit

Maria Anhalt is Chief Executive Officer at Elektrobit, an award-winning and visionary global vendor of embedded and connected software products and services for the automotive industry. Maria leads an international team focused on providing car makers with software that transforms mobility, drives sustainability, and enables a more interactive and intuitive driving experience.

Maria has received numerous awards and accolades, including the Automotive News 2022 All-Star Award for Software Innovation and Technology Innovators’ Top 20 CEOs 2022 in Automotive Technology and, most recently the European Informa Tech Automotive Award, under the category European Inspirational Woman of the Year. She belongs to the Top 50 Women in the Automotive Industry 2023.

Previously, Maria was Elektrobit’s Chief Technology Officer, and prior to that, served for two years as Senior Vice President, Head of Cross Divisional Systems and Technology, at Continental. Earlier in her career, Maria worked at HP—an early leader in sustainability in tech—as well as Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Micro Focus in various business management, business development, and R&D management positions, with a focus on hybrid cloud and automation software. Maria has a Master of Computer Science degree from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.