Rita Forst

Rita Forst first joined Westport Fuel Systems as a member of the Westport Fuel Systems Advisory Board in January of 2018. Since 2015 Mrs. Forst has been an independent consultant in the automotive technology business. She serves on the Board of Directors of AerCap Holdings NV, an aviation leasing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, she serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of ElringKlinger AG headquartered in Dettingen, Germany, and NORMA Group SE in Maintal, Germany, and as a member of the Advisory Board of iwis headquartered in Munich, Germany. In 2013, Mrs. Forst retired from Opel/General Motors ("GM") after 36 years of service in its global powertrain and vehicle engineering functions. Her last position with Opel/GM was as a member of the Opel Management Board and Vice President of Vehicle Engineering for General Motors Europe. Mrs. Forst has extensive experience in powertrain and vehicle engineering. She received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Darmstadt University of Applied Technology and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), Michigan.