Continental Realigns Its Corporate Communications
- Responsibilities and contacts consolidated with a view to future focus on tire business
- Vincent Charles to remain head of Corporate Communications at Continental
- Henry Schniewind appointed head of External Communications effective April 1, 2026
Hanover, Germany, April 27, 2026. Continental has realigned its corporate communications. As part of the future focus on the tire business, the communications departments of the Tires group sector and the overall Continental Group were merged into a new unit at the beginning of April under the leadership of Vincent Charles. In the process, responsibilities and contacts for external communications have been reorganized. Henry Schniewind has assumed responsibility for external communications. He previously served as head of External Communications for the Tires group sector. Reporting to him are four spokespersons: Marc Siedler for business and finance, Nicole Göttlicher for corporate and HR, Laura Averbeck for technology and sustainability, and Ildikó Kovács for production and logistics.
Your contacts at a glance:
Marc Siedler
Spokesman, Business & Finance
Continental
Phone: +49 511 938-1278
Cell: +49 151 24506041
E-mail: marc.siedler@conti.de
Nicole Göttlicher
Spokeswoman, Corporate & HR
Continental
Phone: +49 511 938-1640
Cell: +49 151 18872912
E-mail: nicole.goettlicher@conti.de
Laura Averbeck
Spokeswoman, Technology & Sustainability
Continental
Phone: +49 511 938-23614
Cell: +49 151 27674652
E-mail: laura.averbeck@conti.de
Ildikó Kovács
Spokeswoman, Manufacturing & Logistics
Continental
Phone: +49 511 976-36221
Cell: +49 151 16815621
E-mail: ildiko.kovacs@conti.de
Henry Schniewind
Head of External Communications
Continental
Phone: +49 511 938-21810
Cell: +49 151 68864262
E-mail: henry.schniewind@conti.de
Vincent Charles
Head of Corporate Communications
Continental
Phone: +49 511 938-1364
E-mail: vincent.charles@conti.de
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Nicole Göttlicher
Spokeswoman, Corporate and HR
Continental
Henry Schniewind
Head of External Communications
Continental
Vincent Charles 
Henry Schniewind 
Marc Siedler 
Nicole Göttlicher 
Laura Averbeck 
Ildikó Kovács
