Speakers

After studying business administration, Franziska Weber worked in various positions in the metal industry for over 20 years. The last 11 years of this were spent at the international car battery manufacturer Clarios (formerly Johnson Controls / Varta). In addition to her main role in governmental affairs, she was responsible for reorganizing the compliance department and later, as press spokesperson, for internal and external communications at the European plants. She then took over the implementation of the sustainability management system for the EMEA headquarter and production sites. In 2021, she switched from Industry to Association as Director of Sustainability and Raw Materials at WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle, before taking over the lead of the newly established Plattform Blei (Platform Lead) in 2023. An initiative of the WVMetalle representing the lead producing and processing industry in Germany. WVMetalle speaks for the economic policy concerns of the non-ferrous metals industry with 650 companies in Germany and a turnover of 75,7 bn Euro.