Speaker

Dr. Pierre Masai

VP, CIO & CISO, Toyota Motor Europe

Pierre Masai joined Toyota in 2005 as IT Director in the European Sales Organisation, and oversaw the merge of the various IT organisations of R&D, Manufacturing and Sales across 53 countries into one streamlined truly Pan-European organisation.

He developed and coordinated the Telematics activities of Toyota in Europe from the start in 2008 towards the delivery of the segment first Touch & Go on the Toyota Yaris in 2011 and is now preparing the next generation of Connected Car activities with his Car IT team.

Before Toyota, Pierre Masai was Global CIO of Hays Logistics (based in Paris), Managing Director of Hays Logistics Deutschland (in Düsseldorf) and served in the Volkswagen Group for 17 years, including as CIO of Europcar International in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Europcar UK, Head of Organisation and IS at the joint venture FAW-Volkswagen in Changchun, China, and IT Director and member of the Board of the Volkswagen Brussels factory.

Pierre Masai is a Belgian national, born in 1958 and fluent in eight languages. He holds a PhD from Strasbourg University (2017), followed the Toyota Executive Development Programme in Wharton University in the USA and Toyota Mikkabi University in Japan (2008), holds a postgraduate degree in business studies from the Solvay Business School of Economics and Management (1990) and holds a Master Degree in Computer Science (1982) and a Master Degree in Mathematics (1980) from the Free University of Brussels. He is a frequent speaker at Lean and Telematics events. His hobbies include jogging, golf and playing the piano.