Sebastian Schmitt becomes head of the ElectrifiedPowertrain Technology division and reports toZF CEO Mathias Miedreich in this role.

October 23, 2025, Friedrichshafen, Germany. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the SupervisoryBoard of ZF Friedrichshafen AG made decisions on personnel matters and the future organization of thecompany.

Andreas Moser, previously head of the ZF Industrial Technology division, was appointed to the Board ofManagement for the Commercial Vehicle Solutions and Industrial Technology Divisions and the IndiaRegion, effective November 1, 2025. SebastianSchmitt has been appointed head of the ElectrifiedPowertrain Technology (E) division, in which ZF has bundled its conventional, hybrid and electric passenger-car drivetrain technologies. He currently heads the Electrified Powertrain Systems productline. CEO Mathias Miedreich remains responsible forthe E division on the Board of Management.

“Following the changes to the Board of Management, itwas important for the Supervisory Board to create clarity in the Group’s management,” said Dr. Rolf Breidenbach,Chairman of the ZF Supervisory Board. “In Andreas Moser, we’ve found a Board member who has been withZF for more than 30 years, many of them in management positions in ZF’s Commercial.

 Vehicle Solutions and Industrial Technology divisions. This means competence and continuity. We’ve thussucceeded in setting up ZF’s management committeewithin a very short time so that the Group’s current challenges can be mastered.”

 “With this new Management Board, we have a strong andhighly competent leadership team that will successfully guide ZFinto the future,”Mathias Miedreich points out.

 Born in 1963, Andreas Moser has been with ZF since 1992. After holding several positions in business unitmanagement and sales in the Commercial Vehicle Solutions division, he was appointed as its lead in 2020. In April 2021, he moved to Passau to take over as head ofthe Industrial Technology division.

 Sebastian Schmitt will become the new head of the Electrified Powertrain Technology division. He will reportdirectly to CEO Mathias Miedreich, who headed this division as a member of the Board of Management until the end of September and will continue to be responsible for it. Schmitt is an industrial engineer; he has been with ZF for almost two decades and currently heads the Electrified Powertrain Systems product line. His professional career has taken him to ZF’s Saltillo site in Mexico and to the Brandenburg transmission plant as managing director, among other positions.

Restructuring for greater performance

 To drive forward the realignment of ZF with full force, CEO Mathias Miedreich is relying on a lean and powerfulmanagement organization. The Group Board ofManagement will be reduced from six to five members –a clear indication of efficiency and focus. At the sametime, ZF is establishing a Transformation Committee, acentral governing body that directly links the key business areas – sales, materials management, production and

“Our entire focus in the coming years will be on strengthening ZF’s operations, further increasing profitability and consistently expanding our financial stability,” emphasized Mathias Miedreich. “The new Transformation Committee stands for speed, clarity, andimpact – with the clearly defined objective of supporting our customers through forward- looking technologies and reliable partnerships.”