Executive Board & Managing Director
Chairman Claas Bracklo
BMW Group
Senior Consultant Electric Mobility at the VDA, Manager in the power train engineering division of BMW and Chairman of the CharIN e.V.
Michael Keller
Volkswagen AG
Leader development coordination for charging and charging infrastructure within Volkswagen Group.
André Kaufung
innos GmbH
CEO of innos GmbH and Managing Director of the CharIN e.V.
Steering Committee
In alphabetical order.
Gabriela Binasch
Director of Sales & Marketing at NXP Semiconductors and responsible for the Automotive Business Development.
Volker Blandow
Global head of electric mobility activities at TÜV SÜD.
Fabian Grill
Head of Charging Systems at Porsche AG Development.
Michael Heinemann
Chief Executive Officer at Phoenix Contact E-Mobility.
Selvam Kandasamy
General Manager, Embedded Systems at Mahindra Electric.
Claas Kirchner
Head of Software and Product Management Electric/Electronics Development at Volkswagen.
Jacob Mathews
Manager of EV Standards and Regulations at Ford Motor Company.
Johan Peeters
Global Vice President Sales & Marketing, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at ABB.
Dr. Peter Ramminger
Chief Engineer and Program Manager Propulsion Electrification at Opel Automobile GmbH.
Oliver Richter
Technical Manager of Mennekes Stecker GmbH & Co. KG.
Roman Strasser
Head of Power Electronics and Charging Systems at AUDI AG.
Stefan Sturm
BMW head of predevelopment and system design. Further, he takes care of the standardization of charging systems.
Jim Tarchinski
Jim Tarchinski is currently the Global Lead for Codes, Regulations and Standards related to electric vehicle charging at General Motors.
Axel Willikens
Senior Manager Charging at Mercedes-Benz AG, responsible for onboard charging HW & SW including charging interfaces and charging system.
General Assembly
1 assigned Representative of each Member.
The association Charging Interface Initiative e. V. is registered in the German capital Berlin (“eingetragener Verein”, “e. V.”).