place in the 2009 race (the race debut of the Aston Martin V12 Vantage). He has also run the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1 in the Le Mans Legend race together with racing legend Sir Stirling Moss. In 2013 Bez published a book, Making Aston Martin, which describes his background as well as his work at Aston Martin. Bez lectured in 2013 and 2014 in Harvard, Columbia, Chicago Booth, UVA Darden, LBS, Kings College, INSEAD, Erasmus, and EBS. In 2014 Bez joined ALSET, a technology company targeting zero emission in combustion engines with a hydrogen hybrid concept, as a non-executive vice chairman. He also served as an advisory board member for the Althoff Hotel Collection from 2012 to 2015. In 2017 Bez joined the board of Magnis Energy Technologies as a non-executive director. A battery and technology company with a graphite mine that has strong prospects to become a major producer and supply many industries with very high quality graphite material for batteries and aerospace initiatives. Bez stated: "In my career, I have overseen many projects shaping the future in various areas of the automotive industry, sometimes 10 to 20 years ahead of implementation." "The Nachu Graphite Project has attributes that can and will make a huge contribution to the automotive industry due to the quality of its graphite resource. The team at Magnis and their expertise in the lithium-ion battery industry, which includes the inventor of the Lithium-ion battery, is testament to the quality of the Project and the Company as a whole. I'm excited to join the Board and help take Magnis to the next stage of its development." Awards 1980 Safety award from NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety USA at ESV Conference in Kyoto 2007 German-British Forum Dialogue Award 2012 Honorary doctor degree HonDTech from Solent University in Southampton UK 2013 ADAC award for special contribution to the Nuerburgring and the 24 hours race Literature Ulrich Bez: Making Aston Martin. teNeues Verlag, 2013, References External links "Q&A: Aston Martin's John Sinders and Ulrich Bez", Automobile, Marc Noordeloos, Georg Kacher, April, 2007 "Inside Line Q&A: Aston Martin's Dr. Ulrich Bez", Edmund's Inside Line, Alistair Weaver, Mar 19, 2007 "Interview with Ulrich Bez", Leaders magazine, Jan 2009, Making Aston Martin teNeues Verlag August 2013, 1943 births Aston Martin Chief executives in the automobile industry German automobile designers German chief executives Living people Businesspeople from