The members of the Continental Corporation Works Council have elected Frank Michael Hell as their new chair, effective immediately, at one of their regular meetings. The vice chair is Hans Fischl from Regensburg, who previously held the position of the corporation's works council chair. The corporation's works council currently consists of 44 members and represents the interests of the approx. 50,000 employees at all German companies of the Continental Corporation.
Frank Michael Hell, the new chair of the corporation's works council, completed a training program as an industrial sales representative, which lasted from 1970 to 1972, at Continental's Hanover location. After completing his studies for a diploma in business administration at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, he returned to Continental Hanover in 1977 and was responsible for IT project management in Germany and abroad. In 1991, Hell took over IT controlling within the corporation and, temporarily, personnel controlling as well. In 2006, he was elected to the joint works council at Continental headquarters in Hanover and became its chair in 2010. Hell is a member of the supervisory board of the Continental AG pension fund for employee mutual insurance.
Hans Fischl, the vice chair of the corporation's works council, completed his graduate engineering studies in 1977 and then joined Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) in Munich. In 1983, he moved to the Siemens AG location in Regensburg. There he was responsible for local quality reporting. In 1994, he was elected to the works council in Regensburg and became its chair in 2001. During acquisition of Siemens VDO, the Regensburg location was integrated into the Continental Corporation in 2007. From 2010 to mid-2014, Fischl was the chair of the corporation's works council and he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Continental AG.
Frank Michael Hell, the new chair of the corporation's works council, completed a training program as an industrial sales representative, which lasted from 1970 to 1972, at Continental's Hanover location. After completing his studies for a diploma in business administration at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, he returned to Continental Hanover in 1977 and was responsible for IT project management in Germany and abroad. In 1991, Hell took over IT controlling within the corporation and, temporarily, personnel controlling as well. In 2006, he was elected to the joint works council at Continental headquarters in Hanover and became its chair in 2010. Hell is a member of the supervisory board of the Continental AG pension fund for employee mutual insurance.
Hans Fischl, the vice chair of the corporation's works council, completed his graduate engineering studies in 1977 and then joined Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) in Munich. In 1983, he moved to the Siemens AG location in Regensburg. There he was responsible for local quality reporting. In 1994, he was elected to the works council in Regensburg and became its chair in 2001. During acquisition of Siemens VDO, the Regensburg location was integrated into the Continental Corporation in 2007. From 2010 to mid-2014, Fischl was the chair of the corporation's works council and he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Continental AG.
