Frank Lubischer named president of Brose North America following executive management reorganization

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Brose North America, a top automotive supplier of mechatronics – the integration of mechanics, electrics, electronics and sensors – has announced Frank Lubischer will be its new president as Brose Group restructures its top-level management team. Lubischer will be responsible for all business in North America effective March 1. Other executive changes made by the Brose Group include appointing Patrick Popp to executive vice president of electrical drives and Niklas Beyes to executive vice president of Brose Group's Commercial Administration division.

"The reorganization of our company's top management is complete. We will push ahead with the successful development of Brose with a strong management team," said Kurt Sauernheimer, CEO of the Brose Group.

Lubischer joins Brose North America with nearly 30 years of experience in the automotive supplier industry. Most recently, he was senior vice president, chief technology officer and chief strategy officer at Nexteer Automotive, where he was responsible for strategy, technology and global engineering. He also has held management roles at ZF Group, formerly TRW Automotive, and Lucas, among other companies.

Popp was appointed head of Brose's electrical drives division on February 1, succeeding Reinhard Kretschmer, who will retire at the end of 2018. In this role, Popp will be responsible for the global drives business, led out of Brose Würzburg facility in Germany. He has held a variety of management board positions at international companies in the automotive and electronics industries, including most recently as head of the professional lighting systems division at Philips. He earned a doctorate in engineering and has more than 20 years of experience in management as well as in product development and digitization.

Beyes will take over responsibility for Brose Group's commercial administration activities on May 1. He has more than 20 years of experience in finance and the automotive industry, including holding many financial management positions. Most recently, he was chief financial officer for the FTE automotive group in Ebern, Germany, and previously was CFO of Europe at Schaeffler KG and a member of the management board of SKF GmbH Germany. He earned a master's degree in business administration.

At the beginning of 2018, Kurt Sauernheimer was appointed CEO of Brose Group from his previous role as executive vice president of door systems. The executive vice presidents of seat systems and purchasing also switched positions at that time.

About Brose
Brose is the world's fifth-largest family-owned automotive supplier. The company develops and produces mechatronic systems for vehicle doors and seats as well as electric motors, drives and electronics, among others for steering, brakes, transmissions and engine cooling. More than 25,000 employees at 62 locations in 23 countries generate 6.3 billion euros in sales. Every other new vehicle worldwide is equipped with at least one Brose product.

About Brose North America
Brose has been a committed partner to the North American market since 1993. The mechatronics specialist now counts twelve locations across Canada, the United States and Mexico and employs approximately 5,000 people in the region. The entire range of Brose products is manufactured throughout the North American facilities, from window regulators and door modules to seat systems.

SOURCE Brose North America