
Rivian announced the hiring of Magna Steyr's president Frank Klein as its Chief Operations Officer starting June 1st, 2022.
The executive has been the president of Austria-based automotive contract manufacturer Magna Steyr, a subsidiary of Canada's Magna International, since July 2020, and head of complete vehicles engineering and manufacturing at the Graz plant since April 2019. Prior to that, he spent 27 years with Daimler AG, holding management positions in various business divisions such as Vehicle Research, Trucks, Cars, and Vans.