Alexander Hitzinger (born 23 October 1971 in Passau)[1] is a German engineer who until May 2021 was CEO of ARTEMIS GmbH,[2] a start-up in the automotive industry.

Before this, he was SVP Autonomous Driving VW Group and Member of the Executive Board VWN, responsible for R&D.

[4] Hitzinger's first job in the automotive industry was at Toyota Motorsport as a development engineer.

In January 2019 he started working for Volkswagen as Member of the management board responsible for technical development for its commercial vehicles division as well as Senior Vice President of its self-driving car and MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) programs.

[11] Hitzinger's "ability to conceptualise clean-sheet designs and manage projects"[12] led to his appointment as CEO of ARTEMIS GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group,[12] in November 2020.