Bosch recently announced a realignment of its global mobility business beginning in January 2024 as Bosch Mobility. A major focus of the realignment is strengthening cooperation in each region to serve existing and new customer needs even better and faster with customized technologies and solutions. As part of the realignment, Bosch Mobility sector boards will be established for the America, China, India and South and East Asia regions.
"As an executive vice president of Bosch Corporation and managing officer in charge of sales for the South and East Asia region, Mecker has a track record in leading growth for the mobility business in Japan," said Klaus Meder, president and representative director of Bosch Corporation, on the selection of Christian Mecker as president of the South and East Asia sector board. "He has vast executive experience overseeing divisions and regions in a variety of countries, including France, Germany and Japan. I expect his leadership to contribute greatly to growth and development in the South and East Asia region for Bosch," Meder added. As president and representative director of Bosch Corporation, Meder will continue to drive growth for all four of Bosch's business sectors in Japan.
New structure to respond more rapidly to customer needs in the South and East Asia region
Beginning January 2024, Christian Mecker will become president of the South and East Asia sector board. He will concurrently be responsible for engineering and will oversee strategy and technologies for the region. Since entering Robert Bosch (France) in 1992, Mecker has served in executive positions in a variety of fields, including as sales engineer, sales manager and senior vice president of sales, Powertrain Solutions division. Mecker will also continue to serve as executive vice president of Bosch Corporation after January 2024.
"With realignment of the mobility business and establishment of regional sector boards, we can now make decisions and respond to customers more rapidly. As sector board president, I will commit further to the region and swiftly respond to diverse customer needs to promote growth in the South and East Asia region, including in Japan, and contribute to the mobility market," said Mecker.
Furthermore, Naoshi Nishimura, currently serving as senior managing officer and executive vice president original equipment sales of Bosch Corporation, will be responsible for sales and customers of South and East Asia sector board. Takao Matsumura, currently serving as senior managing officer and regional president of Chassis Systems Control division of Bosch Corporation, will be responsible for manufacturing and commercial at South and East Asia sector board. From January 2024, the three led by Mecker will drive the mobility business in the region.
Structuring of mobility business to support market trends
Bosch Mobility's reorganization reflects the increased interest in and impact of software in the automotive market. Reorganization of Bosch's automotive business and offering customized technologies and solutions from a single source will allow Bosch to serve existing and new customer needs even better and faster with customized technologies and solutions from a single source. With some 230,000 associates at more than 300 locations in 66 countries worldwide, Bosch Mobility will be the biggest of Bosch's four business sectors.
Bosch Mobility comprises seven divisions:
- Electrified Motion division will be concerned with everything relating to electric motors, from the Bosch e-axle to seat adjusters.
- Vehicle Motion will deal with vehicle dynamics, from ABS and ESP® to steering.
- Power Solutions will handle combustion-engine technology, mobile and stationary fuel cells, electrolyzers, and hydrogen engines.
- Cross-Domain Computing Solutions will develop solutions for areas ranging from automatic parking to automated driving.
- Mobility Electronics will drive forward the development of control units.
- Mobility Aftermarket will deal with the spare-parts market and the Bosch Car Service workshop franchise.
- E-Bike Systems will supply systems solutions – comprising drive units, rechargeable batteries, ABS, and connected displays – for e-bikes.
- The Bosch subsidiary ETAS will be given horizontal responsibility for hardware-agnostic software for operating systems and engineering tools.
Bosch Mobility South and East Asia sector board members
| Christian Mecker | President and responsible for engineering |
| Naoshi Nishimura | Responsible for sales and customers |
| Takao Matsumura | Responsible for manufacturing and commercial |
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