
New Chairman of the Management Board
On January 1, 2020, Dr. Wolfgang Weber will move from BASF to the ZVEI as the new Chairman of the Management Board. He succeeds Dr. Klaus Mittelbach, who will leave the association at the end of 2019.
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On January 1, 2020, Dr. Wolfgang Weber will move from BASF to the ZVEI as the new Chairman of the Management Board. He succeeds Dr. Klaus Mittelbach, who will leave the association at the end of 2019.

Thorsten Freitag is the new CEO of Claroty, a specialist in protecting industrial control systems and networks against cyber threats.

ZVEI Automation Association / Chair
Dr. Jan Mrosik, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Digital Industries at Siemens, has been elected as the new Chairman of the ZVEI 'Automation' trade association. He succeeds Dr. Gunther Kegel, CEO of Pepperl+Fuchs.

Bühler Motor has had a new Vice President Program Management Automotive & Industrial Drive Solutions since the beginning of October. Achim Brömmel has experience in the automotive and industrial sectors as well as drive technology and fluid management.

Uwe Gräff, Director of New Technologies and Development at Harting, left the company by mutual agreement at the end of September. He had only been appointed to the Management Board at the beginning of 2019.

The Siemens Group has initiated a change in its management: The energy division and Group management are particularly affected. The personnel changes in detail.

On August 9, 2019, Dieter Gleisberg (photo) took over the management of Wieland Electric in Bamberg together with Dr. Ulrich Schaarschmidt. Gleisberg replaces Dr. Oliver Eitrich.
Since 1 September 2019, Dr. Timo Berger has strengthened the now three-member Executive Board team at the international electrical engineering company Weidmüller. He succeeds José Carlos Álvarez Tobar.

Distrelec, a distributor of electronics, automation and measurement technology, has appointed Steve Herd as CEO. He took up his new position on September 2, 2019.

The Board of Directors of ABB has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren as Chief Executive Officer. He will join ABB on February 1, 2020 and succeed CEO Peter Voser in this role on March 1, 2020.