DRAFT People: Conti names new head of investors relations

Hanover, Germany – Technology group and automotive supplier Continental AG has named 38-year-old Bernard Wang as the new head of investors relations department, effective 1 Jan 2019.

Wang, who previously held the same position at Linde plc in Munich, will succeed Rolf Woller, who is leaving Conti at his own request at the end of 2018, the company said 11 Dec.

Born in Taiwan and a US citizen, Wang studied electrical engineering at Princeton University in the US, has an MBA from the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Germany and is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) Charterholder.

Between 2001 and 2014, he worked in the chip industry in the US, Europe and Asia, first as an engineer and then in strategy and investor relations. In 2014, Wang moved from the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon to the gases and engineering company Linde in Munich, Germany, where he has headed the investor relations department since the end of 2016.

"With him we are gaining an internationally experienced executive who is well versed in capital market and technology issues,” said chief financial officer, Wolfgang Schäfer, welcoming Wang.