CEIBS Alumni Auto Association
CEIBS Alumni Auto Association (CAAA)

Fourth Board · First Cohort Recruitment

Enabling Alumni Success. Advancing Industry Leadership.

Join the Fourth Board and global industry-academia Community of Practice of CAAA to advance automotive innovation in the AI-driven digital era through real business problems.

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Applications are open.

Our Mission

CAAA supports alumni success and helps the most promising alumni enterprises lead industry development.

Success is not measured only by short-term profit. It means helping alumni enterprises solve meaningful transformation challenges, build enduring capabilities, and create industry impact.

Meaningful challenges

We start from transformation problems that matter to alumni enterprises.

Enduring capabilities

We build capability inside organisations, not one-off advice.

Industry impact

We share learning so the whole automotive ecosystem advances.

Our Approach

Real-Problem-Driven Global Industry-Academia Co-Creation

  1. 01

    Real business questions

    Members bring live challenges from their own enterprises.

  2. 02

    Global industry-academia co-creation

    Practitioners and scholars work the problem together across markets.

  3. 03

    Actionable experiments and solutions

    Hypotheses become pilots with measurable outcomes.

  4. 04

    Shared learning and industry impact

    Findings are codified and shared back with the community.

Who We Are Seeking

Five contribution profiles, one shared commitment to the mission.

Automotive industry leaders and entrepreneurs

Executives and founders shaping vehicles, components and mobility businesses.

AI, software-defined vehicle, data, and digital transformation leaders

Leaders driving intelligent products, platforms and data capability.

Global market, supply chain, mobility, and cross-border collaboration experts

Experts in globalisation, supply resilience and cross-border operations.

Scholars, researchers, investors, and ecosystem builders

Those who bring rigour, capital and ecosystem perspective.

Community builders and project delivery leaders

People who make communities run and projects land.

Applicants should

  • Be CEIBS alumni
  • Identify with the mission
  • Be willing in principle to contribute at least 100 hours annually if appointed as a director
  • Bring a real industry challenge, expertise, or resources
  • Be willing to collaborate across organizations and cultures
  • Respect association governance and confidentiality

Director commitment: each appointed director is expected to contribute at least 100 hours per year in principle.

Recruiting the First Cohort of up to 10 Prospective Directors and CoP Core Members

CAAA is building a committed core of practitioners who learn together, solve real problems, and contribute to the future of the automotive industry.

All applications are subject to eligibility review, interviews, board review, and the Association's formal appointment procedures. Applicants who are not appointed as directors may be invited to join an AI and digital transformation Community of Practice or a project task force.

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Selection Process

  1. Submit application

    Complete the online application in your preferred language.

  2. Initial review

    Eligibility and mission alignment are reviewed by the recruitment team.

  3. Conversation and needs interview

    A structured conversation about contribution, needs and expectations.

  4. Board review and formal process

    Review by the board following the Association's formal appointment procedures.

  5. Join the board or a thematic CoP/project task force

    Appointment as a director, or an invitation to a CoP or project task force.

Review Process