Henner Lehne

, Director, Global Vehicle Sales Forecasts

Henner Lehne, Director of IHS Automotive Light Vehicle Forecasting group, is responsible for managing the Light Vehicle Sales and Production Forecast service globally and leading an experienced analyst team in each of the key automotive regions around the world.

Mr. Lehne’s expertise covers the key areas of the global automotive industry with special focus on Corporate Strategy, R&D, Manufacturing, Product Planning and Marketing and Sales. He maintains large teams onsite in the hot spots of the global automotive industry, enabling him to head the leading forecasting service in the automotive arena.

In early 2005, Mr. Lehne joined CSM Worldwide GmbH in Germany as a market Analyst, forecasting light vehicle sales in Europe. In 2007 he was promoted to become the Manager of European Advisory Services. During his advisory time, he acquired and managed European centric consulting projects for CSM and was then appointed to be the global director for the light vehicle sales forecast service. After the merger of CSM and Global Insight into IHS Automotive in March 2010, Mr. Lehne maintained his position coordinating the joint product teams and joint services for this new entity and now also manages the global Light Vehicle Production team. Prior to joining CSM Worldwide, Mr. Lehne worked in the central marketing department at Porsche AG in Stuttgart, Germany.

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