AUDIO PODCASTS (MP3 files) - From the October 15 Private Equity Program Panel Discussion:
Changing Gears: Shifting the Global Auto Industry from "Push" to "Pull"
PANEL 1:
"The Long Road: Lessons Learned from the Auto Industry's Serial Restructuring"
Wendy Fields-Jacobs, Top Administrative Assistant to Vice President Bob King, UAW
Al Koch, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, AlixPartners LLP and CEO, Motors Liquidation Company, the “old” General Motors
Thomas F. McLarty III, Chairman, McLarty Companies
Durc Savini, Managing Director, Miller Buckfire
Moderated by: Paul Ingrassia, Author and Journalist
ACADEMIC PRESENTATION:
"The Future Automotive System: The World That Changed The Machine"
Prof. Daniel Roos, Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT
For a copy of Prof. Roos' Powerpoint presentation, please click here.)
PANEL 2:
"Under the Hood: Creating a New Auto Industry Business Model"
Corinne Ball, Partner, Jones Day
Steve Girsky, President, SJ Girsky and Co.
Tim Leuliette, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, DURA Automotive Systems, Inc.
Stephen Toy, Managing Director, WL Ross & Co. LLC
Moderated by: Peter Brown, Vice President/Associate Publisher, Automotive News Group
For a file containing the second panel’s speakers’ summary, please click here.
For a full description of the speakers' backgrounds, please click here.