Exterior view of the historic Knorr‑Bremse AG company building in Munich featuring gold lettering and decorative facade ornaments

Bernd Spies.

Member of the Executive Board since 2022

Worldwide responsibility for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division

Portrait photo of a Knorr‑Bremse AG executive responsible for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division, shown in a business suit against a modern office backgroundPortrait photo of a Knorr‑Bremse AG executive responsible for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division, shown in a business suit against a modern office background
Bernd Spies, Member of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG | © Knorr-Bremse
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Professional experience

Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich, Germany
2022 – today Member of the Executive Board
KAMAX Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Homberg (Ohm), Germany
2024 – today Member of the Advisory Board
Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Commercial Vehicle Systems), Munich, Germany
2014 – 2022 Chairman of the Management Board
2013 – 2014 Member of the Management Board
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Lippstadt, Germany
2008 – 2013 Member of the Management Board, Global Sales
Robert Bosch GmbH
2006 – 2008 Head of Commercial Vehicles product division, Starters and Alternators (Stuttgart, Germany)
2006 – 2006 Vice President Sales Actuation Systems product division, Energy and Body Electronics (Bühl, Germany)
2004 – 2006 Vice President Sales Mercedes Car Group, Sales Region Southwest (Stuttgart, Germany)
2000 – 2004 Commercial Sales Coordination Officer, Corporate Headquarters (Stuttgart, Germany)
1998 – 2000 Product Manager Driver Assistance, Regional Company North America (Farmington Hills/Michigan, USA)
1997 – 1998 Sales Manager Driver Assistance, Regional Company North America (Farmington Hills/Michigan, USA)
1995 – 1997 Project Manager, Central Sales Region GM (Frankfurt, Germany)
1994 – 1995 Sales Engineer, Sales Body Electronics (Bühl, Germany, and Melbourne, Australia)
1992 – 1994 Trainee, Technical Sales Automotive Original Equipment (Bühl/Reutlingen/Köln, Germany, and Paris, France)

Education

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
1986 – 1992 Electrical Engineering studies, majoring in Information and HF Technology (leading to a degree in Engineering)