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Schaeffler AG appoints Dr Astrid Fontaine as CHRO
Prior to joining Schaeffler AG, Dr Fontaine was associated with the Volkswagen Group, where she was most recently responsible for ‘People & Transformation’ on the Board of Management at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
Dr Fontaine will also work as a full member of the Board of Managing Directors of the company.
Her appointment was made by The Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG, according to a statement.
Prior to joining Schaeffler AG, Dr Fontaine was associated with the Volkswagen Group, where she was most recently responsible for ‘People & Transformation’ on the Board of Management at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Before that, she was Head of People, Digitalization and IT at Bentley Motors in the UK. Previously, she held HR positions at Porsche Cars North America and at DaimlerChrysler and Mercedes-Benz AG in Germany and the US.
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“At the same time, I wish to thank Ms Corinna Schittenhelm most sincerely for her great personal commitment during the past eight years. She did an excellent job of setting up the HR function at Schaeffler, which will allow her successor, assisted by a first-class team, to build on a very good foundation,” Schaeffler added.
Schittenhelm did not extend her contract after two terms in office, as per the statement.
Dr Fontaine holds a degree in business administration and in mechanical engineering. She was also awarded a PhD in the field of Information Systems. She has both German and US citizenships, the statement noted.
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