Presently, Harald J. Wester is Chief Technical Officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.

In the past Mr. Wester was Chief Executive Officer for Volkswagen AG and Program Manager at AUDI AG (a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG), Chief Technical Officer of Magna AG, Executive Chairman for Maserati SpA, Chief Executive Officer at Alfa Romeo SpA, Chief Executive Officer for Abarth & C. SpA, Chief Technical Officer for Magna Steyr AG & Co. KG, Chief Technology Officer at FCA Italy SpA, CTO, Head-Alfa Romeo, Abarth & Maserati at Fiat SpA and Director-Product Development at Ferrari SpA.

He received a graduate degree from Technische Universität Braunschweig.