Christian Bayer is the Director of Automotive & Mobility at Atreus, a Heidrick & Struggles company based in Munich. He supports international automotive manufacturers and suppliers with transformational challenges, restructuring, and filling management line functions across the value chain. Prior to this, he spent over 14 years at OPmobility in several senior leadership roles, including Sales Director for BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla, where he led a team of 20 and focused on P&L turnarounds and strategic growth. His tenure at OPmobility also included serving as Sales & Program Director for BMW and Porsche, and as a Program Groupleader managing multi-project launches in Germany and Slovakia. Earlier in his career, Christian was a Key Account Manager at Scherdel, focusing on powertrain applications for Tier 1 suppliers, and a Sales Engineer for AGC Glass Europe, where he was responsible for business development for the Mercedes-Benz account. He holds a degree as a Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur from Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt.