Andreas Kolf, who has many years of experience as a managing director of international automotive suppliers in Asia, is to become the new Head of Business Group Asia and a member of the Group Executive Board of Autoneum on 1 March 2016.

Dr Uwe Trautmann, Head of Business Group Asia since 2007, is resigning from the Group Executive Board on 29 February 2016 and will return to Europe.

Volker Eimertenbrink, Head of Business Group SAMEA (South America, Middle East and Africa), is leaving Autoneum to take on new professional challenges. Until the appointment of his successor, Dr Martin Zwyssig, CFO of Autoneum, will assume responsibility as interim Head of Business Group SAMEA from 1 January.

Uwe Trautmann

Dr Uwe Trautmann, Head of Business Group Asia, has decided for personal reasons to leave Autoneum and to return to Europe after more than 20 years in Asia.

He headed Business Group Asia from 2007 until 2011 as a member of the Executive Committee of the Automotive Systems Division of Rieter and served on the Group Executive Board of Autoneum since its foundation in May 2011.

Andreas Kolf

The Board of Directors of Autoneum Holding AG is appointing Andreas Kolf to the post of Head of Business Group Asia and member of the Group Executive Board. In the subsequent transition period he will have support from his predecessor in the continuation of business activities.

Andreas Kolf has many years of experience in the international automotive supply industry. Following a managerial position at a light alloy wheel manufacturer in Poland, with a short break Kolf has held various management positions at US automotive supplier Federal-Mogul since 2002.

After appointments as Global Sales Director and Operations Director for the Asia-Pacific region, since 2013 Kolf has been Managing Director of Federal-Mogul in India. In his capacity as Operations Director for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Shanghai, he acquired a profound knowledge of the Asian automotive market.

Volker Eimertenbrink

Volker Eimertenbrink, Head of Business Group SAMEA and a member of the Group Executive Board of Autoneum, is leaving the company to take on new professional challenges. He assumed management of the Business Group SAMEA in March 2012. From 2008 until the spin-off of Autoneum in 2011, Volker Eimertenbrink was CFO and member of the Executive Committee of the Automotive Systems Division of Rieter.

Dr Martin Zwyssig, CFO of Autoneum, will assume responsibility as interim Head of Business Group SAMEA as of 1 January 2016 until a successor has been appointed.

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