The Shareholder Committee has appointed Philippe Vienney as CFO of FORVIA HELLA and appointed him as a new member of the Management Board. He will take over the post from CEO Bernard Schäferbarthold, on 1 March 2024.

Wednesday 2024-02-07

The Shareholder Committee of FORVIA HELLA has appointed Philippe Vienney as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of FORVIA HELLA and appointed him as a new member of the Management Board in this function. Vienney will take up the post on 1 March 2024. He will take over as CFO from Bernard Schäferbarthold, Chief Executive Officer at FORVIA HELLA, who is acting CFO until Vienney takes office.

Economist Philippe Vienney (58) has been with the French technology company FORVIA, the world's seventh-largest supplier of automotive technologies, for 25 years. Vienney has held various management positions in Finance & Controlling at FORVIA, where he has been Chief Financial Officer of the Business Group Clean Mobility since 2015.

"The appointment of Philippe Vienney is an excellent choice. He is an outstanding financial expert, knows the automotive industry very well and has extensive management experience," says FORVIA HELLA CEO Bernard Schäferbarthold. "The market will remain volatile and challenging, but at the same time the key future trends offer us great opportunities. Against this backdrop, the importance of a solid and sustainable financial strategy will continue to grow. I am confident that Philippe Vienney will successfully manage this together with the global teams."

"I am grateful for the trust placed in me. With its technologies, FORVIA HELLA serves the key market trends of tomorrow. It is therefore a great honour for me to be able to help shape the future of the company as CFO," says Philippe Vienney. "The mobility industry is currently undergoing a profound transformation process. Using the available resources intelligently and investing in the right future technologies and projects will therefore be one of my key tasks. I am very much looking forward to tackling this together with the management team and my new colleagues worldwide and making a contribution to the successful further development of FORVIA HELLA."