Ghislain Liard

Plant Quality Manager at YASA

Ghislain Liard is an experienced professional in quality management and engineering, currently serving as Plant Quality Manager at YASA since October 2022, and holding a long-standing position as Product Engineering Architect at Faurecia since September 2008. Throughout various roles at Faurecia, Ghislain has successfully managed new product introductions, significantly reduced customer non-quality costs, achieved high customer quality results, and led major transitions in logistics and quality assurance. Notable achievements include securing 10% and 20% productivity improvements in manufacturing operations, transitioning the plant to IATF 16949 standards, and receiving the "Most Accountable" manager award in 2018. Ghislain holds a Master's degree in Materials Engineering from Ecole centrale de Nantes, obtained in 2008.

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Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

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YASA was founded on the principle that small, light electric motors would play a growing role in meeting both the strict emissions targets being set globally in a wide range of industries and the requirement for greater efficiency through electrification.The Company was incorporated in 2009 based on a unique patented motor technology invented bythe Company’s founder and CTO Dr Tim Woolmer whilst studying for his DPhil at Oxford University. The unique YASA motor technology is ideal for a range of mobile applications such as hydraulics replacement, power generation, traction and propulsion and hybridisation. YASA Motors manufactures a range of standard electric motors and generators based on our unique motor topology at our factory and Company Headquarters in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The YASA-750, YASA-250 and YASA-400 products have been designed to be integrated into customers’ products in a range of markets and industries with minimal application engineering. In addition to our standard products, YASA has a design and development team dedicated to making bespoke motors for customers for medium-high volume applications.