Continental Appointed New Replacement Tire Heads for Asia and Europe. New management appointments for the replacement tire business in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions Ferdinand Hoyos will succeed Philipp v. Hirschheydt in EMEA; Dalibor Kalina to head Asia-Pacific business. Continental will start the new business year on January 1, 2022 with new heads of its passenger car and truck tire replacement business in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions. Ferdinand Hoyos will manage Continental's replacement tire business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and, as a member of the Tire Board, will continue to report to Christian Kotz, who as a member of the Executive Board of Continental AG is responsible for the Tires business area. Hoyos has been heading Continental's replacement tire business in the APAC region since 2018. He succeeds Philipp v. Hirschheydt, who is moving to Continental's Automotive group sector. From the beginning of 2022, he will lead the new User Experience business area there. The new head of the replacement tire business in the APAC region and thus the successor to Ferdinand Hoyos is Dalibor Kalina (47). As a future member of the Tire Board, he will report directly to Christian Kotz. Kalina has been head of Continental's passenger car replacement tire business in China since 2015. Ferdinand Hoyos will become the new head of Continental's replacement tire business in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Philipp v. Hirschheydt will lead the new User Experience business area of Continental's Automotive group sector. Philipp v. Hirschheydt held various positions in corporate finance and MA in the banking sector before joining Continental in 2007, where he gained experience in both the Automotive and Tires divisions and at the corporate level of Continental. He has been responsible for the replacement tire business for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) since 2018. As of January 1, 2022, he will take over the new User Experience business area in Continental's Automotive group sector. Dalibor Kalina will take up his new position as the new head of Continental's replacement tire business in the Asia-Pacific region.