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The next few years will be one of the most transformative times in the auto industry—with Toyota releasing its much-awaited plug-in hybrids and Nissan rolling out innovative electric vehicles. Chinese automakers such as BYD and Chery are following suit by offering their own affordable low-emissions cars to the market. How quickly will energy efficient vehicles spread and replace energy “inefficient” cars in Asia? How will Asian auto makers compete with Western auto makers? And what role will the governments in Asia play in encouraging the transition to energy efficient cars? This panel of auto experts will take a broad look at the auto industry in Asia and new developments in the energy efficient car space. Speakers will offer insights into how energy efficient auto technology can transform the whole auto industry map in Asia and the world.
Speakers
Valerie FeldmannAssociate Principal, McKinsey & CompanyValerie is an Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company’s New York office and a co-leader of the Advanced Industries and the Merger Management Practices. Valerie has extensive cross-border management experience, working with US companies in China and South East Asia and with Asian companies in the US. She has led strategy, merger integration, and large transformation projects for automotive and industrial companies globally. She recently co-presented McKinsey’s report on electric vehicle adoption in megacities across New York City, Paris, and Shanghai. Valerie holds a Ph.D. in Political and Social Science from Free University Berlin, a Master of Science in Business Management (Dipl.-Kffr.), and a Master of Arts in Communications, both from Westfaelische Wilhelms University Muenster. As a Fulbright PhD scholar she was a Visiting Fellow at Columbia Business School.
Ken KachiProduct Planning Manager of Prius, ToyotaKen Kachi is a current first-year student at HBS and was a product planner for Toyota Motor Corporation. He led the team in charge of the global planning of design, spec, price and marketing of Prius-X and various fuel efficient cars in Toyota. Prior to his global planning role, he was involved in the Toyota Turkey turnaround project and also was a member of the Cost Kaizen team. He is a graduate of Kyoto University with a BA in Economics.
Tsuguo NobeGeneral Manager, NISSAN Motor Co. LTD.Tsuguo Nobe is a General Manager of NISSAN Motor Co. LTD. responsible for product and business planning, development, marketing, and systems operation of Japanese Telematics Service, called CARWINGS, and also global expansion of Telematics, since April 2004. Between 2001 and 2004 he was CEO at one of the world's largest online game providers and literally cultivated the market almost from scratch in Japan. Before that, he spent 17 years at NEC Corporation in charge of the global personal computer business and implemented various PC and Internet related solutions to expand application areas. He studied Applied Physics at Waseda University and Business Administration & Information Resource Policy at graduate schools of Harvard (Class of 1990, HBS).
Dennis Yao (Moderator)Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolDennis Yao is Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration and member of the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2004 after having been at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. From 1991-1994 he served as Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission where he and his four colleagues had decision responsibility for antitrust and consumer protection matters in both prosecutorial and judicial roles. Professor Yao has a BSE in civil engineering from Princeton, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD from the Graduate School of Business (economics group) at Stanford. Before beginning his doctoral studies he was a car product planner at Ford Motor Company. He also has served on the National Advertising Review Board.
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