FORVIA HELLA Executive Heiko Lässig named Gasgoo Influential Figure 2026

• Heiko Lässig, Managing Director of HELLA Corporate Center Asia and Executive Vice President of Finance and Controlling China at FORVIA HELLA, receives the “2026 China Automotive Industry Influential Figure Award”
• The award underlines the impact of Heiko Lässig and FORVIA HELLA’s leadership in China, one of the most competitive automotive markets in the world

Shanghai, 26 October 2026. International automotive supplier FORVIA HELLA announces that Heiko Lässig, Managing Director of HELLA Corporate Center Asia and Executive Vice President of Finance and Controlling China at FORVIA HELLA, has received the “2026 China Automotive Industry Influential Figure Award” from Gasgoo, a well-known industry media platform in China. The award recognizes leaders who deliver great market value in strategic change, execution, business transformation, product innovation and industry influence. It follows his last recognition as “Outstanding Executive of the Year 2025–2026” at the Asia Pacific Business Awards. The new award underlines the impact of Heiko Lässig and FORVIA HELLA’s leadership in China, one of the most competitive automotive markets in the world.

“I am honored to receive this recognition from Gasgoo as a respected voice in China’s automotive industry. The award matters because it measures leadership by market value, and in China that value is created through speed, close customer relationships and strong local teams. Since taking on my current role, my focus has been to make our ‘In China, For China, To the World’ approach work in daily business, together with all our teams here in the country. We enable decisions close to the customer, support Chinese automotive manufacturers in succeeding locally and expanding globally, and bring solutions developed in China to customers worldwide. Gasgoo’s recognition of this work confirms that our local for global approach creates real market value and motivates us to go further”, says Heiko Lässig. “I am especially grateful to FORVIA HELLA—a company I am proud to represent—for its trust in me and its support. I also thank our colleagues, customers and partners for their commitment and cooperation, which helped make this award possible.”

In China, FORVIA HELLA operates 18 locations with more than 5,500 employees, including over 1,300 R&D engineers. Heiko Lässig has led HELLA Corporate Center Asia since January 2024 and brings extensive international experience from senior business roles in the USA, Europe and China. He has used this cross-market perspective to advance FORVIA HELLA’s “In China, For China, To the World” approach: strengthening local capabilities and supporting Chinese customers’ growth in China and their expansion into global markets. In business execution, he focuses on turning customer needs into growth: driving for more local autonomy, so that local teams can take decisions faster and closer to the customer, supporting local development teams and helping the organization respond effectively to changing requirements. In addition, he brings a business-focused perspective to transformation and performance improvement.

Beyond his company role, he contributes to dialogue across the automotive industry through his engagement with Chinese government authorities, industry associations such as Driving Vision News (DVN) and the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), and as a Board member of the German Chamber of Commerce East China. These dialogues connect Chinese and international perspectives. They give FORVIA HELLA early insight into market and customer requirements and strengthen its position as a trusted local partner for Chinese and international automotive manufacturers. He is also regularly invited to speak at industry forums, where he shares his perspective on finance-driven transformation and enterprise-wide process optimization. Through this combination of customer-focused strategy, disciplined business execution and active industry engagement, he helps strengthen FORVIA HELLA’s growth and influence in China’s automotive market.