Board of Management
Gerhard Kümmel has been a member of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH since mid-2002. He has corporate responsibility for business administration, finance and financial statements, as well as planning and controlling. In addition, he has responsibility for finance and administration at the Chassis Systems Brakes and Chassis Systems Control divisions.
Gerhard Kümmel was born in Esslingen, Germany, on March 17, 1948. He is married and has two children. After leaving school in 1968, he studied Business Administration at the University of Saarbrücken, where he took his diploma in 1973.

Career stages in the Bosch Group

  • 1974 - Order processing, Homburg Plant

  • 1979 - Department head in logistics, Nuremberg Plant 2

  • 1985 - Corporate Planning and Controlling Department

  • 1988 - Commercial Plant Manager, Waiblingen Plant (Packaging Machinery)

  • 1990 - Commercial Plant Manager, Modular Assembly Technology Business Unit, Waiblingen

  • 1993 - Executive Vice-President Finance and Administration, Semiconductors and Electronic Control Units Division

  • 1995 - Head of Corporate Planning and Controlling Department

  • 1998 - Executive Vice-President Finance and Administration, Communications Technology Business Sector

  • 2000 - Project manager, Atecs

  • 2001 - Executive Vice-President Finance and Administration, Bosch Rexroth AG

  • 2002 - Member of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH

Gerhard Kümmel
Member, Board of Management
Robert Bosch GmbH