• AN EARLY START WITH CARS
• MOVES TO AUDI, VOLKSWAGEN
• MOVES TO MAGNA STEYR
• CHIEF EXECUTIVE
• MAKES CHANGES TO FIAT
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chief executive officer, Fiat

Nationality: Austrian.

Born: 1953, in Vienna, Austria.

Education: Technical University of Vienna, 1971–1978; PhD, 1981.

Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: four.

Career: Institute for Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering, 1978–1984, scientific/engineering assistant; Robert Bosch, 1984–1990, senior manager of ABS/ASR applications and quality assurance; Audi, 1990–1995, senior manager, then CEO; 1994–1997, chairman of the...