Join us for a CEIBS Executive Forum on March 20, 2025, with Mr. Laurent Favre, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of OPmobility, who will give a keynote speech on the theme of “Chinese Automotive Industry: Opportunities and Challenges in Going Overseas”.

About this event

Present in China since 2001, French company OPmobility is one of the world’s major global automotive suppliers, and has been part of the remarkable development of the Chinese automotive market. China is now the world’s largest automotive market, and around 70% of cars purchased in the country are domestic brands Many of these homegrown success stories now  plan to expand abroad; to do this, however, they must persuade new consumers and learn how to work in different environments. All the while, their competitors are also changing, and global trade rules are being rewritten.

At this event Mr. Laurent Favre, CEO of OPmobility, will share his vision of the opportunities and the challenges that Chinese automotive brands face in going overseas. He will also offer insights into the deep transformations underway in the global automotive industry, how the western automotive industry is learning from Chinese players, and what the future of mobility might look like.

Our speakers

Mr. Laurent Favre
CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, OPmobility

Laurent Favre is CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of OPmobility (formerly known as PlasticOmnium).

Mr. Favre has spent most of his career with international automotive suppliers. During this time, he has had the opportunity to develop a strong sense of innovation and to gain experience in leading multicultural teams. He has also held managerial positions at numerous leading German automotive suppliers, including ThyssenKrupp (steering systems), ZF (transmissions and steering columns), and Benteler (structural parts), where he headed the automotive division with customers including BMW and Daimler. From 2018 to 2019, he served as CEO of the Transformers division at ABB.

Since Mr. Favre joined OPmobility as CEO in 2019, OPmobility has made major strategic shifts which have led to a profound transformation of the business, including the development of new initiatives such as hydrogen power, electrification, lighting, and software through in-house development and acquisitions. The objective in doing so is to tackle the challenges faced by mobility in providing innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience.

An engineer by training, Mr. Favre is a graduate of the French Engineering School ESTACA, specialising in aeronautics and automotives.

Prof. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Distinguished Professor,
Charles de Gaulle Chair in Global Leadership, CEIBS

Prof. Jean-Pierre Raffarin is Distinguished Professor and Charles de Gaulle Chair in Global Leadership at CEIBS. He previously served as Prime Minister of France (2002 to 2005) and Vice President of the French Senate (2011 to 2014). A long-time statesman, he has also held prominent positions as President of the Region Poitou-Charentes, Member of the European Parliament, and French Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Craft. In these roles, he led reforms in various areas such as pensions, decentralisation and health insurance.

In 2009, French President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Prof. Raffarin President of the Republic’s Personal Representative for Francophony. Active on the international stage, he has made several visits to China; he is also Chairman of the annual French Chinese seminar of the Comité France Chine and of the Fondation pour la Prospective et l’Innovation. In early 2018 he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron as Special Representative of the French Government for China.

Prof. Raffarin is Grand Officier de la Légion d’honneur and Grand-Croix de l’ordre national du Mérite. He is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP).

Event details

Date & Time: March 20, 2025 @ 18:00-20:00
Venue: Duan Yongping Academic Centre 103, CEIBS Shanghai Campus,699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Language: English (With Chinese Interpretation)
Event Format: Offline

Agenda:
18:00-18:05   Welcome Address by CEIBS Vice President and Dean Frank Bournois
18:05-18:15   Opening Remarks by Prof. Jean-Pierre Raffarin
18:15-19:00   Keynote Speech by Mr. Laurent Favre
19:00-19:30   Q&A
19:30-20:00   Networking

Contact/Registration: To register, click the link below, or contact Mr. Lawrence Xue at execforum@ceibs.edu or +86-21-28905581 for more information.

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