[July 29, 2020] Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) announces the stance on the recent press report about KAIDA Chairman. FCA Korea President & Managing Director Pablo Rosso was appointed as a Chairman of KAIDA for a two-year term in a regular general meeting in March this year. However, we called an emergency meeting on July 28 and voted for suspending Mr. Rosso from his duty, considering he cannot perform his job in regard to the allegations mentioned by the press recently. At the same time, we will take further follow-up measures if needed as soon as investigation results come out. The allegations mentioned by the press come from FCA Korea, where Mr. Rosso acts as a President & Managing Director, and are unrelated to KAIDA. Nevertheless, we determined that quick and firm action must be taken at this stage to ensure rights and interests of members of the association, where 22 automobile and commercial vehicle makers are af
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Daniel Rim appointed Vice Chairman of KAIDA
[2020.04.06. Seoul] The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) appointed Daniel Rim, Executive managing director of Ssangyong Motor as the Vice Chairman of KAIDA. With the new Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and directors of KAIDA appointment on 25th of March, Mr. Rim will serve as Vice Chairman of KAIDA for two years from 18th of May 2020. Mr. Rim holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan Engineering School and pursued MBA from Wayne State University, both located in Michigan USA. He started his career with General Motors as an Engineer in 1986 and served various increasing roles in Ford Motor, Visteon, Parker Hannifin, Doosan Infracore and Ssangyong Motor. Since Mr. Rim has the long career history in automotive and heavy industries in global market with expertise in engineering, business development, sales & marketing, he is regarded as the right person to take responsibility for the major tasks inside and outsi
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Pablo Rosso appointed Chairman of KAIDA
[2020. 3.25. Seoul] The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) held General Assembly Meeting of 2020 at Le Meridien Seoul on March 25, 2020, and appointed Pablo Rosso, President & Managing Director of FCA Korea as the 13th Chairman of KAIDA. With the new vice-chairmen(Dimitris Psillakis - President&CEO Mercedes-Benz Korea, Rene Koneberg - Managing Director of Audi Volkswagen Korea, Takemura Nobuyuki - President&CEO of Toyota Motor Korea) and directors(Jung-hyun Baek - Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover Korea, Kwang-cheol Kim - CEO of FMK Corp.) of KAIDA, Mr. Rosso will serve as Chairman of KAIDA for two years from April 2020. Mr. Rosso, the first foreigner Chairman of KAIDA, has served as President & Managing Director of FCA Korea since 2013. He started his career from IVECO Engines Business Unit as Logistic Engineer in 1998 and served as Sales Area Manager (Overseas) of Alfa Romeo Business Unit in 2004, Head of the Fiat-Chrysle
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Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association High technical skills and transparency are key to the specialized automotive maintenance service industry
[2019.
12. 02] The Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA) has
urged a move to consumer-centered policies, emphasizing that proven technical
skills and reliable transparency are critical for the automotive maintenance
service industry. This is with a view to designating the specialized automotive
maintenance service industry as the industry suitable for supporting small
business owners. KAIDA expressed their concern that the market can
significantly decline if the specialized automotive maintenance service
industry is designated as the industry suitable for the livelihood of small
business owners, because it reduces consumer welfare and further shake the
virtuous cycle of the auto industry.
The “Special act on designating the
industry suitable for the livelihood of small business owners (Suitable Business
Act)” encourages the increase of small business owners with five or fewer
employees, while restricting the conglomerate for expandin
