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Bosch hires Dolkhani

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Stuttgart – Boris Dolkhani will be joining Robert Bosch GmbH on May 1, 2017, where he will be assuming responsibility for corporate marketing communications, brand management, and corporate design. The 51-year-old comes to Bosch from the robotics and automation supplier KUKA AG, where he was responsible for global brand management and marketing. Dolkhani has comprehensive experience in both agency and corporate environments, and was the recipient of numerous international awards for campaigns and projects he headed during his time at KUKA (Timo Boll campaign, Industry 4.0 campaign). At Bosch, he will be joining a department overseen by CEO Dr. Volkmar Denner, and will be reporting to Dr. Christoph Zemelka, the head of Corporate Communications. “With Boris Dolkhani, we are acquiring a strategic thinker who has demonstrated an impressive ability to communicate abstract subject matter. We are looking forward to benefiting from his expertise and wealth of ideas,” said Zemelka. In its role as technology leader, Bosch wants to help shape the coming digital transformation, and is increasingly focusing on connected solutions in the areas of connected manufacturing, smart homes, smart cities, and mobility.

Before making the switch to the corporate side, Dolkhani founded and held executive positions in various advertising agencies, where he gained experience in a variety of sectors. His clients included national and international companies from the automobile, sports, fashion, and household appliances segments.

About Bosch

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.

Additional information is available online at www.bosch.com, www.iot.bosch.com, www.bosch-press.com.

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