Press release -

Sweden’s fastest growing automotive developer gets new head of R&D

“We are extremely happy to see Jens joining us, especially at this stage of our development where there are needs for even more highly experienced people at the helm. For me personally I have been both CEO and head of R&D and now I will be able to focus on the development of the company and feel confident that the best possible person take operational responsibility of what is really my creation initially.” Says Mats Fägerhag, CEO of CEVT AB

“CEVT rapid growth is a pleasant challenge, and we at the HR department continuously strive to attract both experienced professionals as well as new talents in order to build a long term successful company in the Geely Group.” Says Bengt Enbom, Senior Vice President of HR
If you share our passion for engineering and innovation, and want to work in a global organisation that embraces diversity, CEVT could be the right place for you.Please visit our LinkedIn page to see our current job openings, or visit or homepage www.cevt.se to learn more about who we are. Or follow us on Facebook.

Press contact:

Stefan.lundin@cevt.se

0721-843598

Fact sheet:

As of Oct 1st Jens Schönenberg will start working as Senior Vice President R&D at CEVT. He will lead, define activities and distribute the work within R&D to progress within product development.

Jens has been working within mechanical engineering for the past 24 years, and has a genuine experience of working with international companies both in Sweden as well as in Germany and the United States. He has a background of a several leading positions within project management and as Line Manager. Most recently he worked at Saab Aeronautics and the aircraft industry, where he was very much involved in the work with Gripen E and Airframe.

His experience ranges from engineering and project management; to improve and ensure product development, research and development as well as cost efficiency.

Topics

  • Motor

Regions

  • Göteborg

China Euro Vehicle Technology, CEVT, is an engineering and development centre for future cars of the Geely Group. CEVT covers vital aspects of passenger car development – from the joint architecture, to power train and drive line components, to top hat engineering as well as the vehicles’ exterior design. The modular strategy deliver on premium cars’ demands as well as on volume cars’ demands. Our vision is to strengthen the competitiveness of the Geely Group through development of world-class vehicle architectures, platforms, new technologies and total vehicles. If we are to succeed we need to attract the right people. CEVT currently consists of some 1500 people and is growing fast. The company is located at Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg and in Hangzhou, China.

Contacts

Malin Willbro

Press contact PR Manager Corporate PR & Communications +46 729 88 85 43