Awards & Recognition
★Chairman of KION Group AG Supervisory Board
★Chairman of MAHLE GmbH Supervisory Board (effective January 2026)
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Porsche AG (2009-2010), succeeded by Matthias Müller
→Former Volkswagen AG Board of Management member for production (2010-2014)
→Currently Chairman of KION Group AG Supervisory Board
→Appointed Chairman of MAHLE GmbH Supervisory Board effective January 1, 2026
→Mechanical engineer from University of Stuttgart
→Started career at Porsche in 1990, worked at Fraunhofer Institute
→Managed Porsche's Leipzig factory construction and controversial Cayenne/Panamera models
→Dr. Michael Leiters is the current incoming CEO of Porsche AG (effective January 1, 2026)