Susanne Kochs (49) is taking over as Head of External Communications at Infineon Technologies AG. She succeeds Bernd Hops, who took over as Corporate Vice President Communications and Public Affairs & Associations at the start of this year with global responsibility for internal, external and political communications. Susanne Kochs will report to him in her new position. The psychology graduate was previously a member of the Executive Board of Ketchum Germany and at the same time managed the company’s Munich agency.
Susanne Kochs has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate and strategic brand communications. In her career she has worked for well-known B2C and B2B companies from many different branches of industry and advised them primarily in integrated campaign development. In addition to Ketchum, she has also held positions at the international communications agencies Edelman and Emanate.