Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale
“AV2.0 is an innovative, capital-efficient approach to autonomy, and I’m looking forward to scaling the AI Driver globally with our team and partners. As a road cyclist myself, safer roads matter to me personally, and I can’t wait to help create a safer and more enjoyable future for all.”
About Elisa
Elisa joins Wayve as CFO with over two decades of financial leadership experience in the technology and automotive sectors, including autonomous driving, Elisa oversees Wayve’s global finance organization as we enter the next phase of growth across our automotive and robotaxi businesses.
Prior to Wayve, Elisa served as CFO at Waymo, where she led the company’s financial strategy and capital planning as well as operational facilities, indirect procurement, and systems and helped the autonomous driving company grow from pre-revenue to hundreds of thousands of weekly trips across five US cities, leading its $5.6B Series C financing along the way. Previously, as CFO of Carbon, an industrial-grade 3D printing company, she led a $260M Series D raise and helped grow revenue past $100M while significantly improving gross margin. Earlier in her career, Elisa spent over a decade in senior finance roles at Apple, including manufacturing finance and held roles at Citroen UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
