Leoni AG has named Bruno Fankhauser to its management board for the wire and cable solutions Division. The supervisory board of Europe's leading provider of cables and cable systems to the automotive sector and other industries has assigned responsibility for its Wire & Cable Solutions Division (WCS) to the Swiss national, who has been with the Group for 10 years. Bruno Fankhauser took over management of the Swiss cables company Studer in 2004 and joined the Leoni Group via its takeover of Studer in 2006.

Since 2008 he has, as member of the Wire & Cable Solutions Division's Management Board, been in charge of a Business Group that specializes in the development, production and sale of cables and cable systems for various industries. His Management Board mandate initially expires on 31 December 2018.