Pieter Klinkers promoted to CEO of Iochpe-Maxion
By Bradley Osborne - 10th April 2025

Pieter Klinkers, CEO of Iochpe-Maxion
Brazil / Germany – Iochpe-Maxion SA, an automotive components group based in São Paulo, Brazil, has announced that Pieter Klinkers – currently the CEO of subsidiary Maxion Wheels – will take over as CEO of the group from Marcos Oliveira, who will step down in accordance with the group’s succession plan.
Klinkers began his career in the automotive industry at tyre manufacturer Michelin, where he worked for ten years. He then joined in 2005 what was then known as Hayes Lemmerz Inc, which was subsequently acquired by Iochpe-Maxion and became Maxion Wheels. Klinkers has worked at Maxion ever since, taking over the company’s global wheels business in 2015.