Guillaume GERONDEAU is Vice President at Dassault Systèmes, Transportation and Mobility Industry Asia. He is an expert in automotive, digital business transformation, and smart mobility.
Prior to joining Dassault Systèmes in 2015, he had a 30 years long career in the automotive industry as Senior International Innovation, Product, Marketing, Sales Executive, and Strategy Consultant.
Guillaume has experience as an executive in almost all the areas of the value chain in the automobile industry. He was head of global product strategy and product planning at Nissan. He was also heading global brand strategy and product marketing for Toyota after having been in charge of European product planning and marketing. At Renault, he managed a long-term research budget, led the innovation process and the reorganization of the R&D resource management, and was managing director of the Austrian subsidiary.
He also served as senior advisor of Booz Allen and Hamilton (now Strategy &) specialized in the automotive sector.
Martin KNOSS took over as Regional President for Bosch Powertrain Solutions in January 2016, and holds overall responsibility for engineering, manufacturing, and sales for the division in Southeast Asia. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Martin leads manufacturing activities in Bosch’s factory for engine management systems located in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
In his capacity, Martin represents the business interests of Bosch Powertrain Solutions in exploring future growth opportunities in the region.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Martin has spanned a 30-year career with Bosch in the company’s Mobility Solutions business sector. Prior to his current role, he held sales responsibilities for Bosch in the UK, and international postings in South Korea, and China.
KNOSS holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart in Germany.
Oliver REDRUP is an Associate Partner based in the Singapore Infrastructure Advisory team working across the ASEAN region to advise government and private sector clients on the development, financing, procurement and delivery of complex, large-scale infrastructure projects and programmes.
A proven leader of complex engagements with extensive experience of delivering major infrastructure and urban investment projects and programmes, Oliver has over 17 years of experience across all infrastructure sectors, has worked extensively throughout ASEAN and the UK and provided expertise to clients in APAC, the Middle East and the USA. He has been based in Singapore for 12 years.
Oliver was part of the ENGIE/CDG JV team who bid for and won three of the five tender regions for EV chargers that was tendered by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore in 2021. The 3 contracts cover 200 public carparks Islandwide and a total of 479 chargers, making ENGIE/CDG the largest operator of chargers installed on government property in Singapore.
Prem is an Investment Director at PTT Corporate Venture Capital. He has led many investments and oversaw various business developments for PTT in SEA. Prem’s primary focus is on new energy and advanced mobility. He also serves as a member on various boards, as well as takes seat as a board server for many funds and start-ups.
Dr. Narun SUWANCHOTCHOUNG is the General Manager, External Affairs Department of Toyota Motor Thailand. He is currently responsible for developing corporate strategic policies and comprehensive advocacy strategies. In his past 18 years at Toyota, he was the GM of Technical Research, DGM of Regional Product Planning, and Powertrain Engineering Manager.
Dr. Narun's passion has always been about cars, and has chased his dreams to be an automobile designer from the alternative fuels of yesterday to the electrified vehicles today. His ultimate goal is to transform the Thailand automotive industry to the new era of electrification.