Dr. Fouquet began his career with Bosch in 1987 as a trainee, and since then has held several management positions in Robert Bosch GmbH Germany in Personnel, Purchasing, Logistics, Controlling and Corporate Planning.

From November 1998 till August 2004 he was General Manager and CEO of Bosch Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., a Bosch subsidiary and one of the biggest commercial vehicle producers in Turkey. In May 2000, Dr. Fouquet was elected the first Vice President of the German Turkish Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Robert Meier, former Managing Director of Bosch UK left his role in the United Kingdom at the end of June to take up a new role as Senior Vice President for the Bosch Rexroth division based in Lohr am Main in Germany. Mr. Meier’s predecessor is Joachim Hoff, who has taken retirement.