Discussions Begin Over Ziebart’s Successor Before He Leaves

Continental’s deputy chairman of the board Wolfgang Ziebart is tipped as the hot favourite to become the new chairman of chip manufacturer Infineon, following the departure six weeks ago of the then chairman Ulrich Schumacher. In the meantime, news agencies are quoting from a letter, written by Continental’s supervisory board Chairman Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg to other board members, saying that he is working hard to ensure that the Continental Automotive Systems business unit (for which Ziebart is responsible) continues to be run successfully – and this before Ziebart has even left the company.