Bosch CEO steps down

Bosch CEO Dr. Stefan Hartung is stepping down.

In a statement, Bosch said Dr. Stefan Hartung is stepping down from his presumption arsenic president of the committee of absorption effectual June 30, 2026, astatine his ain petition and successful adjacent consultation and statement with the shareholders. His successor arsenic of July 1, 2026 volition beryllium Dr. Christian Fischer. Dr. Markus Forschner and Dr. Markus Heyn volition beryllium appointed vice chairmen of the committee of management.

As CEO of Bosch, the institution said Stefan Hartung has 'strongly driven the company's improvement and consistently focused it connected maturation and innovation'. During 'very challenging times and nether hard conditions', Hartung achieved important milestones for the company's aboriginal viability and competitiveness.

He is present going to dedicate his clip to caller societal commitments and entrepreneurial tasks extracurricular the Bosch Group. "The shareholders and the supervisory committee regret Stefan Hartung's determination and explicit their sincere gratitude to him for his outstanding achievements successful the diligent absorption of the institution during an exceptionally challenging period," said Prof. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, managing spouse of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG and president of the supervisory committee of Robert Bosch GmbH.

"As president of the committee of management, helium has driven the beardown improvement of Bosch with purpose, successful enactment with the volition of our founder. We respect Stefan Hartung's idiosyncratic determination and privation him each occurrence successful the future."

The quality comes arsenic reports look that VW Group has scrapped an automated driving concern with Bosch owed to concerns implicit the planetary competitiveness of the exertion being developed.

Dr. Christian Fischer

Dr. Christian Fischer (58) volition win Stefan Hartung (60) effectual July 1, 2026. As lawman president of the committee of absorption and constricted spouse of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, helium has already played a cardinal relation successful shaping the company's strategical improvement successful caller years. In summation to his work for the Consumer Goods concern sector, Fischer has besides been successful complaint of the company's cardinal maturation initiatives, portfolio management, and the improvement of the company's elder leadership, among different tasks. Under his leadership, Bosch has expanded and sustainably strengthened its portfolio done the acquisition of the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) concern from Johnson Controls and Hitachi – the largest acquisition successful the company's history. "Christian Fischer has demonstrated successful caller years that helium thinks strategically, acts with an entrepreneurial mindset, and leads with foresight. Working alongside Stefan Hartung, helium has helped signifier the company's cardinal absorption and acceptable the people for its transformation. He volition consistently thrust the implementation of the strategy forward, aiming to future-proof the institution amid the aggregate challenges successful the markets successful which it operates," said Asenkerschbaumer.