Wittenstein
New Chief Market Officer appointed
Christian Zeidlhack is the new Chief Market Officer at Wittenstein. The industrial engineering and economics graduate became a member of the company's Executive Board on July 1, 2025.
Most recently, Christian Zeidlhack was in charge of the industrial business in the European region at Schaeffler. As Chief Market Officer (CMO) at Wittenstein, he reports directly to the Chairman of the Executive Board, Dr. Bertram Hoffmann. Zeidlhack studied industrial engineering (specializing in product development) at the Hamburger Fern-Hochschule and business administration at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim. He began his professional career at the Daimler Group and moved to the Schaeffler Group in 2007. He took on various management positions there from 2014 - some of them abroad.
From 1 July 2025, the Wittenstein Executive Board will therefore consist of Dr. Bertram Hoffmann (Chairman of the Executive Board), Dr. Benedikt Hofmann, Erik Roßmeißl and Christian Zeidlhack.
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