Volkmar Denner

Chairman of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch GmbH Business Circle

Volkmar Denner has been chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH and a shareholder of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG since July 1, 2012. His responsibilities include corporate strategy, corporate communications, and real estate and facilities. As chief technology officer he also has corporate responsibility for research and advance engineering, technology coordination, and new business areas. In addition, he is responsible for the subsidiaries Bosch Software Innovations GmbH and Bosch Healthcare Solutions GmbH.

Born in Uhingen, Germany, on November 30, 1956, Volkmar Denner is married and has three children. After taking his university entrance examination in 1975, he studied physics at the University of Stuttgart, graduating in 1981. After a research stay in the U.S., he completed a doctorate in physics (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Stuttgart in 1985.

He is a member of the managing board of the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry), a member of the executive board of BBUG (Baden-Baden Entrepreneur Talks), as well as the chair of the Association of Friends of the University of Stuttgart.