Thyssenkrupp's top shareholder appoints ex-Volkswagen CEO

Reuters

Published Dec 05, 2018 06:57AM ET

Thyssenkrupp's top shareholder appoints ex-Volkswagen CEO

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation, Thyssenkrupp's (DE:TKAG) top shareholder, has appointed former Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p) Chief Executive Bernd Pischetsrieder as a member of its board of trustees, it said on Wednesday.

Pischetsrieder, who served as Volkswagen's CEO from 2002 to 2006, also chairs the supervisory board of reinsurer Munich Re (DE:MUVGn) and is a member of the supervisory board at carmaker Daimler (DE:DAIGn), the foundation said.