Having spent the best part of 20 years at Bentley, Phil Durston joined VW in 2017. An integrative vehicle engineer, his current focus is in ADAS and autonomous driving development in proving ground environments. He has broad brand and product experience across all product phases, ranging from volume sports derivatives via extraordinary grand tourers to bespoke vehicles. Phil’s other areas of expertise include target and weight management, prototype fleet management, durability testing and vehicle attributes leadership. He graduated from Brunel University, London, UK, in mechanical, systems and sustainability engineering, enhanced with a master's in design, strategy and innovation.