Executive Board

The Executive Board develops the FISITA strategy, aligned with the priorities of the international membership community, and to create and deliver activities and engagement to benefit the FISITA membership community.

Established around the rolling two-year governance and operational cadence of FISITA, the Executive Board 2025-2027 is formed of:

Mr. ChangHwan Kim

President

Executive Vice President
Hyundai Motor Company

Republic of Korea

Dr. Matthias Klauda

President Elect 2027-29

Executive Vice President Engineering
Robert Bosch GmbH

Germany

Mr. Mike Anderson

Lifetime President

Vice President, Global Battery & Propulsion Engineering
General Motors

United States of America

Mr. Chris Ciuca

Vice President – Americas

Vice President of Programs & Professional Engagement
SAE International

United States of America

Mr. Harufumi Muto

Vice President – Asia

Executive Director
JSAE – Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

Japan

Mr. Adria Ferrer

Vice President – Europe

Head of Innovation
Applus IDIADA

Spain

Ms. Ouafae El Ganaoui-Mourlan

Vice President – Education

Chair Professor on Sustainable Mobility
IFP Energies Nouvelles

France

Dr. Feng Shen

Vice President – Industry & Technical

Executive Vice President & Chairman of Global Quality Management Committee
NIO

China

Mr. Jose Manuel Barrios

Vice President – Society

Head of Digital Solutions
Applus IDIADA

Spain

Mr. Chris Mason

Chief Executive Officer

CEO
FISITA

United Kingdom

Deputies and Advisors

Prof. Kyoungdoug Min

Deputy Vice President – Asia

Professor and Director of the Institute of Advance Machines and Design

Seoul National University (SNU)

Korea, Republic of

Mr. Luděk Hynčík

Advisor – Education

Director of the New Technologies – Research Centre and the Associate Professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences
University of West Bohemia

Czech Republic

Mr. Daniel E. Nicholson

Advisor – Industry

VP, Global Electrification, Controls, Software and Electronic Hardware

General Motors

United States

Mr. Yves Arbeille

Deputy Vice President – Society

Vice President

SIA – France

France

Mr. Murli M. Iyer

Advisor – Society

Executive Advisor – Global Affairs

SAE International

United States

Mr. Michael Bauer

Deputy Vice President – Strategy

Director, Development Strategy, Systems Engineering and Technology-Management for Powertrain Systems
Robert Bosch

Germany

Dipl. -Ing. Christof Kerkhoff

Advisor – Strategy

Managing Director

VDI – Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V.

Germany

Mr. Xuming Zhang

Deputy Vice President – Technical

Deputy Secretary General

CSAE – China SAE

China