Plenary Speakers 2021
Dr. Zhan Wenfeng
Engine Development Department Manager, GAC R&D CENTER, Guangzhou, China
Doc. Zhan has been working in the fields of simulation, design and engine integration for the development of GAC Trumpchi engine since 2009. He developed GAC‘s first-generation 2.0DCVVT and the second-generation 1.3T, 1.5T and 2.0T turbocharged engines with totally market sales of nearly 2 million. The GAC’s third-generation turbocharged GDI engines have a maximum thermal efficiency higher than 40% and the latest fourthgeneration engine 2.0ATK achieve the maximum thermal efficiency of 42.1%.
Doc. Zhan has been working in the fields of simulation, design and engine integration for the development of GAC Trumpchi engine since 2009. He developed GAC‘s first-generation 2.0DCVVT and the second-generation 1.3T, 1.5T and 2.0T turbocharged engines with totally market sales of nearly 2 million. The GAC’s third-generation turbocharged GDI engines have a maximum thermal efficiency higher than 40% and the latest fourthgeneration engine 2.0ATK achieve the maximum thermal efficiency of 42.1%.
Michael Hofmann
Executive Vice President of Audi China R&D & Member of the AUDI China Board of Management, Beijing, China
Michael Hofmann was born in 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany. He graduated from Technical College Stuttgart in 1993 with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He began his career that same year at GETRAG as a manufacturing planner. He rose quickly through a number of positions related to purchasing, sales & marketing, manufacturing planning, and program management. After returning to Germany from a two year posting in Italy and working four years at a FORD Motor Company JV in Cologne, he was named Vice President Purchasing & Supplier Quality Assurance, Vice President Global Commodity Purchasing & Engineering Cost Reduction Program, between 2005 and 2014. He became Vice President of Global Purchasing in 2014 and remained in this position after GETRAG became Magna PT. In 2015, he received his diploma in integrated management and his Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. In 2019, he joined AUDI AG as Head of its Hydrogen Technology Center and the Group‘s Fuel Cell Office, based in Neckarsulm, near Stuttgart. Mr. Hofmann was made head of Audi China R&D in November 2020. Beginning 2021, under Mr. Hofmann’s leadership, Audi China R&D will also assume a strategic, steering role with respect to the R&D setup of the Audi FAW New Energy Vehicle Company.
Michael Hofmann was born in 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany. He graduated from Technical College Stuttgart in 1993 with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He began his career that same year at GETRAG as a manufacturing planner. He rose quickly through a number of positions related to purchasing, sales & marketing, manufacturing planning, and program management. After returning to Germany from a two year posting in Italy and working four years at a FORD Motor Company JV in Cologne, he was named Vice President Purchasing & Supplier Quality Assurance, Vice President Global Commodity Purchasing & Engineering Cost Reduction Program, between 2005 and 2014. He became Vice President of Global Purchasing in 2014 and remained in this position after GETRAG became Magna PT. In 2015, he received his diploma in integrated management and his Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. In 2019, he joined AUDI AG as Head of its Hydrogen Technology Center and the Group‘s Fuel Cell Office, based in Neckarsulm, near Stuttgart. Mr. Hofmann was made head of Audi China R&D in November 2020. Beginning 2021, under Mr. Hofmann’s leadership, Audi China R&D will also assume a strategic, steering role with respect to the R&D setup of the Audi FAW New Energy Vehicle Company.
Johannes Dehn
Senior Vice President Engineering,
Bosch Powertrain Systems Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China
Mr. Johannes Dehn studied Aeronautics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, before starting his career at Bosch in 1999 as System Engineer at Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart. In 2004, Mr. Dehn joined the Engine and vehicle test lab at Bosch Powertrain Systems Co. at Wuxi, China as Section Manager, before moving back to Germany in 2009, where he worked as Senior Expert combustion systems engineering in the Engine and vehicle test area of Bosch Engineering GmbH. After two years, Mr. Dehn returned to Bosch Powertrain Systems Co. to become Senior Vice President Engineering. From 2018 – 2021, he fulfilled the role as Senior Vice President Engineering at Business Unit Powertrain Solutions Robert Bosch GmbH. Since August this year, Mr. Dehn rejoined Bosch Powertrain Systems as Senior Vice President.
Bosch Powertrain Systems Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China
Mr. Johannes Dehn studied Aeronautics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, before starting his career at Bosch in 1999 as System Engineer at Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart. In 2004, Mr. Dehn joined the Engine and vehicle test lab at Bosch Powertrain Systems Co. at Wuxi, China as Section Manager, before moving back to Germany in 2009, where he worked as Senior Expert combustion systems engineering in the Engine and vehicle test area of Bosch Engineering GmbH. After two years, Mr. Dehn returned to Bosch Powertrain Systems Co. to become Senior Vice President Engineering. From 2018 – 2021, he fulfilled the role as Senior Vice President Engineering at Business Unit Powertrain Solutions Robert Bosch GmbH. Since August this year, Mr. Dehn rejoined Bosch Powertrain Systems as Senior Vice President.