Technology16 Sept 2026SEO 881 min read

Analysis: Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve

Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-drivin…

Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024, is moving into a strategic advisory role supporting the company’s leadership team. Her appointment as CFO comes as Wayve moves from development and testing to a company on the verge of deploying its automated driving technology on two fro…

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