Christian is having a technical background, starting his career 25 years ago, at the very basis of the automotive industry, as a workshop mechanic. After continuing his education, he was working in several areas of the automotive industry: Leading technical trainings, being responsible for technical support and warranty management at different OEMs, he is now leading the Connected Car team in Kia Europe, being as well responsible for the Product Planning part of in-vehicle infotainment.   

The Pop in Your Job:
What drives me is collaboration—watching diverse minds come together to build something greater than the sum of its parts. As a car guy, working for an industry with such amazing products is already fuel enough 😊

Kia Europe is the European sales and manufacturing division of Kia Corporation – a global mobility brand that is creating innovative, pioneering and leading sustainable mobility solutions for consumers, communities and societies around the world. As a Sustainable Mobility Solutions Provider, Kia is spearheading the popularization of electrified and battery electric vehicles and developing a growing range of mobility services, encouraging people around the world to explore the best ways of getting around. Kia Europe, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, employs in total over 5,500 employees from 40 nationalities in 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus. It also oversees European production at the company’s state-of-the-art facility in Zilina, Slovakia.   Kia’s innovative products continue to attract great acclaim, notably the EV6 battery electric vehicle becoming the first Korean car to be named European Car of the Year in 2022.