win the North American Car of the Year award in 2003. Also while at BMW, Stephenson designed the first BMW SUV, the BMW X5 (E53). In July 2002, Stephenson was appointed the first Director of Ferrari-Maserati Concept Design and Development in Maranello and Modena, Italy. His work with this department included the design of the Maserati GranSport, Maserati MC12, Ferrari FXX and Ferrari F430. His work with this department included the design of Pininfarina's work on the Maserati Quattroporte, Maserati GranTurismo and Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. Stephenson's success with the Ferrari and Maserati designs led to his appointment as head of Fiat, Lancia, and the Commercial Vehicle Styling Centre in Turin, Italy in 2006. He was tasked with rebuilding the struggling Fiat brand, where he directed the styling of the Punto, Bravo and translated Roberto Giolito's 2004 Fiat Trepiùno concept into the production 500, Punto and Bravo. In 2007 he was made Head of Centro Stile Alfa Romeo design. Stephenson left the Italian group in April 2008 to become Design Director at McLaren Automotive where he created a new design language and oversaw the design of the new range of McLarens, MP4-12C, P1, 675LT, 570S and 720S. While at McLaren he drew inspiration for the P1 partially from a sailfish that he saw when on holiday in Miami. Stephenson left McLaren Automotive in 2017 and was rumoured to make a return to the BMW Group to head the design team at MINI. The rumours turned out to be unfounded; upon leaving McLaren, Stephenson founded his own design studio, Frank Stephenson Design Consultancy. From May 2018 to November 2019, Stephenson was head of Product Design at the German aviation company Lilium and Design Master of Suning Smart Technology. Stephenson continues to work on many different cross-industry design projects, products and design solutions. He is dedicated to taking on design challenges that will be game-changers in various industries that have the greatest positive impact on the lives of many. In 2019 a film documentary about his work and career, titled Chasing Perfect, produced by Lionsgate and Salon Pictures, and directed by Helena Coan, was released globally. Design style Stephenson says that he looks everywhere for inspiration and is always sketching. He adds that just walking down the street one can find inspiration from so many things. Stephenson also says that he looks to the animal kingdom for design, adopting what's termed biomimicry for