ZF Announces New Head of Corporate Communications

Christoph Horn, head of global communications Mercedes-Benz Cars for eight years, will become the new head of communications of ZF. At the beginning of September 2015, he will succeed Matthias Lenz, who left the company in May after 16 successful years. Horn will report directly to ZF CEO Stefan Sommer.

Horn worked at Daimler since 2002, since 2007 in a management role as head of global communications Mercedes-Benz Cars. He was born in Düsseldorf and grew up in the Rhineland region, in Belgium, and in the United States. Before he changed to the then DaimlerChrysler AG, he worked for Ford, General Motors and Opel. He is married and has three sons.