Stefan Sommer (Manager, 1963)

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Stefan Sommer (2012)

Stefan Sommer (born January 7, 1963 in Münster ) is a German manager. He is Group Board Member for Components and Procurement at Volkswagen AG and former CEO of ZF Friedrichshafen AG .

Life

Stefan Sommer studied mechanical engineering with a focus on automation at the Ruhr University in Bochum . He was awarded a Dr.-Ing. At the chair for regulation and control technology at the Ruhr University in Bochum . PhD . In 1994 he began his professional activity at ITT Automotive Group Europe GmbH in Frankfurt am Main as a development engineer . Three years later he moved to Continental Automotive Systems in Hanover as Director Electronics & Sensor Development.

After several professional positions within the Continental Corporation, most recently as Senior Vice President EBS Customer Center , in summer 2008 he moved to ZF Sachs AG in Schweinfurt as a member of the Board of Management, Chassis Division. The Supervisory Board of ZF Sachs parent company, ZF Friedrichshafen AG , called the summer of 2010 to the Executive Board of Friedrichshafen , where he took over responsibility for the area of materials management. From January 1, 2012, he also became Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and designated successor to the then Chairman of the Management Board Hans-Georg Härter . On May 1, 2012, he followed Härter to the post of CEO. His contract was extended in 2016. In 2017, Sommer resigned from his post. In the power struggle for the future of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Lord Mayor Andreas Brand prevailed against Sommer and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board Giorgio Behr . Sommer and Behr tried several times to float the foundation's operations against the will of the owner, the Zeppelin Foundation and the city of Friedrichshafen. Brand and the committees behind him (municipal council, supervisory board and Zeppelin Foundation) dismissed Sommer after numerous attempts by Sommers and Behr to manipulate the mayor, municipal council and foundation council and publicly confirmed their adherence to the foundation as a company form several times .

In July 2018, Volkswagen AG announced that Sommer would be appointed to the Board of Management for procurement with effect from January 1, 2019 at the latest. He succeeds Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz , the long-standing Board Member for Purchasing , who left the group in April 2018 at his own request. On June 8, 2020, Volkswagen AG announced that Sommer would be leaving the Group on June 30, 2020 at his own request.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The organs of the Volkswagen Group. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ ZF CEO Dr. Stefan Sommer leaves the company , zf.com.
  3. ↑ Construction practice: ZF CEO Sommer confirmed for another 5 years in / August 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Manager Magazin: Das Drama am Bodensee / March 22nd, 2018
  5. ↑ Südkurier: ZF AG: Staff applaud Mayor Andreas Brand
  6. ↑ Südkurier: The story with the piggy bank / December 15, 2017
  7. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung: OB rejects criticism of ZF's ownership structure
  8. ↑ Supervisory Board appoints Dr. Stefan Sommer as Group Board Member for Procurement. In: volkswagen-media-services.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Economy, Trade & Finance: Volkswagen Group loses Head of Purchasing Stefan Sommer. In: handelsblatt.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Summer, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH 7th January 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster