Chris Riley

Chief Executive Officer, Bosch Rexroth South Africa

Chris Riley is Chief Executive Officer of Bosch Rexroth South Africa, in the role since January 2022.

Bosch Rexroth South Africa is a hydraulics, pneumatics and automation group serving mining and agricultural equipment makers from 45 locations in 20 African countries. Riley also serves as Bosch Rexroth Africa president.

In the job

  1. Riley became Group CEO of Bosch Rexroth South Africa and leader of the Bosch Rexroth sales unit for Africa, succeeding Tillmann Olsen. Source

  2. The company celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with a customer tour of its Witfontein production facilities and named mining, energy, marine and defence as its main growth sectors. Source

  3. The company said it was collaborating on a biodegradable hydraulic oil research project with Bosch Rexroth in Germany, a German university and the University of Cape Town. Source

Career before

  1. General manager, Tectra Automation

Education

BSc in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration

Sources

  1. instrumentation.co.za
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. miningweekly.com
  4. boschrexroth.africa

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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