Christine, MBA, started her career with General Motors as Business Planning Manager in 2002. She then held positions including Director of Inbound Logistics and Director of Supply Chain Planning in Europe. In 2011, Christine returned to General Motors North America as Director of Global Purchasing. Prior to General Motors she spent eight and half years at Ford/Visteon. She supports GM’s Corporation Citizen Program and GPSC Affinity Group for Women.

Dennis’ responsibilities include sales planning for Honda and Acura divisions and logistics planning for all Honda and Acura North American and import facilities. In 2006, he was promoted into his current position, after being responsible for dealer relations and communications. He joined Honda in 1984 and has been promoted internally from the position of dealer analyst. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Dayton.

Joerg is responsible for the port processing and transportation for all VW and Audi Vehicles in the U.S. Joining VW in 1999, he held various roles in Europe, as-well as managing the transport department for VW in South Africa. His most recent role prior to his current post in America was managing the air and sea freight department in Wolfsburg, responsible for all international freight movements. Prior to VW he has also worked in Japan, Germany and South Africa in the freight forwarding industry.

Albert is responsible for working with dealer associations worldwide and leads the association’s efforts to understand changes in the global automotive sector, and how those changes will affect dealers in America. Prior to this, he spent 13 years at Ford across domestic and international operations including implementing the carmakers new dealer network in Peru and Chile. He was also appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce as a member of the Advisory Committee for Distribution Services; providing input to the Commerce department on matters related to distribution in the United States and beyond. He was re-appointed in 2010.

After graduating with a degree in Economics, specialising in logistics, Markus spent six years with an international forwarding company, first as Manager of International Division, and then five years with Smart as Supervisor of Outbound Logistics. He has spent the last four years at Daimler, and as of January 2009 in the US with Mercedes-Benz USA in his current role. Markus has undertaken international assignments in the US, Netherlands, Germany and led finished vehicle logistics projects in Europe, Brazil and Japan.

Rebecca is a senior advisor on the global competitive strategy team for IHS Automotive. She specializes in analysis and commentary related to domestic and foreign OEM’s, evaluating current and future products, financial results, and management teams. Additional areas of expertise include new product evaluations and demographic trends affecting the industry.