Dr. Steffen Berns

MD

Dr. Steffen Berns, since Jan 2013 Managing Director of Bosch Limited and President Bosch Group India, has been associated with the Bosch Group since 1990.

From 1996 to 1999 he had his first stint in India as General Manager of R&D and Technical Sales at Bosch Limited (then MICO) Bengaluru, India and former first Managing Director of Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (then Robert Bosch India).

After his tenure in India, he returned to Stuttgart and headed the Diesel Systems Electronics for seven years, before he was nominated to the Board of Gasoline Systems as Executive Vice-President Engineering, looking after gasoline, transmission control and electrification.

Career milestones in the Bosch-Group

1990: Engineering, Diesel Systems, Germany

1994: Department Head Engineering Inline Pumps and Governors, Diesel Systems

1996: General Manager, OE Sales and R&D, MICO (current Bosch Limited), Bosch Group, India

1998: Managing Director, Robert Bosch India Limited, India (current Robert Bosch Business and Engineering Solutions)

1999: Senior Vice President Engineering and Product Groups Electronic Control Units and Sensors, Diesel Systems, Germany

2006: Executive Vice President Engineering, Gasoline Systems, Germany

2013: Managing Director of Bosch Limited and President Bosch Group India.

Background

Born in 1963 in Wuppertal, Germany, Dr. Berns graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Darmstadt Technical University. He holds a Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in Mechanical Engineering from Aachen Technical University.

His hobbies include classical western music, hiking and water-sports and travelling with family.