René Schlegel has been working for the Bosch Group since 1986. After serving in different positions within the company, he took charge of the Bosch subsidiaries in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Schlegel, born in 1963 in Lucerne, Switzerland has a degree in business administration from the GSB/Oekreal School, Zurich, Switzerland, an MBA from the University of Chicago und an Advanced Management Program diploma from the University of Oxford. After serving as an officer in the Swiss Army, Schlegel worked as an export manager for English-speaking markets in the metallurgical Industry in Switzerland, and then joined the Bosch Group.
Positions in the Bosch Group:
1986 - Product Manager Blaupunkt, Zurich
1989 - Team Leader Field Sales and Product Management Mobile Communications, Zurich
1992 - Sales Director Car Media Spanish-speaking Latin America, Mexico City
1995 - Department Head Power Tools, Mexico City
1998 - General Director Robert Bosch Ukraine
2003 - General Director Robert Bosch Russia and Belarus
2006 - Chairman of the Board of Management Robert Bosch Russia;
General Director Robert Bosch Ukraine and Belarus
2008 - Bosch Group representative Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan;
Bosch Corporate responsibility for Caucasus and Central Asia;
President of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch OOO (Moscow);
General Director of: - Robert Bosch Ltd. (Minsk)
- Robert Bosch Ltd. (Kiev)
- Robert Bosch TOO (Almaty)
Prepared by Katia Barzova, Good2Work Intern, on January 15, 2009
