Few have as profound an insight into the European industrial landscape as Stefan Asenkerschbaumer. As the long-standing chief financial officer and current chairman of the supervisory board of a leading global technology and service provider, he is familiar with the realities of complex industrial corporations in economically turbulent times.

At the same time, Asenkerschbaumer is keenly aware of the opportunities for Europe, for instance with regard to its innovative strength. Bosch is one of Europe's most research-intensive industrial companies. The group invests around eight billion euros annually in research and development, filed nearly 6,300 patents globally in 2025 and ranked number 1 in Germany with approximately 4,100 patent applications according to the statistics of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

Asenkerschbaumer's perspective is shaped by his many years of experience in various business areas at Bosch, as well as by his mandates on the supervisory board of BASF and as non-executive director of the Swiss company Stadler Rail AG. Alongside his corporate expertise, he brings a wealth of scientific and political experience. He was appointed honorary professor by the University of Nuremberg in 2017 and was a member of the German federal chancellor's "Zukunftsrat" policy thinktank from 2022 to 2025. Since March 2026, Asenkerschbaumer has been an ad personam Senator of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

At the European Economic Forum, Stefan Asenkerschbaumer will bring his experience to the discussion on the potential and future of European industry.