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Heinz-Gerhard Wente

Member of the Executive Board, ContiTech division; Corporate Purchasing

Curriculum Vitae

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April 23, 1951

Born in Nettelrede, Lower Saxony, Germany

1969

Graduated from commercial grammar school in Hameln, Germany

1969 - 1971 Commercial training at Continental AG, Hanover, Germany
1971 - 1972

Compulsory military service

1973

Commercial clerk in the Industrial Products sales department at Continental AG

1973 - 1978

Economics studies in Hanover and Göttingen, graduating with a diploma in commerce

Continental AG

since
August 1, 2011
additionally responsible for Corporate Purchasing

since
October 1, 2008

responsible for the ContiTech division

since
May 3, 2007

Member of the Executive Board

2004

Appointment to the Executive Board of ContiTech AG

2001 - 2008

Head of the ContiTech Fluid business unit

2000 - 2001

Chairman of the Board of ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH and head of the ContiTech Vibration Control business unit

1998 - 2000

Chairman of the Board of ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH and head of the ContiTech Power Transmission Group

1993 - 1998

General Manager of ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH

1988 - 1993

Overall responsibility for the Marketing, Sales and Logistics functions of the Power Transmission Products unit

1984 - 1988

Responsible for Central Marketing as well as sales and distribution activities for the Automotive Aftermarket business of the Power Transmission Products unit

1981 - 1984

Marketing Controlling for two ContiTech business units and project assignments at subsidiary companies with manufacturing operations (also in Brazil)

1980 - 1981

Assistant to the Plant Manager and initial assignments in Factory Controlling

1978 - 1980

Employed at the Industrial Engineering plant in Northeim