Andreas Roellgen

Andreas Roellgen is executive vice president and president of engineered bearings and an officer of The Timken Company.

Named to his current position in 2022, Roellgen is responsible for the leadership and profitable growth of Timken’s global engineered bearings business, which operates across 42 countries and serves a diverse industrial end-market mix and customer base.

Most recently, Roellgen led the company’s strategy to grow its global market share across Europe, Asia and Africa and is credited for significantly expanding Timken’s position in China and India. Roellgen drives a customer-centric culture focused on leveraging technology to solve complex engineering challenges and providing industry-leading customer service and product reliability. Under Roellgen’s direction, Timken developed into a technical and commercial leader in renewable energy, which is now the company’s largest market sector.

Roellgen began his Timken career in 1997 and has held various bearing business leadership roles including vice president of Europe, Asia and Africa; managing director of Europe and vice president of process industries; director of manufacturing and supply chain; and positions in corporate strategy and business development.

Roellgen earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Technische Universität München, Germany, and a master’s degree in business administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.