Awards & Recognition
★Chair of ACEA's Light Commercial Vehicle Committee (automotive industry leadership role)
★Member of the Board at Argo AI (autonomous driving technology)
Notable Facts
→Former interim CEO of Opel (Adam Opel AG) in 2012-2013, not current CEO as query suggests
→Former CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (2018-2020)
→Former CFO of CARIAD (Volkswagen's software division) 2022-2023, dismissed in leadership shakeup
→Currently works at Ryu Executive Partners
→PhD in Economics from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
→24-year consulting career with Roland Berger and AlixPartners before executive roles
→Key architect of Opel's 'Drive 2022' turnaround strategy
→Active LinkedIn presence with thought leadership content on automotive transformation