Val Miftakhov

Val Miftakhov is the founder and CEO of ZeroAvia, a UK and California-based company developing the world’s first practical zero-emission aviation powertrain, with a focus on regional aircraft of up to 80 seats with 500-mile range. He was previously the founder and CEO of eMotorWerks, developing smart grid-integrated EV charging technologies, which was acquired by Enel Group. He has also held the head of R&D role at Google for Work Incubation, been a management consultant at McKinsey and co-founded four startups. He has a PhD in advanced data processing and extensive experience in complex software development projects, including AI, and leading large, distributed product tea