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Frederic Bar

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VP General Manager Commercial Vehicles GBE at Garrett - Advancing Motion
📍 Switzerland

Frederic Bar is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of international experience in technology-driven sectors like automotive and commercial vehicles. As the VP General Manager for Commercial Vehicles at Garrett Motion, he leverages a deep background in engineering services and operations, including P&L responsibility for divisions up to 300MEUR.

Originally from Belgium, Frederic is a multicultural leader who has lived and worked in Germany, France, the UK, and the USA. He is driven by a philosophy centered on passion, trust, and people, and is fueled by a strong sense of curiosity in both his professional and personal endeavors.

Unique fact: He has held executive roles across five different countries, giving him a distinctly global operational perspective.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
VP General Manager Commercial Vehicles GBE
Job Level
Senior
Location
Switzerland
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Commercial Vehicles
Currently serves as the VP and General Manager for the Commercial Vehicles global business enterprise at Garrett - Advancing Motion.
Automotive Electrification
He has publicly commented on the automotive industry's "unprecedent revolution" into electrification and his company's role in supporting clients through this major transition.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
VP General Manager Commercial Vehicles GBE
Garrett - Advancing Motion
6-2024
International Interim Executive - Operations, Transformation and Sustainable Growth
Self-employed
2-2022 - 5-2024
Chief Operating Officer
SEGULA Technologies
10-2015 - 1-2022
Executive Director - Global Automotive Product Engineering (Vehicle, Powertrain, Chassis, E&Digit)
SEGULA Technologies
10-2014 - 10-2015
Global Key Sector Manager Off-Highway & Commercial Vehicles
SEGULA Technologies
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Education
1993 - 1998
Degree Electro-Mechanical Eng.
Université catholique de Louvain
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
HELHa — Haute École Louvain en Hainaut
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