By Andrea Hargraves 
He is the first Portuguese to join the board of directors of the Bosch Group, whose revenues in 2023 reached 92 billion euros. Vitor Gregorio is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bosch Home Comfort Group (Thermal Technology), with a turnover of $5 billion, and serves as Senior Vice President, responsible for Bosch sales in all markets except Central Europe and Europe. USA.
“I never sent my CV to Bosch,” the manager explains in a conversation with JE. Vitor Gregorio joined Bosch in 1999, as part of the second edition of the INOV Contacto programme, established by AICEP, to undertake a professional training at Bosch Termotecnologia in Aveiro, which culminated in a job offer. For 25 years in the group, he lived outside Portugal (14 years in Latin America and 8 years in the USA).
“In terms of governance model, Bosch is very matrixial [estrutura empresarial em que as equipes reportam a vários líderes]In other words, no one is an “owner of everything,” says the director. “There is an annual strategy meeting where they explain to the board what the strategic directions are for the next five years,” he says. Director who revealed that “a very important factor for our division is to continue growth in the field of electricity [energia a eletricidade]The second is to complete the acquisition of the global HVAC business in 2025 [aquecimento, ventilação e ar condicionado] From Johnson Controls. “This will allow us to become a more globalized company.” She says. “This acquisition takes us in another direction, which is business diversification, in terms of product portfolio, but also regional expansion, especially in Asia and the Americas, where we are less present,” he says.
Content reserved for subscribers. To read the full version go to here To JE reader