Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation.

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Philip Nelles

Frank Jourdan is a Member of the Executive Board, Autonomous Mobility & Safety at Continental. Frank has been with the company since October 2009 and has held the position of Executive Board Member since December 2021.

Frank Jourdan works with Andreas Wolf - Member of the Executive Board, Powertrain Technologies, Ariane Reinhart - Member of the Executive Board, Group Human Relations, and Gilles Mabire - CTO, Automotive Technologies. Frank Jourdan reports to Nikolai Setzer, Executive Board Chairman.

Frank Jourdan

Hans-Jürgen Duensing is a Member of the Executive Board at Continental's ContiTech Division. Prior to this, they served as Regional Business Director at [Axalta](/org/axalta-coating-systems) from June 2019 to November 2020. In this role, they oversaw and drove sales growth, return on investments, KPIs and service solutions of Ford and Tesla OES teams of 42 sales, technical and field service employees in North and South America as well as a budget of over $200M. Duensing is also responsible for P&L for both regions and develops short-and long-term sales plans and forecasts. Hans-Jürgen executes team goal-setting, performance reviews and succession planning. Additionally, they coach and mentors the regional account sales manager. Their keen communication skills have enabled him to build strong positive relationships with Ford key stakeholders in purchasing and advanced engineering.

Before their time at [Axalta](/org/axalta-coating-systems), Duensing served as Product Sales Manager at Continental from March 2016 to June 2019. In this role, they were responsible for global key account management for the Ford Motor Company account within the Mobile Fluid Systems business unit. From January 2011 to December 2016, they served as Key Account Manager II at United States Steel Corporation. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing sales strategies for major accounts in the automotive industry while maintaining relationship with customers. From January 2008 to December 2011, they served as Account Manager at [Cooper Standard](/org/cooper-standard) where they managed a team of sales professionals and achieved annual sales targets.

Hans-Jürgen Duensing completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Hans-Jürgen then went on to complete a Master of Business Administration - MBA from [Oakland University](/org/oakland-university). In addition, they have taken courses in Effective Communications & Human Relations and Effective Negotiating from Dale Carnegie Training and Karrass Negotiation Training, respectively.

Hans-Jürgen Duensing reports to Nikolai Setzer, Executive Board Chairman. Some of their coworkers include Andreas Wolf - Member of the Executive Board, Powertrain Technologies, Ariane Reinhart - Member of the Executive Board, Group Human Relations, and Wolfgang Schäfer - Member of the Executive Board, Finance, Controlling, Compliance, Law and IT.

Hans-Jürgen Duensing

Ariane Reinhart is a Member of the Executive Board, Group Human Relations at Continental. Prior to this, they were a Member of the Board at Bentley Motors Ltd from January 2012 to December 2014. Ariane has also been Head of Human Resources at Volkswagen Retail GmbH from January 2006 to December 2008, Head of VW Talentos – HR Services Management of HR transformation processes at Volkswagen do Brasil from January 2003 to December 2006, and Head of Human Resources at Auto 5000 GmbH from January 2002 to December 2003. From January 2008 to December 2012, they were Head of Group Management Development at Volkswagen AG, and from January 1999 to December 2002 they were Head of International Labour Relations at Volkswagen AG.

Ariane Reinhart earned their Doctor of Law from the [University of Hamburg](/org/university-of-hamburg). Ariane specializes in the field of law.

Ariane Reinhart reports to Nikolai Setzer, Executive Board Chairman. They are on a team with Frank Jourdan - Member of the Executive Board, Autonomous Mobility & Safety, Christian Kötz - Member of the Executive Board, Tires & Group Purchasing, and Helmut Matschi - Member of the Executive Board, Vehicle Networking & Information.

Ariane Reinhart

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann is a board member at Continental. Maria-Elisabeth was previously with Schaeffler AG and INA-Holding Schaeffler KG.

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann has a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) from the University of Vienna. Maria-Elisabeth is currently working as a medic.

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann

Rena Kek

Gilles Mabire is the current CTO of Automotive Technologies at Continental. Gilles has also previously worked as a System Project Manager for Siemens VDO Automotive AG and as a Key Account Manager in the field of Powertrain for Renault-Nissan. Prior to that, they were an Application Engineer and Sales Engineer for [Bosch](/org/bosch).

Gilles Mabire is a French businessman and engineer. Gilles has a degree in business administration and management from Ashridge Business School, and is also certified in Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdesprache from Göthe Institut. Gilles is an engineer specializing in mechatronic and power electronic from ESME Sudria.

Gilles Mabire works with Hans-Jürgen Duensing - Member of the Executive Board, ContiTech Division, Andreas Wolf - Member of the Executive Board, Powertrain Technologies, and Helmut Matschi - Member of the Executive Board, Vehicle Networking & Information. Gilles Mabire reports to Nikolai Setzer, Executive Board Chairman.

Gilles Mabire

Katja Dürrfeld is a Member of the Executive Board, Finance, Controlling & IT at Continental. Katja has been with the company since August 2018 and in their current role since December 2021.

Prior to their current role, they were Senior Vice President Finance, Controlling & IT ContiTech from April 2013 to July 2018 and Senior Vice President Corporate Audit & Data Protection from March 2008 to March 2013.

Katja started at Continental in January 2008 as Senior Purchasing Manager Chemicals and moved to Senior Auditor in June 2005.

Before joining Continental, Katja was Logistics Manager at Benecke-Kaliko AG from December 2001 to May 2005 and Marketing & Sales international at ContiTech Schlauch GmbH from April 1999 to November 2001.

Katja Dürrfeld has a Diplom in Operations Research and Foreign Trade from the Fachhochschule Münster.

Their manager is Nikolai Setzer, Executive Board Chairman. They work with Christian Kötz - Member of the Executive Board, Tires & Group Purchasing, Gilles Mabire - CTO, Automotive Technologies, and Wolfgang Schäfer - Member of the Executive Board, Finance, Controlling, Compliance, Law and IT.

Katja Dürrfeld

Carmen Löffler

Andreas Wolf

Helmut Matschi

Christian Kötz

Wolfgang Schäfer

Setzer has worked at Continental since finishing his studies in engineering management in Germany and France in 1997. In his 23-year career at the company to date, he has held various positions in development and sales in Germany and abroad, assuming the position of head of the Hanover-based passenger-car tire business in March 2009. He has been a member of the Executive Board of Continental AG since August 2009. He assumed responsibility for the Tires business area – which was formed from the passenger-car and commercial-vehicle tire businesses – in August 2011 and for Corporate Purchasing in May 2015. In April 2019, Setzer switched to Continental’s Automotive Group, where he assumed the newly created position of spokesman of the Automotive Board and was thus responsible for maintaining a unified business strategy in this area.

Nikolai Setzer

Christiane Benner

Georg F. W. Schaeffler

Wolfgang Reitzle

Gunter Dunkel

Francesco Grioli

Michael Iglhaut is a board member at Continental. Michael was previously with Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG.

Michael Iglhaut

Sabine Neuß

Rolf Nonnenmacher

Dirk Nordmann

Klaus Rosenfeld

Stefan Scholz

Kirsten Vörkel

Elke Volkmann

Jörg Schönfelder

Lorenz Pfau was previously an entwickler at AUDI AG from July 2003 to September 2016. Lorenz is currently a board member at Continental.

Lorenz Pfau is a Diplom-Ingenieur in the field of Maschinenbau from the Technical University of Munich.

Lorenz Pfau

Isabel Corinna Knauf

Satish Khatu

Hasan Allak is a board member at Continental. Hasan was previously with the company from January 2009 to December 2014 as Stellv. Betriebsratsvorsitzender, an employee interest representation. Hasan was with Continental from January 1990 to December 2006 as a Maschinenschlosser.

Hasan Allak has participated in diverse educational programs offered by unions and private institutions. Hasan has also completed a course in change management from Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Lastly, they have also completed a vocational training program at Continental AG.

Hasan Allak

The board of directors at Continental has a history of members with experience in various industries and with different types of education. Some previous experiences of members include being part of Bentley Motors Ltd, head of group management development at Volkswagen AG, and logistics manager at Benecke-Kaliko AG. The board is also made up of individuals with a wide range of educational backgrounds, including law, operations research and foreign trade, and medicine.

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