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Experienced General Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry.
Strong operations professional skilled in Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Research and Development (R&D), Toyota Production System, and Automotive.
Dr. Muriel Desaeger is currently acting as Technical Head at the R&D center of Toyota Motor Europe.
She is leading the Division in charge of Technical Planning and, test upcoming key technologies. The division is navigating Toyota’s Research & Innovation, deliver European originated solutions using EU knowhow, networks & anticipation of trends.
Scope where the division is acting is Big Data, Connected cars, New Mobility and Decarbonization.
Recommendations and implementation plans are managed taking R&D potentials, market status and customer viewpoints into account. She has 27 year experience with Toyota and before acting in the current position she was General Manager of New Business Strategy, Advanced Technology Divisions and Material Engineering Division.
In these positions, she developed several contacts with the European Commission, Automotive & Telecom’s suppliers and several Universities. Key focus point has always been to enhance the complementarities between European and Japanese know-how.
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Innovation, experimentation and implementations are key elements for me.
The automotive industry is now, like a butterfly, shaping its new life and at that critical time innovation is key.
Toyota is such a company where the future is considered in details and tested keeping in mind the customer and the Society.