ZF has appointed Stephan von Schuckmann as a new member to the company’s board of management, as the supplier announced it would no longer develop components for internal combustion engine drives.
Von Schuckmann, who currently heads the Car Powertrain Technology Division, will succeed Michael Hankel on 1 January, 2021.
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Hankel will then retire after 17 years with the company.
The supervisory board also decided to establish a new division out of the previous Car Powertrain Technology and E-Mobility Divisions in order to offer customers electrified driveline solutions under one roof.
In the future, ZF will no longer develop components for internal combustion engine drives, but will instead focus on long-range plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles.
Von Schuckmann has been in charge of the Car Powertrain Technology Division based in Saarbrücken, Germany since autumn, 2018. He joined the ZF Group in 2003 and has held various management positions including commercial director of ZF Lenksysteme Hungária in Eger and head of the Global Aftermarket and Small-Series Business Unit at ZF Lenksysteme in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.
In 2015, von Schuckmann moved to the Car Powertrain Technology Division as SVP for Finance, Controlling, IT and Process Management, before taking over as head of the division.
Von Schuckmann’s appointment to ZF’s board of management from 1 January, 2021, coincides with a significant change in Group structure. At this time, a new division will be created from the two current Car Powertrain Technology and E-Mobility divisions.
In the future, ZF will no longer develop driveline components for pure combustion engine vehicles.
“With Stephan von Schuckmann as head of the new division and member of the board of management, we have gained a leader from our own ranks who knows the car driveline sector extremely well,” said ZF supervisory board chairman, Franz-Josef Paefgen.
“He will strengthen ZF’s position in the field of e-mobility.”
