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Lucid Confirms Strategy Chief Exit, Names Rolls-Royce Veteran as Supply Chain SVP

The twin announcements signal a push to tighten procurement ahead of planned Saudi plant production later this year.

A Lucid Motors facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023.     REUTERS/Mike Blake

Overview

  • Lucid confirmed the resignation of Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development Claudia Gast, the 13th C-level or VP departure in roughly two and a half years.
  • Veteran procurement leader Neil Marsons joined as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain after six months advising Lucid, bringing experience from Rolls-Royce, JCB, and Jaguar Land Rover.
  • Interim CEO Marc Winterhoff said Marsons will bolster supply reliability, performance, and cost efficiency as the company targets a path to profitability.
  • Marsons will oversee the global supply chain supporting production in Arizona and Saudi Arabia, with full-scale output in the Saudi plant scheduled to start later this year.
  • Gast had overseen supply chain duties within her strategy role, joined the company in December 2022, was promoted in March 2025, and departs as Lucid continues to operate under an interim CEO without a named permanent successor.