Heidi Bauer, chief operating officer and co-founder of Otoz Mobility, NETSOL Technologies’ mobility and digital retailing arm, has a unique perspective on the development of auto finance. After serving as a consultant for Mercer Consulting in Dubai, she launched fromcash2car, a start-up in Germany focused on digitalizing auto financial services. Most recently she co-founded Otoz, a b2b technology start-up that enables automotive companies to launch mobility services and seamless digital retailing solutions. Her mission has remained steadfast, to provide consumers with seamless, digital and transparent access to mobility.
Heidi has her own clear vision for the future of the industry – its third horizon; and has become an authoritative commentator on how companies across the sector are rapidly transforming to meet consumer needs. McKinsey and Company strategy consultants describe the transformation process from the current industry state (horizon one) to next generation models (the third horizon) through a transitional second horizon, that encompasses emerging opportunities, including rising entrepreneurial ventures likely to generate substantial profits in the future and require considerable investment now.
In a one hour interview with Heidi, David Betteley, content leader for auto finance at IAFN will explore horizons two and three, drawing from her experience across the Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific in traditional auto finance, as well as innovative auto and mobility technologies.
Topics to be covered in this interview will include:
- Subscriptions as a stepping stone that delivers flexibility and exclusive use of a car
- The changing role of dealerships in an increasingly digital world
- What are the lessons we have learned so far? Who is leading the way?
- What should leading auto finance organisations do now to dominate in the emerging auto finance landscape?