WELCOME TO THE
KEYPLAYER X CHANGE
AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP FORUM 2026

The automotive industry is undergoing profound change: volatile markets, rising cost pressure, new business models, regulatory requirements and technological disruption are confronting companies with unprecedented challenges – particularly in Operations and Finance.

KEYPLAYER Interim Management and FTI-Andersch are delighted to invite you to the exclusive Automotive Leadership Forum 2026. This event is specifically designed for C-level executives who are responsible for operational performance, financial steering and sustainable value creation.

Together with selected experts, decision-makers and practitioners, we will discuss how companies can make their operations more efficient, strengthen financial resilience and safeguard strategic capability to act – today and in the future.

As hosts, KEYPLAYER and FTI-Andersch bring many years of experience from transformation, restructuring and performance programmes in the automotive industry.

The focus of the event:

  • Future-ready operating models in the automotive industry

  • Efficiency gains, cost management and productivity in volatile times

  • Finance as a strategic enabler: steering, transparency and quality of decision-making

  • Successful alignment of Operations & Finance for sustainable value creation

What you can expect:

  • Expand your expertise: current insights, best practices and well-founded practical impulses

  • Gain valuable impulses: exchange with leading experts and experienced industry practitioners

  • Act with clarity: concrete, actionable recommendations for your company

  • Strengthen your network: high-quality dialogue and new contacts at decision-maker level

VENUE & AGENDA

3rd June 2026, ab 17:30 Uhr
Porsche Experience Center Leipzig
Porschestraße 1
04158 Leipzig

Tel. +49 341 999 139 11
www.porsche-leipzig.com

from 5:30 pm

Registration & apéritif

from 6:00 pm

Welcome & keynote

from 6:30 pm

Discussion among participants incl. Q&A

from 8:00 pm
until 9:00 pm

Networking with finger food & drinks

Alexander Kujumdshiev

ALEXANDER
KUJUMDSHIEV

PARTNER & DIRECTOR AUTOMOTIVE

With more than 15 years in various key positions within the automotive industry, Alexander Kujumdshiev brings exceptionally broad experience across automotive and commercial vehicles, as well as related sectors such as mechanical engineering and energy. Before joining KEYPLAYER as Director Automotive, he successfully led both strategy and product divisions at a leading automotive supplier.

MARTIN
TJAN

MANAGING PARTNER HEAD OF ASIA DESK SHANGHAI & MUNICH

Martin Tjan has been active in executive search since 2004, filling top management positions across Europe and Asia with a particular focus on China and Southeast Asia. Owing to his many years of working and consulting experience in the German-Chinese business environment, he is regarded as a valued sparring partner for companies with international growth ambitions. As Managing Partner, he is responsible for KEYPLAYER’s Asia Desk in Shanghai and Munich and advises clients on strategic personnel decisions in Asian markets.

OUR PARTNERS

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GERO
GÜLLMEISTER

SENIOR PARTNER & BOARD MEMBER FTI-ANDERSCH

Gero Güllmeister is Senior Partner and Board Member at FTI-Andersch. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in leading complex transformation and performance projects. His work focuses on the design and implementation of reorganisation and efficiency enhancement programmes, as well as the moderation of stakeholder negotiations.

DANIEL
ENDERS

DIRECTOR FTI-ANDERSCH

Daniel Enders has 8 years of professional experience in transformation and transaction advisory. In the context of automotive supplier transformation, he specialises in structuring and implementing action programmes. In recent years, he has, among other things, defined a footprint strategy for a supplier in the UK and unlocked liquidity for German suppliers through various working capital measures.

We kindly ask for your understanding that the above-mentioned line-up of intended participants may change slightly, for example for health-related reasons.

You are welcome to contact Mr Kujumdshiev at any time for information on the current line-up of hosts and our partners.

Your personal contact
for the KEYPLAYER X CHANGE
AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP FORUM 2026

Alexander Kujumdshiev
PARTNER & DIRECTOR AUTOMOTIVE

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