Steffen Hoffmann appointed as Managing Director of Bosch UK & Ireland

Denham, UK – Bosch has today announced the appointment of Dr. Steffen Hoffmann as Managing Director of Bosch UK & Ireland, effective from 1st August 2024. Steffen will take over the role from Vonjy Rajakoba.

Steffen has been with the Bosch business for over 32 years, starting his career in 1992 as a Management Trainee in Germany, and since then he has progressed within the company in various roles around the world.

Steffen led Bosch UK & Ireland from 2015 to 2020 and returns to the position. In the intervening years he was the President of Bosch Russia until 2022, and since then he has overseen the Bosch activities in over 20 countries as President Northern & Eastern Europe, whilst based in the UK. Steffen will continue this European role alongside his new responsibility for Bosch’s business across the UK and Ireland.

Steffen said: “After three decades of working across different areas of the business and working with many Bosch teams in a number of countries, I’m proud to be taking up the role of Managing Director of Bosch UK & Ireland again. I have fond memories of heading up the business here in the past and it’s a unique opportunity to return with a broader perspective of the wider region. I’m looking forward to getting started and I thank Vonjy for his hard work and dedication through the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and the current political and economic climate.”

After almost four years as Managing Director of Bosch UK, Steffen Hoffmann’s predecessor, Vonjy Rajakoba, will pursue his professional career outside Bosch.

During his tenure, Vonjy oversaw the company’s recovery from the pandemic, led a number of business acquisitions including Protec, HydraForce and Five, and helped Bosch UK’s commemoration of its 125th anniversary in 2023. During the most recent fiscal year the company increased its sales to seven percent above the pre-pandemic level, with sales of £3.5 billion.

Bosch has a broad presence in the UK and Ireland, with all four of its business sectors – Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy & Building Technology – represented in locations across England, Ireland, and Scotland. As of December 31, 2023, the region employs more than 6,700 associates in roles that include sales, engineering, and development.

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The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.

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