Matthias Zink
CEO Automotive
Business & Management
Schaeffler Kysuce, spol. s r.o.
Slovakia
Biography
Matthias Zink (born in 1969) studied mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. His key area of study was automotive engineering. He successfully graduated with a degree in 1994. He started working as a test engineer at LuK in 1994. In subsequent years, Matthias Zink has held various leadership positions before becoming responsible for the Clutch Systems Business Unit in 2006. After leading the business unit successfully for seven years, he assumed the position as President of Schaeffler Automotive Asia/Pacific in China in 2012. In 2014, Matthias Zink transferred back to Germany to become President of the Transmission Technologies Business Unit. In July 2014, he was appointed President of the Transmission Systems Business Division. He has held the position of CEO Automotive since January 2017 and is responsible for the business divisions Transmission Systems, Automotive Aftermarket and Research and Development for the Automotive division.
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