At its regular meeting, the Supervisory Board of ZF Friedrichshafen AG approved key leadership appointments and finalized the company’s new management structure. Andreas Moser, formerly Head of the Industrial Technology Division, has been appointed to the Board of Management, overseeing Commercial Vehicle Solutions, Industrial Technology, and the India Region, effective November 1, 2025.
Sebastian Schmitt will assume leadership of the Electrified Powertrain Technology (E) Division, which integrates ZF’s conventional, hybrid, and electric passenger-car drivetrain technologies. Schmitt currently leads the Electrified Powertrain Systems product line. CEO Mathias Miedreich will continue to oversee the E Division at the Board level.
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, emphasized the importance of clarity and continuity in leadership, praising Moser’s 30-year career at ZF. CEO Mathias Miedreich added, “With this new Management Board, we have a strong and capable leadership team ready to guide ZF into the future.”
Born in 1963, Andreas Moser has been with ZF since 1992. After holding several positions in business unit management and sales in the Commercial Vehicle Solutions division, he was appointed as its lead in 2020. In April 2021, he moved to Passau to take over as head of the Industrial Technology division.
Sebastian Schmitt will become the new head of the Electrified Powertrain Technology division. He will report directly to CEO Mathias Miedreich, who headed this division as a member of the Board of Management until the end of September and will continue to be responsible for it. Schmitt is an industrial engineer; he has been with ZF for almost two decades and currently heads the Electrified Powertrain Systems product line. His professional career has taken him to ZF’s Saltillo site in Mexico and to the Brandenburg transmission plant as managing director, among other positions.
Restructuring for greater performance
To drive forward the realignment of ZF with full force, CEO Mathias Miedreich is relying on a lean and powerful management organization. The Group Board of Management will be reduced from six to five members – a clear indication of efficiency and focus. At the same time, ZF is establishing a Transformation Committee, a central governing body that directly links the key business areas – sales, materials management, production and strategy – with the Board of Management. This team will take over the operational management of the group-wide performance program, the heart of the transformation.
“Our entire focus in the coming years will be on strengthening ZF’s operations, further increasing profitability and consistently expanding our financial stability,” emphasized Mathias Miedreich. “The new Transformation Committee stands for speed, clarity, and impact – with the clearly defined objective of supporting our customers through forward-looking technologies and reliable partnerships.”
