IHS Automotive Fall Conference: Opportunities, Obstacles and Technology Trends

Hiromu Kakishita

APAC Sales Director, IHS Automotive

Hiromu Kakishita has more than 30 years' experience in the sales and marketing areas of the global automotive industry. He serves as IHS Automotive APAC (Asia Pacific) Sales Lead, after joining CSM Worldwide in March 2002, where he was responsible for business development in the Asian market. He worked to launch the first operation of CSM Worldwide in Tokyo, Japan and developed business in Japan, Korea and China until IHS acquired CSM Worldwide in March 2010. This quick growth in Asia allowed him to introduce automotive forecasting services to OEMs, auto parts suppliers, material suppliers and the financial sector. Since the CSM acqusition by IHS, Hiromu is able to continue taking the lead for APAC sales in the IHS Automotive domain.

Previously, Hiromu held positions in materials purchasing and sales and marketing in the automotive industry for 24 years, both in in Japan and the United States. He worked closely with major Japanese car manufactures and established a new marketing system that allowed strategic planning and targeting, increasing business opportunities and profitability for the company.

Hiromu holds a law degree from Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto, Japan.

Tim Armstrong

Senior Director, Forecasting, IHS Automotive

Armstrong is Senior Director at IHS Automotive. He is responsible for global automotive forecasting capabilities covering; light vehicle sales and production,  powertrain , components, and heavy trucks. In addition he oversees the near real-time news and analysis provided  by the World Markets automotive team. He has nearly twenty years experience in forecasting, specializing in analysis of emerging markets. Since joining DRI  in 1996 he has headed automotive  forecasting research on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle East and Africa. From 1989 to 1996  he was a senior commodities analyst for Commodities Research Unit in London.

Educated in Australia, Tim has a Master of Economics from the University of Western Australia and Bachelor's degrees in economics and finance from Murdoch University and Curtin University. Languages include English and French.

Rajiv Biswas

Chief Economist – Asia-Pacific, IHS

Biswas is Senior Director and Asia Chief Economist at IHS. He is responsible for coordination of economic analyses and forecasts for the Asia-Pacific region, contribution to the IHS global forecast, client support, business development and media interaction. He has extensive experience in economic analysis in the Asia-Pacific region and has published widely on a range of economic, trade, and investment-related topics. Biswas is a graduate of the London School of Economics with a B.Sc.Econ.Hons. in Economics, and received his M.Sc. and D.I.C. from the Imperial College at London University.

Charles Chesbrough

Sr. Principal Economist, IHS Automotive

Charles Chesbrough, Senior Economist, is responsible for developing and integrating macro-sales forecast scenarios and models into IHS Automotive worldwide global forecasts. Prior to joining IHS Automotive, Mr. Chesbrough was a Senior Consultant in Ford Motor Company's North American Marketing Strategy Group. In addition, Mr. Chesbrough is an expert in market research and econometric analysis through many years as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Chesbrough was a Ph.D. student in economics at Michigan State University, holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a B.A. in economics from Michigan State University.

Yoshiaki Kawano

Japan and Korea Vehicle Sales Forecasts, IHS Automotive

Masatoshi Nishimoto

Manager, Japan and Korea Vehicle Forecast, IHS Automotive

Masatoshi Nishimoto is the Manager of Japan and Korea Vehicle Production Forecasting for IHS Automotive. His expertise includes forecast and analysis of vehicle production outlook and production strategy by OEMs. He joined CSM Worldwide in December 2008. Prior to that, he worked in the procurement, sales and planning areas of the autmotive steel industry for 10 years.

Nishimoto holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Yamaguchi University.

Masaki Taketani

Director, Strategic Analysis, IHS Automotive

Andrew Fulbrook

Senior Manager, Global Powertrain Forecasts, IHS Automotive

Andrew Fulbrook is responsible for the management of the IHS Automotive global powertrain team and forecasts, future global product program intelligence and market analysis, future technologies and trends assessments, as well as qualitative consulting activities surrounding powertrain electrification.

Prior to joining IHS Automotive, Fulbrook worked extensively in the area of European Powertrain and component research, providing information to the automotive industry on trends and analysis. He is widely quoted in European automotive publications and has written multiple editorial contributions. Fulbrook holds a Higher National Diploma with Merit in Mechatronics including Higher Mathematics, as well as a National Diploma in Engineering Science, both from Brooklands Engineering faculty, Surrey, England.

Toru Hatano

Principal Analyst, Japan/Korea Powertrain Forecasts, IHS Automotive

Toru Hatano joined CSM over five years ago and has served as Principal Analyst for the Japan and Korea powertrain forecasts since the CSM acquisition by IHS. He has over nine years' experience working with Japanese OEMs as an engine development engineer.

Hatano holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University, formally Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology.

Atsushi Ishii

Senior Manager, Japan/Korea Powertrain Forecasts, IHS Automotive

Peter Huang

Associate Director, Greater China Powertrain Forecast, IHS Automotive