Lee Sykes has served as chief commercial officer of DSD in the U.K. since September 2023. He first joined DSD as commercial director in February 2018, and continues to use a customer-focused approach to help grow and diversify the business as well as ‘roll up his sleeves’ to support the DSD engineering teams with major program delivery.

For more than 20 years, Lee has held senior technical and commercial leadership roles in global consulting engineering businesses, focusing on transmission, driveline and powertrain system integration. During this time, Lee oversaw production engineering programs including the BMW Mini powertrain, a Chinese 8AT and electric drive unit, and the Bugatti Veyron DCT. Lee’s international outlook came to the fore in a successful stint as president of a Shanghai-based operation.

His initial career covered vehicle and powertrain system CAE and CFD for a U.K. vehicle manufacturer.

Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from The University of Manchester in England.