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The automotive industry’s dramatic transformation to self-driving cars and “mobility solutions” has demanded an equally sweeping change in the industry’s leadership profile. Today’s auto executive must facilitate the messy process of innovation and partnerships while meeting production deadlines and cost targets, bringing together a century’s worth of knowledge and commitment with a fast-moving digital culture that has little respect for tradition.

Egon Zehnder’s Mobility & Automotive Practice is proud to have helped many of the world’s leading automotive companies on this path. We draw on our own extensive automotive industry experience and the resources of our colleagues in the Automotive, Digital, Consumer, and Functional practices to help startups as well as OEMs, Tier 1, and Tier 2 suppliers establish the right organizational structure, set up new organizational competencies, and develop a pipeline of current and future leaders who can bridge the old and the new. The depth and reach of our global team, located in 36 countries, means that we can partner with you to develop leadership solutions anywhere in the world — from a CFO search in Munich to electing a new board member in Detroit or China. 


Mobility & Automotive Consultants

Ian Bolin

Ian Bolin

Atlanta, Detroit

Global Lead

Ian Bolin, based in Atlanta and Detroit, leads Egon Zehnder’s Global Automotive and Mobility Practice. Read more

Victor Chan

Victor Chan

Hong Kong, Shanghai

Victor Chan, based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, is active in Egon Zehnder’s Industrial and Public Services practices. He co-leads the Chemicals and… Read more

Ran Wu

Ran Wu

Shanghai Office Leader, Beijing Office Leader

Local Lead

Ran Wu is Managing Partner of Egon Zehnder’s mainland China offices and serves as the Joint Head of Egon Zehnder in China. Read more

Yan Lu

Yan Lu

Shanghai, Beijing

Yan Lu is Partner of Egon Zehnder and leader of China Industrial Practice. She brings deep expertise in the industrial and other sectors when serving… Read more

Eugene Kim

Eugene Kim

Seoul Office Leader

Eugene Kim is the leader of Egon Zehnder’s Seoul office. He has spent his career advising some of the largest Korean conglomerates and world-leading… Read more

Elaine Yew

Elaine Yew

Singapore

Elaine Yew is a Senior Partner in Egon Zehnder and the Global Co-Head for our Family Business and Family Office Practice. Read more

Julian Ho

Julian Ho

Singapore

Julian Ho, has deep expertise in leadership advisory across the energy, chemicals, engineering, and manufacturing sectors. Read more

Peak Hong Tan

Peak Hong Tan

Singapore

Based in Singapore, Peak Tan works with industrial clients on their Asia Pacific leadership transformation. Read more

Toru Suzuki

Toru Suzuki

Tokyo

Local Lead

Based in Tokyo, Toru Suzuki is active in Egon Zehnder’s Industrial Practice, supporting clients with his deep expertise in automotive, transportation… Read more

Shingo Ito

Shingo Ito

Tokyo

Shingo Ito, based in Tokyo, is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice. His specialties are CEO and senior executive… Read more

Norihisa Nakamura

Norihisa Nakamura

Tokyo

Norihisa Nakamura is active in Egon Zehnder’s Technology & Communications, Health, and Industrial practices. Based in Tokyo… Read more

Jiro Saruwatari

Jiro Saruwatari

Tokyo

Jiro Saruwatari leads Egon Zehnder’s Automotive segment in Asia. Based in Tokyo, he provides board consulting, management appraisal… Read more

Yasushi Maruyama

Yasushi Maruyama

Tokyo

Based in Tokyo, Yasushi Maruyama provides a full range of services, including executive and board search, leadership consulting, management appraisal… Read more

Shinji Ioka

Shinji Ioka

Tokyo

Based in Tokyo, Shinji Ioka is active in Egon Zehnder’s Industrial Practice and Technology Practice. He is especially active in the automotive… Read more

Koshiro Miyake

Koshiro Miyake

Tokyo

Based in Tokyo, Koshiro Miyake, is at home in Egon Zehnder’s Industrial Practice. A trusted advisor to clients… Read more

Kumar Sasank

Kumar Sasank

New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai

Sasank Kumar based in New Delhi, advises clients on talent strategy, CEO succession, and talent retention. Sasank is also active in the Services… Read more


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It is an exhilarating time to be in the automobile business, but it also is a time of ambiguity and uncertainty. That’s why CES… Read more

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