Alastair Westgarth, former CEO of Alphabet’s Loon, joins Starship Technologies

Autonomous delivery services venture, Starship Technologies, has appointed Alastair Westgarth as Chief Executive Officer.

Westgarth was most recently CEO at Alphabet’s Loon, which started as part of X, Google’s Moonshot Factory, and focused on bringing internet access to unserved and underserved communities around the world via a network of balloons operating on the edge of space.

Prior to joining Loon in 2017, he served as CEO at Quintel Solutions, was a VP at Nortel and Director of Engineering at Bell Mobility.

“Autonomous delivery is changing logistics as we know it, impacting billions of people around the world. The team at Starship has been developing and perfecting the technology and its operations for years, since creating the robot delivery category in 2014,” he comments.

“The pandemic fast tracked wider awareness of contactless delivery and now many more customers and businesses understand its convenience, ease and environmental benefits.”

“I’m excited about this opportunity and looking forward to helping the company scale both on campuses and in neighbourhoods, giving millions more people access to this market leading, convenient, safe and environmentally friendly delivery service.”

We are excited to announce Starship’s new CEO, Alastair Westgarth.

Alastair was formerly CEO of Alphabet’s Loon, and has 30 years experience building and running several tech companies. He joins Starship as we focus on scaling our business globally. https://t.co/OQ8a9CeIcI pic.twitter.com/pErdecKAUf
— Starship Technologies (@StarshipRobots) June 1, 2021

“Alastair shares our belief that we are building something that will make the world of delivery better for everyone,” says Janus Friis, Co-founder, Starship.

“Last mile delivery is notoriously costly, inefficient and harms the environment from excessive congestion and pollution.”

“We think Alastair has the right experience and mindset to help Starship continue to grow its position as a leader in reshaping last mile delivery, which will impact the movement of things on a much larger scale.”