Mandhir Singh, Vice President – Europe & Africa Automotive Lubricants , Castrol innoVentures, has been confirmed a a speaker in the The Big Picture session at Automotive Megatrends Europe ’13, which takes place on 13 November 2013.
Mandhir joined BP in 1989 after graduating from Leeds University with a PhD in Chemistry. He spent his first seven years in a variety of sales roles before moving to the Centre of BP Group in London, working as a Retail business adviser in Marketing.
In 1997 he moved to Dubai to take on the role of Strategy Manager for the Middle East/Indian sub-continent. In this role he was responsible for defining new business opportunities across the region.
In 2000 Mandhir moved to Singapore to firstly lead the integration of BP and Castrol lubricants across the region and then to be the regional HR director for Asia Pacific. Mandhir took on the role of Strategy and Transformation director for Europe when he moved back to the UK in 2006.
From 2007 to 2010 Mandhir was based in Moscow as the Sales director for CIS, Turkey and Nordics and returned to the UK to lead a global project to define the operating model and ways of working for the BP Lubricants organisation. He was appointed in his present role in May 2011.
Organised by Automotive World, Automotive World Megatrends Europe ’13 is a three-stream, four-session conference. Richard Pearson will be speaking in Stream 3: Connectivity of The Big Picture Session.
Other speakers confirmed to date include:
- John Waraniak, Vice President of Vehicle Technology, Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)
- Mike Tinskey, Director of Global Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure, Ford Motor Company
- John Traynor, Senior Vice President – Products, Bsquare
- Andy Gryc, Senior Automotive Product Marketing Manager, QNX Software Systems
- Richard Wallace (Moderator), Director, Transportation Systems Analysis, Center for Automotive Research
To register for this event, please go to http://megatrendsusa.automotiveworld.com/register/
For further details on this event, please contact the event manager, Laura Knight: laura.knight@automotiveworld.com / +44 (0) 292 070 9318
