From October, the 44-year-old family man will be responsible for the financial area at WITTE Automotive as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Board. Benedikt Schultheiß has many years of expertise in various management positions at WITTE. Previously, he gained experience in quality management at an OEM and in a management consultancy. In addition, the industrial engineer lived for several months in South Africa, Switzerland and France, among other places.
In 2005, Benedikt Schultheiß started as a management assistant at WITTE Automotive and in the course of his career he was responsible for the areas of corporate development and controlling and later for the WITOL and WITTE:digital business divisions. Furthermore, he was on various committees of the VAST Automotive Group for several years, from which we took over the locations in China, India and Japan in the middle of the year.
"We are very pleased that Benedikt Schultheiß is taking on this position and strengthening our management team. He knows WITTE from various positions - including, but not limited to, finance - and has contributed to the company's success in each case," highlights Rainer Gölz, Managing Partner and CEO of WITTE Automotive. “He will also quickly settle into this new role. I am very much looking forward to our further cooperation.”
With around 6,000 employees worldwide, WITTE Automotive expects to achieve a turnover of more than one billion euros as early as next year. "WITTE is an exceptionally innovative and dynamic company that has been demonstrating its potential through sustainable growth for years. It is a great pleasure for me to continue to actively shape our successful course," Benedikt Schultheiß sums it up. He takes over the position of Group CFO from Rainer Gölz, who has also held this position since the beginning of the year.