Deputy Minister
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
President and CEO
AVTOVAZ Group
General Director
VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus
President
GAZ Group
General Director
PCMA Rus
Marketing & Advertising Director
KAMAZ
Director, Autocomponents Division
GAZ Group
Export Sales Director
UAZ
Group Sourcing Director - Member of Extended Board
Bosal
VP Purchasing
Ford Sollers
Head of Purchasing Department
PCMA Rus
Purchasing Director
DAIMLER KAMAZ RUS
Director for Strategic Development, Director of Light Commercial and Passenger Vehicles Division
GAZ Group
Legal Director, Head of Foreign Trade Regulation
PhD in Law, DLA Piper
Manager CEE - European LVS Forecasts
IHS Global GmbH
Deputy Chief Design Engineer on Components
KAMAZ
General Director in the area of production, wholesales, marketing and aftersales service of vans
Mercedes-Benz Russia
General Director
Grupo Antolin San Petersburgo
General Director
Russian Automotive Market Research
General Director
Megaplast
Science and Development Director
Polyplastic
Purchasing Director
Russia Magna Automotive Rus
General Director
BelMag
General Director
Industry Project Management Centre
Managing Partner
AZ ENTERPRISE
Vice President
AGC Automotive Europe OEM
Partner Export Development and Localization
JSC AUTOSTAT
Chief Commercial Officer
Pirelli Tyre Russia
Director Sales „Industrial & Commercial Transportation“
TE Connectivity
Director General
Machine-building Association Cluster of Automotive Industry of Samara Region
Head of Sales and Marketing
Smartrac Technology
Partner, Tax and Legal
KPMG in Russia and CIS
Senior Manager, Tax and Legal
KPMG in Russia and CIS
Chief Executive Officer
Alcomotive
Partner, Global Strategy Group, Head of Strategy and Operations, Russia and the CIS
KPMG in Russia and CIS
Customer Value Director, T&M Industry
Dassault Systèmes
Representative Automotive Industry Sector
Director of Supply Chain Optimisation & Logistics Engineering
Lorus SCM
Project Manager
SSC ALABUGA
General Director
Visteon Avtopribor Electronics
General Director
Nemak Rus
Deputy Director
Industrial Development Fund
delegates from 20 countries
One-to-one meetings with purchasing directors of OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers
executive level industry speakers
Top executives of major OEMs operating in Russia have shared their views on what is the best way forward for the Russian automotive industry, and provided insights on the strategic plans of their companies.
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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As part of RAF, once again we hosted the Russian Automotive Forum Awards!
Congratulations to 2017 winners!
View the RAF Awards winners 2017 >>
Old friends, new business contacts, great entertainment and a fantastic atmosphere – all of it in evidence at the celebratory RAF 2017 Gala Dinner.
Achieving competitiveness through optimisation and innovation
Suppliers’ strategies
Session on different components groups: engine parts, body parts, plastic parts
