FISITA, the international membership organisation for the automotive and mobility systems engineering profession, today honoured over twenty technologists at the first FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership awards.
The 2019 recipients were acknowledged and recognised at the FISITA World Mobility Summit celebratory dinner in Nagoya, Japan this evening. The FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership, which launches with Automotive News as Official Media Partner, is a unique status established within the automotive and mobility systems engineering community. Recipients are recognised as leading technologists who have made a significant commitment and contribution within the industry – the full 2019 list is released today:
- Mr. Gaspar Gascon Abellan
Groupe Renault - Prof. Yasuhiro Daisho
Waseda University - Dr. Volkmar Denner
Robert Bosch GmbH - Ms. Pamela Fletcher
General Motors - Dr. Pawan Goenka
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. - Prof. Klaus Kompass
BMW Group - Ms. Nadine Leclair
Groupe Renault - Dr. Jun Li
Tsinghua University - Prof. Helmut List
AVL List GmbH - Mr. Paul Mascarenas OBE
Fontalis Partners - Mr. Toshihiro Mibe
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Mr. Daniel E. Nicholson
General Motors - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Pischinger
FEV Group - Mr. Hideyuki Sakamoto
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Mr. T. Russel Shields
Ygomi LLC - Mr. Shikegi Terashi
Toyota Motor Corporation - Dr. Wolfgang Warnecke
Shell - Dr. Ken Washington
Ford Motor Company - Dr. Woong-chul Yang
Hyundai Motor Group - Mr. Fu Yuwu
China SAE - Mr. Huarong Zhu
Changan Automobile - Prof. Fuquan Zhao
Tsinghua University
Chris Mason, FISITA CEO, said: “Many congratulations to this outstanding group of international mobility technologists who have become inaugural members of the FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership. We are delighted to have awarded this prestigious status and unique recognition for the first time during our technical leadership Summit in Japan.”
A collection of 2019 recipient quotes:
Mr. Toshihiro Mibe, Managing Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd:
“I would like to share this pleasure with all of our employees around the world – this honour should be a great motivation for Honda to continue contributing to worldwide mobility. Honda will continue to work with FISITA as a great partner.”
Dr. Pawan Goenka, Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd:
“I’m greatly honoured and humbled to be named in the inaugural FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership – my heartfelt gratitude to FISITA and my industry colleagues for this technical leadership award. I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the collective zeal and effort of my colleagues over the past 29 years who have contributed to what our company and what I as an individual have achieved.”
Recipients of the FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership were unveiled at the Summit in Nagoya, Japan on 5 November – for more information about the Academy and its recipients see:
www.fisita.com/academy
SOURCE: FISITA