Germany: Vivek Bhatia has been appointed as the CEO of ThyssenKrupp Asia Pacific with effect 1 October 2016. He succeeds Stefan Schmitt, who will move to ThyssenKrupp AG as Head of Human Resources Strategy.
Bhatia, aged 38 years, has been Head of Strategy, Markets and Development at the Regional Headquarters in Singapore since May 2014. Prior to this he advised industrial businesses on their strategy and operations, as part of the Boston Consulting Group for several years. He earlier gained experience in the oil and gas Industry as part of Engineers India.