Ali Khaqan is Strategic Assistant to the CEO, a chief-of-staff role, at Würth Elektronik ICS, the intelligent power and control systems business of the family-owned Würth Group. He led the build and European launch of a new battery-management-systems business segment, built the company's first Functional Safety and Cybersecurity programme (ISO 26262 / ISO 21434), and established its sustainability and supply-chain compliance function, which earned EcoVadis Gold (97th percentile). He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University and an M.Sc. in Management from the Technical University of Munich, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).