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      Executive Board

      Members and Remuneration of the Executive Board

      Nikolai Setzer

      Year of birth: 1971
      Appointed until: March 2029
      First appointed: August 2009

      Chairperson of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Communications and Public Affairs
      • Group Strategy
      • Contract Manufacturing
      • Market China

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      Katja Garcia Vila (formerly Dürrfeld)

      Year of birth: 1972
      Appointed until: December 2024

      First appointed: December 2021

      Member of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Finance and Controlling
      • Group IT

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      Philipp von Hirschheydt

      Year of birth: 1974
      Appointed until: April 2026
      First appointed: May 2023

      Member of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Sector Automotive

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      Christian Kötz

      Year of birth: 1970
      Appointed until: April 2027
      First appointed: March 2019

      Member of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Sector Tires
      • Group Purchasing

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      Philip Nelles

      Year of birth: 1974
      Appointed until:  May 2029
      First appointed: June 2021

      Member of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Sector ContiTech

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      Dr. Ariane Reinhart

      Year of birth: 1969
      Appointed until: September 2025
      First appointed: October 2014

      Member of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Human Relations
      • Group Sustainability
      • Director of Labor Relations

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      Olaf Schick

      Year of birth: 1972
      Appointed until: April 2026
      First appointed: May 2023

      Member of the Executive Board

      Area of Responsibility:

      • Group Compliance
      • Group Internal Audit
      • Group Law and Intellectual Property
      • Group Quality, technical Compliance, Continental Business System and Environment
      • Group Risks and Controls

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