Dr. Jochen Peter (50) will join the board of Bosch Rexroth AG in Lohr am Main on January 1, 2026, and will become chairman of the board on March 1, 2026, after a familiarization phase. He will succeed Dr. Steffen Haack (59), who will step down from the chairmanship at the same time but will remain a member of the divisional board. Haack will retain responsibility for development and will focus on identifying new strategic growth areas for Bosch Rexroth in the future.
"Steffen Haack deserves great recognition for his important contribution, which has significantly advanced Bosch Rexroth in recent years. He has actively initiated and accompanied the upcoming generational change as a member of the divisional board. In doing so, he has created the necessary stability in a challenging market environment and has driven the further development of Bosch Rexroth," says Dr. Tanja.
Rückert, a member of the management board of Robert Bosch GmbH and chairman of the supervisory board of Bosch Rexroth AG. Peter studied mechanical engineering and process engineering at the TU Kaiserslautern as well as industrial engineering at the University of Hagen. He began his professional career in 2000 as a development engineer at BMW, while simultaneously earning his doctorate at the Fraunhofer Institute, and subsequently worked at the Boston Consulting Group, among other places in the USA. In 2011, he joined the Zeiss Group and held various leadership positions before becoming a member of the board of Carl Zeiss AG in 2017. There, he was responsible for the Industrial Quality and Research division until the end of September 2025.
"Jochen Peter has demonstrated in his previous position that he can tap into new market potentials even in challenging environments, develop software business anew, and successfully drive transformation within a company," Rückert said.
Bosch Rexroth, as a leading global provider of drive and control technologies, ensures efficient, powerful, and safe movement in machines and systems of all types and sizes. The company consolidates worldwide application experiences in the market segments of mobile and industrial applications as well as factory automation. With intelligent components, customized system solutions, engineering, and services, Bosch Rexroth creates the conditions for fully networked applications. Bosch Rexroth offers its customers hydraulics, electric drive and control technology, gearing technology, as well as linear and assembly technology, including software and interfaces to the Internet of Things. With a presence in over 80 countries, around 32,600 employees generated a revenue of 6.5 billion euros in 2024.
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