KBA President and Chairman of the UNECE Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
Bio
Graduate engineer Richard Damm has been President of the Federal Motor Transport Authority since February 1, 2020. He is also Chairman of the international panel of experts on automated and connected driving at the UN Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva. Before his appointment as President of the Federal Motor Transport Authority, Richard Damm worked in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in Berlin. There he was u. a. responsible for the introduction of market surveillance of motor vehicles in Germany. Under his leadership, the use of small electric vehicles in Germany was also made possible.
Richard Damm is an internationally recognized expert in the field of worldwide harmonization of regulations for the approval and monitoring of motor vehicles. With his participation, the globally valid provisions on vehicle regulations were further developed to reduce trade barriers. Richard Damm was also a member of the Board of Directors of the European New Car Assessment Programme, a consumer information program on the safety level (Euro NCAP) and environmental performance ( Green NCAP) of new vehicles. His area of expertise also includes questions of automation, networking and digitization at EU and UNECE level.
Before moving to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Richard Damm worked for five years on national and European research projects on passive safety and biomechanics of vehicles at the Federal Highway Research Institute.