Continental has appointed Gilles Mabire (49) as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Automotive Technologies group sector. In his new position, Mabire will act as a central point of contact for customers and business partners for technology and innovation issues relating to the automotive business and at the same time will be a member of the Automotive Technologies Board.
With the ongoing technological transformation, the CTO organisation under Gilles Mabire will play a central role in further developing these strategic action fields and generating value-creating, scalable solutions for our customers.
Currently responsible for the Commercial Vehicles and Services business unit at Continental, he will assume the new role latest by January 1, 2022, succeeding Dr Dirk Abendroth, who is leaving the company at his own request at the end of June 2021.
Until Mabire takes up his post, Michael Hülsewies, Head of Architecture and Software, will temporarily take over the management of the CTO organisation, Continental said in a statement.
By the time Gilles Mabire assumes his new role, he will have completed key projects within the scope of the transformation process he initiated in the Commercial Vehicles and Services business unit and Smart Mobility.
Nikolai Setzer, Chairman of the Automotive Technologies Board, said, “In addition to his technological expertise, particularly in the areas of electronic vehicle architecture and software, Gilles Mabire brings with him a broad and exceptional understanding of customers. It is this special interface between customers and technology, combined with his experience of business unit management that will make him so valuable to Continental in his new role.'