Schaeffler AG announced two important leadership changes within the management level directly below the Board of Managing Directors effective June 1, 2024. Heiko Eber, previously Head of Investor Relations (IR) at Vitesco Technologies Group AG, will lead Investor Relations at Schaeffler AG. Renata Casaro, who has been in charge of IR at Schaeffler since 2017, will lead the newly created Global Risk & Macroeconomic Analysis unit going forward.

Both Schaeffler and Vitesco Technologies are confident that their planned merger will become effective at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the year 2024. Heiko Eber took over responsibility for IR at Vitesco Technologies in 2021 and was also in charge of preparing the spin-off from Continental AG starting in 2019. He joined Continental in 2011 and previously worked for Siemens AG.

Heiko Eber will report to Group CFO Claus Bauer. Renata Casaro joined Schaeffler AG in 2017. Prior to Schaeffler she was Head of IR at Henkel AG & Co KGaA and Bulgari SpA and worked for several financial institutions.

In her new role she will continue to report to Group CEO Klaus Rosenfeld.