
Prof. Dr Ferit Küçükay
Chairman
Director, Center for Automotive Engineering
Innovationsgesellschaft Technische Universität Braunschweig mbH

Prof. Dr Malte Jaensch
incoming Chairman
Chair of Sustainable Mobile Drivetrains
TUM School of Engineering and Design

Dirk Adamczyk
Senior Vice President Engineering Services & Solutions
ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Dr Norbert Alt
COO & Executive Vice President
FEV Group GmbH

Georg Bednarek
Vehicle Engineering
Director Regulations & Certification
Stellantis

Dr Sven Beiker
Founder and Managing Director, Silicon Valley Mobility; Lecturer in Management,
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dr Carsten Bünder
Director Global Product Management,
Magna Powertrain Transmission Systems

Dr Ulrich Burr
Senior Vice President – Testing, New Technologies and Development,
J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG

Dr Klaus Denkmayr
Director Research and Development Projects
AVL Commercial Driveline and Tractor Engineering GmbH

Prof. Dr Robert Fischer
Chief Technology Officer
Engineering
AVL List GmbH

Stefan Fuchss
Chief Engineer Electric Drive Units, Transmission and Driveline,
Jaguar Land Rover

Christian Gueter
Head of Transmission Powertrain Development
BMW Group

Philippe Hamon
Valeo Powertrain Electrified Mobility R&D and Product Marketing Director
Valeo eAutomotive, Germany

Prof. Dr Arno Kwade
Director, Institute for Particle Technology,
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Jimmy Larsson
Engineering Director, Head of Propulsion Development
Scania CV AB

Dr Thilo Leineweber
Head of Development,
Robert Bosch GmbH

Prof. Dr Markus Lienkamp
Director, Institute of Automotive Technology
Technical University of Munich

Prof. Jan Gang LU
Professor, PhD Director, Beijing Institute of Technology;
CTO, Sanhua Automotive USA

Dr Holger Manz
Head of Energy Management and High Voltage Systems
Electric / Electronic Development
Volkswagen AG

Prof. Dr Axel Mertens
Director of the Institute, Power Electronics and Drive Control Department,
Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Prof. Dr Anke Müller
Professor, Manufacturing Methods in Mechanical Engineering
Hof University

Torsten Murr
Global Technology Manager Transmission Fluids,
Shell Global Solutions (Deutschland) GmbH

Dr Prabjot Nanua
Director, Global Engine & Transmission Advanced Engineering
General Motors

Konstantin Neiß
Director R&D Transmissions & eDrives
Daimler AG

Tatsuya Osone
Vice President Advanced Technology Development and CTO,
JATCO Co. Ltd

Sascha Ott
Managing Director Institute of Product Engineering and Managing Director
KIT Center Mobility Systems,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Prof. Dr Bernd Ponick
Director of the Institute, Electrical Machines and Drive Systems Department,
Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Stephan Rebhan
Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation
Vitesco Technologies

Prof. Dr Stephan Rinderknecht
Director, Institute for Mechatronical Systems in Mechanical Engineering,
Technische Universität Darmstadt

Gianpiero Saroglia
Technical Director Transmission Engineering,
Stellantis N. V.

Michael Schäfer
Head of Transmission Development,
Volkswagen AG

Raf Schuermans
Technical Senior Manager – Advanced Powertrain
Toyota Motor Europe

Takashi Shibayama
Research Associate,
Tokyo Denki University

Udo Sommerhalter
Director & Customer Chief Engineer,
Valeo Powertrain

Gunnar Stein
VP of European Commercial, Strategy and Execution, Business Unit Commercial Vehicle
DANA Inc.

Prof. Dr Peter Tenberge
Director, Institute for Industrial and Automotive Drivetrains,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Dr. Franz Völkel
Senior VP R&D, Business Division Bearings
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG

Dr Götz von Esebeck
Vice President, Technical Officer Electromobility, R&D,
TRATON AG

Prof. Dr Burghard Voss
Chair of Automotive Engineering and Drives
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg

Dr Michael Wagner
Vice President Global Engineering and Product Management
BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems
BorgWarner Drivetrain Engineering GmbH

Carsten Weber
Manager, Engine & Powertrain Systems
Research & Advanced Engineering,
Ford Motor Company

Dr Michael Winkler
General Manager, Head of Powertrain,
Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH

Prof. Dr Xiangyang Xu
Executive Deputy Director of National Engineering Research Center for Passenger Car Automatic Transmissions,
School of Transportation Science & Engineering, Beihang University

Hiroyuki Yada
President
JATCO France SAS

Prof. Dr Tong Zhang
Director, National Fuel Cell Vehicle and Powertrain System Engineering Center
Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center,
Tongji University
Honorary members:

Wolfgang Eng
Automotive Consulting

Dr Hartmut Faust
Head of R&D Competence
Schaeffler Automotive Buehl GmbH & Co. KG.

Berthold Martin
Retired Senior Manager
Advanced Transmission Engineering,
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC

Dr Wolfgang Reik
Automotive Consulting