Hans-Jörg Feigel assumes leadership of the key function Strategy and Future Solutions on September 1, 2021. Feigel, a mechanical engineering doctorate, has 30 years of cross-business, international management experience in the automobile sector, as well as significant knowledge of brake and chassis systems. He takes over for Ralph Lauxmann, who has assumed overall administration of a customer project.
Continental has appointed Hans-Jörg Feigel as Head of Strategy and Future Solutions in the Autonomous Mobility and Safety (AMS) business area, effective September 1, 2021. In his new post, Feigel will also be a member of AMS’s Management Board. Feigel, a mechanical engineering PhD, follows Ralph Lauxmann, who took over the general management lead for a Continental customer project on August 1, 2021. Feigel has substantial international managerial experience in the automotive sector, with a focus on brake and chassis systems. He was most recently the Managing Director Europe for a multinational automotive supplier. Prior to that, Feigel worked for Continental for about 25 years in various capacities.
“I am delighted that we have re-hired Hans-Jörg Feigel, an experienced manager who will carry on the good work of his predecessor. He and his team will continue to push our innovation strategy as well as our product and function roadmap. At the same time, I’d like to express my gratitude to Ralph Lauxmann for his forward-thinking efforts and successes. I wish him luck as he leads a critical customer project for us that necessitates top-level management involvement “Continental AG member and head of the Autonomous Mobility and Safety business unit, Frank Jourdan, adds.
Hans-Jörg Feigel and Ralph Lauxmann will report to Frank Jourdan, member of Continental AG’s Executive Board and leader of the Autonomous Mobility and Safety business area, in their new roles.
