Dr Peter Wittig has been appointed as the diplomat of the newly created unit, Global Affairs for the Schaeffler Group, the global automotive and industrial supplier. After retiring from active service in the German Foreign Office this year, Dr Wittig has joined Schaeffler on May 01, 2020. He has served the Foreign Service in the 1980s and in numerous assignments in conflict regions in Europe, the Middle East and in multilateral diplomacy. From 2009 to 2014, he represented Germany at the United Nations in New York, including two years on the Security Council, the highest body in world politics. He will report directly to Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO, Schaeffler.

The Global Affairs unit will include, in addition to political communication and the co-ordination of associations, a newly created function ‘Global Risks’, which will be dedicated to the analysis of global risks and macroeconomic developments. The third pillar of this unit will focus on the public funding of technology, innovation and research. While the functional responsibility for these areas will remain with the respective members of the Executive Board, the newly created unit will take responsibility for the co-ordination of the activities for all four regions of the Schaeffler Group. "We are very pleased that we have been able to recruit Dr Wittig, an internationally experienced diplomat, for the Schaeffler Group. He will advise and support the Executive Board of Schaeffler AG in adapting the Schaeffler Group to the emerging changes," said Georg F W Schaeffler, family shareholder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Schaeffler AG.

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