Committee Members
Mike STAVROU
VOME Chief Engineer - Asia Pacific Paint
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Tim HAYES
International President
SURCAR
Fengxue MA
Vice President Paint
GEELY
Fucheng YAN
Asia Product Director
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS
Loganathan Chinnasamy
EGM - Regional Lead - GMIO ME Vehicle Systems (Paint)
GENERAL MOTORS
Hermann STOEGMEIER
VP of Technical Planning
BMW BRILLANCE
Tony RUSSELL
Global Head of Paint Automation
ABB
Jieli MA
Head of R&D
ARCELOR MITTAL
Nils LESSMANN
General Manager
BASF SHANGHAI COATINGS
Dr. Nils Lessmann Vice President General Manager of BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd. Dr. Nils Lessmann was born in 1974. He studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Paderborn, Germany, the University of Waterloo in Canada, and earned his doctor degree at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Professional Career 2017 Vice President General Manager of BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China 2015 Global Transfer Manager, Industrial Coatings, BASF Coatings GmbH, Muenster, Germany 2013 Director, Business Management, Coil Coatings EMEA, BASF Coatings GmbH, Muenster, Germany 2009 Head of Technical Center, Automotive Coatings Solutions, BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China 2007 Head of Technical Marketing, Automotive Coatings Solutions, BASF Coatings GmbH, Muenster, Germany 2005 Joined BASF in BASF Coatings GmbH, Muenster, Germany, Research Engineer, Department of Colorimetry,
Junqiang HE
Manufacturing AME Paint - Senior Manager
CHERY JAGUAR LAND ROVER
Tao YU
General Manager
DONGFENG DESIGN INSTITUTE
Ke CHEN
Product and process design department Vice Director
DONGFENG PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILE
Reiner SCHMID
President & CEO
DURR Paintshop Systems Engineering Co., Ltd
David HAN
Automotive Sales Manager
SAMES-KREMLIN
Mark HYDE
Corporate Director Asia Pacific
HENKEL
Jiang HONG
Group Chief Technology Officer
NIPPON PAINT
Zongfa JING
Deputy General Manager
NIPPON PAINT
David CUI
Product Management and Market Development Director, Automotive OEM Coatings Asia-Pacific
PPG
Chun XU
Deputy chief engineer, Body Assembly Manufacture Engineering
SAIC MOTOR
Min DAI
Director - Painting Engineering Division, Assistant to General Manager
SCIVIC (China Automobile Industry Engineering Corporation)
Daryush ARABNIA
President & CEO
TAIKISHA - GEICO
Takashi SUZUKI-san
Project General Manager Paint & Finishing Department
TOYOTA Motor Corporation
Dejan Nestorovic
Director ME Paint APAC
VOLVO CARS
Daniel REN
Manufacturing Engineering Director
QOROS AUTOMOTIVE
Takeshi Goto
Director Engineering
NISSAN MOTOR