Biography - Thailand Automotive Institute

Mr. Wu Huan
President, SAIC Motor-CP Co.,Ltd.
E-mail: wuhuan@saicmotho.co.th
Mr. Huan Wu, as president of SAIC Motor – CP Co., Ltd since February this year, is responsible to
form and lead team for establishing the new automotive joint venture between SAIC Motor Corporation Limited
and CP Group in Thailand. With 22 years working in SAIC Motor and its’ joint venture, he had experienced the
dramatic development of China automotive industry, including 6 years in SAIC Tech Center, 4 years in Pan Asia
Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) and 11 years in Shanghai General Motor (SGM) while with his career
path from an engineer to the executive manager.
Moderator:
Dr. Yossapong Laoonual
Expert, Thailand automotive institute
E-mail: yossapong@thaiauto.or.th
Dr. Yossapong Laoonual studied his first degree in Mechanical Engineering at Sirindhorn International
Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand. Between 1999 and 2006 he received Thai
Government Scholarship to study in the UK where he continued his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), now University of Manchester,
UK, followed by Imperial College London to gain his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.
He is currently an assistant professor and assistant head of department at the department of
Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT).
He regularly demonstrates and lectures on a number of automotive related subjects, for example Combustion
Engines Technology, Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology and Sustainable Transport Technology. He has
produced and contributed to a number of research papers in connection with the Powertrain, Fuel and Energy
technology. In conjunction, he has held the position as an expert at Thailand Automotive Institute since 2013.
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