Antonio Calvosa joined the LKQ Europe family in March 2021 as Vice President of Strategy & Innovation. He brings over 20 years experience in driving business growth and optimization through organic and merger and acquisitions (M&A) activities across automotive, technology and industrials organizations. This critical role for LKQ Europe has already seen Antonio Calvosa establish a strategy and innovation team as a new function within the business, work in close alignment with the LKQ Global Strategy team, deliver his first strategic planning cycle and introduce a number of innovation initiatives, such as first-to-market in electrification. He additionally oversees the set up of data capabilities, cross-function/pan-European initiatives, new project management office (PMO) function setup, portfolio maturity, leveraging shared services, joint steering of LKQ Europe’s digital programme and driving European M&A activities.

Prior to joining LKQ Europe, Antonio held various management and technical positions at electronics company Philips (Netherlands), luxury car manufacturer Ferrari (Italy) and engineering technology company Oerlikon Group (Switzerland).

Strategy and innovation are vital to the growth of any company. With our newly dedicated team, LKQ Europe will continue to gain already-established ground as a leading provider of automotive parts and innovator within the automotive aftermarket industry.

ANTONIO CALVOSA 
Vice President of Strategy & Innovation

Antonio was also a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum and in charge of the Global Agendas for most influential public and private sectors leaders at WEF’s Davos Forum from automotive, industry, technology and governments. Antonio holds a MEng with Honors in Electrical Engineering, an MBA and a Master in Globalization and Leadership from leading European and US institutions.