Searching for to bolster its electrification, superior driver-assistance methods and electronics companies, Marelli is making 4 appointments to its management crew, all efficient April 1.
The Japanese-Italian powertrain and electronics provider stated Friday that Joachim Fetzer will probably be appointed to the brand new place of chief know-how and innovation officer.
Fetzer most lately was government vice chairman, electrical powertrain CEO at Marelli.
The strikes come as a part of the corporate’s Ambition 2024 business strategy, which is basically centered on related methods, autonomous driving and the on-board expertise. The corporate’s strategic plan can be centered on bolstering its exterior notion applied sciences, electrification and e-powertrain methods, and lean propulsion and dynamics.
Hannes Prenn will succeed Fetzer as CEO of the electrical powertrain enterprise. Prenn joins Marelli from drive methods and driveline provider GKN Automotive, at which he was most lately COO and president of the electrical powertrain enterprise.
Heinrich Gerhard Schuering has been appointed government vice chairman, superior driver-assistance methods. Schuering has been CEO of the corporate’s electronics enterprise for 5 years.
Mike Peters will succeed Schuering as CEO of electronics. Peters joins the corporate from Harman Worldwide, a unit of semiconductor producer Samsung Electronics. At Harman, Peters was president of the automotive division.
“The automotive business is altering at a really quick tempo,” Marelli CEO Beda Bolzenius stated in a press release. “There isn’t any time to face nonetheless. Innovation, high quality, consistency and effectivity are simply a few of the core attributes that stay crucial to our future. These appointments verify our dedication in constructing a extra revolutionary firm that’s aligned to buyer wants.”
Bolzenius advised Automotive Information Europe this 12 months that the corporate plans to take a position closely in electric powertrains and software.
Marelli, of Japan, ranks No. 14 on the Automotive Information listing of the top 100 global suppliers, with worldwide components gross sales to automakers of $14.94 billion in its 2019 fiscal 12 months.