Christian Hrabalek

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Christian Hrabalek (1977- ) (commonly known as Chris Hrabalek or Hrabi) is an Austrian automotive designer and consultant and currently the director of Fenomenon Ltd.

Hrabalek was born in Vienna, Austria and obtained three degrees in International Business (European Business School of London), Marketing (Kingston University) and Vehicle Design (Royal College of Art, London). He began his career at Porsche in 1997 were he worked for the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mr. Hans Riedl, before moving on to Audi in 1998, Volkswagen in 1999, Lancia in 2000, Design Center Europe- Volkswagen Group from 2001 to 2002, BMW in 2003 and Škoda in 2004.

In 2002 Hrabalek founded Fenomenon Holistic Design, a London based design consultancy working for multinational clients within the automotive industry. Fenomenon Ltd. presented the NewStratos, a concept car based on the Lancia Stratos, at the Geneva International Motorshow 2005 and the IAA Frankfurt International Motorshow.