Ambassador Programme

Anastasia Leutloff, MBA

Project, Program & Portfolio Leader Project TRUMPF | Pioneer net4tec

Anastasia Leutloff is an accomplished engineering leader with over a decade of experience in driving innovation and transformation within the manufacturing and high-tech sectors. At TRUMPF Hüttinger, a global leader in power electronics based in Freiburg, Germany, she leads complex R&D and sales initiatives, fostering strategic growth through strong team leadership and process excellence.

Originally from Kyrgyzstan, Anastasia moved to Germany at the age of 18 with a clear goal: to study and build a successful career in engineering. Today, as a mother of two, she combines technical expertise with a deep commitment to inclusive leadership and diversity. Holding an MBA from Mannheim Business School and an M.Sc. in Systems Engineering, she is passionate about empowering women in engineering and shaping the next generation of future-ready professionals.

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David Hunt

Founder, Managing Director & Podcast Host Hyperion Search & Leaders in Cleantech Podcast

David Hunt is the Founder and Managing Director of Hyperion Search, a specialist executive search firm working exclusively across clean energy, electrification, and climate-adjacent technologies. With more than 25 years’ experience in executive search, and over a decade focused on the energy transition, David works closely with founders, boards, and investors to build leadership teams capable of scaling complex, capital-intensive businesses. A former renewable energy entrepreneur himself, he brings a practitioner’s perspective to leadership, supply chain, and operational challenges across Europe and beyond.

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John Morehead

Principal Consultant Motion Mechatronics LLC

John Morehead is principal consultant at Motion Mechatronics LLC, the firm he founded in 2016 after 20+ years in executive management with leading U.S. and European electric motor and motion control manufacturers.

John’s knowledge and perspective on the motor industry is based on having visited motor manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Taiwan, Morocco, Turkey, India and all over Europe. He is retained by North American, European and Asian motors and motion manufacturers to develop and help implement strategic growth initiatives such as M&A, investment, go-to-market strategy, product roadmaps and development, technology acquisition, licensing and strategic alliances.

John’s particular area of expertise encompasses fractional horsepower motors, gearing and controls although he has successfully completed projects ranging from UAV drone motors and ESCs to 800 Volt EV motor systems and everything in between.  Prior to Motion Mechatronics, John held executive roles at Bodine Electric, Bison Gear & Engineering, Dunkermotoren, and Crouzet Motors/Innovista Sensors.

A graduate of the University of Kentucky, John was a successful international licensing and technology transfer consultant for two decades before entering the motor field.

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