Russian Automotive Forum
The premier international gathering for the Russian automotive industry
13 - 14 March 2018
As part of RAF, once again we hosted the Russian Automotive Forum Awards!
Congratulations to 2018 winners!
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President and CEO
AVTOVAZ Group*
President
GAZ Group
General Director
VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus
President and CEO
Ford Sollers Holding
General Director
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus
General Director
Avtotor Holding
Managing Director
Renault Russia
Chairman
Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters' Association
Purchasing director
Volkswagen Group Rus
Purchasing Vice President
Ford Sollers Holding
Purchasing Director
GAZ Group
Head of Purchasing Department
PCMA Rus*
General Director
Grupo Antolin San Petersburgo
General Director
Megaplast
Alliance Localization Director
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION
Head of Purchasing
Magna Automotive Rus
General Manager
AutoForm Netherlands b.v.
Director for Strategic Development, Director of Light Commercial and Passenger Vehicles Division
GAZ Group
Legal Director, Head of Foreign Trade Regulation
DLA Piper
Commodity Director
Ford Sollers Holding
Strategy Manager
Ford Sollers Holding
Director of External Relations
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus
Head of Vendor development
CUMMINS KAMA
Procurement Director
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus
Vice-president, Director of Development of New Projects
Avtotor Holding
Localization & Supplier Development Manager
Faurecia Russia Division
Purchasing Manager Accessories and Spare Parts
PEUGEOT CITROËN RUS
Head of Purchasing Department
PEUGEOT CITROËN RUS
Head of Sales Marketing
SMARTRAC
Deputy Director General for Business Development
LLK-International
Regional Commodity manager
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION*
RSAM Aftersales
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION
Regional Supplier Performance Manager, Tooling&Equipment
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION
Regional Commodity manager, Powertrain
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION*
Regional Supplier Account Manager
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION
General Director
Russian Automotive Market Research
General Director
CarPrice
Director BU PMC
Bilfinger Tebodin
Senior Advisor Marketing and Sales
AP&T
Director General
POLYPLASTIC
Director of business development and export
Renault Russia
General Director
Omnicomm
General Director
Coşkunöz Alabuga
Managing Partner
AZ ENTERPRISE
Business developer
AV R&D
Vice President “Advanced Simulation Technologies”
AVL List GmbH
Sales Director - Global KAM VW Group,Russia, Iran
Sika Automotive
Manager CEE - European LVS Forecasts
IHS Global GmbH
Regional Supplier Performance Manager, Chassis
AVTOVAZ RENAULT NISSAN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION
Senior Manager with IRM Department in Russia and the CIS
KPMG Russia and CIS
VP Sales & Consulting, Transportation & Mobility Industry
Dassault Systèmes
Assistant Of Board Management
Fori Group
Director with Tax & Legal Department in Russia and the CIS
KPMG Russia and CIS
Export Sales Director
UAZ
Director of Strategic Analysis
Sollers
Deputy Director
Industrial Development Fund
Head of Automotive Industry Export
Russian Export Center
Director General
Cluster of Automotive Industry of Samara Region
Within the Forum’s framework, AVTOVAZ and Yandex concluded a Memorandum of Intent and will jointly develop multimedia systems of a new generation, including information, entertainment and navigation services.
Leading industry experts from Russian Automotive Market Research, Autostat, IHS Markit and KAMAZ gave an overview of development of Russian automotive industry and forecast for 2017-2018.
This session was a continuation of the discussion that started at RAF 2016. This year we looked at the practical aspects of organising export and what progress has been made by the industry in general, and some companies in particular. The case studies presented by our speakers were of great value to the audience.
The session covered purchasing strategies and suppliers’ selection criteria from Denis Chirkov- Alliance Localization Director of Avtovaz Renault Nissan Purchasing Organization, Rob Harrison- VP Purchasing of Ford Sollers,Alexander Smolyankin- Head of Purchasing Department of PCMA Rus, Robert Snijder- Group Sourcing Director - Member of Extended Board of Bosal, Anna Tatarenko- Purchasing Director of Russia Magna Automotive Rus and Alexey Zelenskiy- Head of Procurement Production Material of DAIMLER KAMAZ RUS.
with purchasing directors from OEMs & Tier 1 suppliers from ARNPO, PCMA Rus, Peugeot Citroen Rus, Ford Sollers, DAIMLER KAMAZ RUS, Nemak Rus, Bosal, Russia Magna Automotive Rus, GAZ Group and Visteon Avtopribor Electronics, were the most popular networking format and unique to our event. RAF prides itself on delivering 300+ meetings which yield new contacts, business partnerships and contracts.
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Old friends, new business contacts, great entertainment and a fantastic atmosphere – all of it in evidence at the celebratory RAF 2017 Gala Dinner.
