Management Webasto
Customized Solutions

Heike Niehues has been a member of the Management Board of Webasto Thermo & Comfort since 2018. As Executive Vice President she is responsible for all business areas of Webasto Customized Solutions (CS) worldwide. With great dynamism and enthusiasm, she drives the further development of CS to ensure the future viability of our hardware and software products and solutions for customers. She moved from Robert Bosch GmbH, where she worked for more than 20 years in various technical and management roles, including in Japan and Taiwan. From 2011 to 2014, she was Managing Director of Unipoint Electric MFG. Co. in Taiwan, a company that was acquired by the Bosch Group. After returning, she took over the global workshop organization in Germany. 

Heike lives with her family with two sons in Munich and Stuttgart. She is interested in Asian lifestyle and food culture, and likes to spend her time outside skiing and hiking in the fresh air.

Harald Kuhr has extensive experience with the company, with nine years as CFO at Webasto Convertible Roof Systems before taking over the role of CFO for the Customized Solutions division in 2018. As a member of the Executive Board, he is responsible across the board for Finance & Controlling, IT, Logistics/Production, and Quality and Occupational Safety.

Before joining Webasto, Harald held various financial positions at different companies in the automotive supply industry, including Borg Warner, DURA Automotive, FAURECIA and VARTA Batteries. Harald, who was born in northern Germany but has now lived in Heidelberg for many years, recharges his personal batteries while traveling, hiking, playing sports, and reading.